Trucking

PACCAR projects low volumes of electric truck deliveries for a few years. The 10 Peterbilt Model 579EVs at the Port of Oakland are a case in point.

Dedicated carrier Cowan Systems is offering sign-on bonuses as high as $20,000 for newly hired drivers.

Yellow Corp. announced that its interim CFO, Dan Olivier, will assume the role permanently. The change comes as the company navigates a financial and operational transformation.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Port Houston signs agreement for $1.1B channel expansion; German auto parts supplier expands in Mexico; E-commerce 3PL moves headquarters to Arizona; and CBP seizes $20M in meth at World Trade Bridge.

Spike in parcel delivery demand is lifting the good ship S.S. Consultant to new heights

The ruling by a judge at the county level is likely to be appealed and stayed before immediate implementation.

Shares of electric chassis maker Xos Trucks closed 14.5% lower in their first day of public trading, getting a reception similar to its peers.

The past week in social media images features a menacing wildfire in California, tropical storm deluges, a train hitting a tractor-trailer and more.

Daimler Trucks North America’s participation in this round points to an increasing market for Truck-as-a-Service products, tools integrated during the manufacturing process to help fleets manage safety, privacy and intelligent automation tools.

The Northeast is the most likely region for collisions between commercial trucks and wild animals. These are the top five specific locations.

The downward pressure on oil markets can be summed up by the two D’s: delta and dollar.

TPP Retention Project Plan’s Ray Haight explains how the industry has missed an opportunity when it comes to driver retention.

Truckload carrier Heartland Express announced a 50-cent-per-share special dividend Friday. It was the second carrier to announce a special dividend this week.

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Many organizations, including the Future Leaders of Indiana, are partnering with the Next Generation in Trucking Association to attract younger people to trucking.

“We strongly believe that expecting random carriers to digitally engage with you and book your freight without having a relationship is a strategy that has just never proven to be effective.”

The outlook for the pandemic hurt the company’s review last year, but Moody’s has a more positive view in 2021.

Canada’s Titanium Transportation Group continues its asset-light push into the U.S. freight market with a new brokerage office in Denver, its fourth in the country.

Tritium, Greenlots, and Baltimore Gas and Electric are working together to bring accessible, public DC fast-charging stations to the Baltimore area.

You can’t blame carriers for refusing to stick by a handshake agreement to sell service at pre-negotiated rates or at a discount.

New customers will need to onboard by that date to get holiday delivery services.

Despite the significant drop in price, lumber remains an expensive commodity. Whether the price will continue to fall is uncertain.

Warehouse robotics firm Geek+ and warehouse technology provider WSR Solutions say their combined solution for mixed-pallet picking and loading can increase truck capacity by as much as 30%.

Poole says the bill is a step away from the “user pays, user benefits” policy that has long been in place for infrastructure.

Werner claims it will face a “significant burden” if regulators do not provide more flexibility in how truck driver licenses are issued.

Marten Transport announced a special dividend of 50 cents per share. The payment marks the third straight year of special dividends for the carrier.

Truck broker Landstar System points to better-than-expected truck volumes and yield trends in the third quarter as reasons to raise its outlook.

14% more transport and logistics companies make the 2021 Inc. 5000 list, which features the fastest-growing privately held firms in the U.S.

Romeo Power locks in cell supply for its commercial batteries, paying a big price to assure it can answer demand from truck manufacturers.

The numbers coming in for 12 months after the pandemic’s darkest days suggest COVID kept some drivers from switching jobs.

“Traditionally, the private fleets have been very separate from the for-hire or public fleets. … With technology and innovations like this, we can help these small fleets go after the other half of the market.”

Double-digit surcharge hikes might be minimized or avoided if customers can adjust their shipping timetables.

Higher prices for used trucks are expected to last into 2022 and when they fall, it will be from a lofty place.

Commodity and wholesale prices are falling sharply, but retail numbers are not falling as fast.

Cervus Equipment is set to be acquired by Brandt Tractor in a $240 million deal that will take the Canadian Peterbilt dealer private.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Chip shortage sinks Mexican auto exports in July; Bennett Motors acquires American Eagle Logistics; Yokohama opens new distribution center near Dallas; and meth, fentanyl worth $13M seized at Otay Mesa port of entry.

A Michigan truck driver was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for his role in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 64 that killed one man and injured another driver in Franklin County, Kentucky, in September 2019.

Just as his former company distances itself from him, indicted Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton continues to reduce his stake.

AskWaves takes a look at gains on the sale of revenue equipment and how they play into the financial results of truckload carriers.

The company also imposes sweeping levies on former postal business that’s been brought in-house; a separate 60-cents-per-package residential fee kicks in Jan. 17 with no end date.

DRIVE automatically spots areas for improvement so drivers can request coaching to boost their safe driving miles.

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As wireless providers switch off 3G networks in favor of 5G, some ELDs may no longer work.

The hunger crisis in America has not disappeared, and Move for Hunger, a nonprofit that connects trucking capacity to groups with food to donate, is on the hunt for more partners to assist, including refrigerated fleets willing to help.

The similarities of solving fleet challenges helped Rich Mohr decide to leave Ryder System after 25 years to join ChargePoint.

Volvo’s first Class 8 VNR Electric truck on the East Coast goes to a beer distributor dedicated to cleaning air in New York City’s South Bronx.

A Texas household goods trucking company with military contracts ceased operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Tuesday.

The automaker is eyeing locations in Texas and Arizona as possible sites for its second electric vehicle factory.

A return to typical consumer spending drives conventional freight market conditions but the process of returning to normal has been anything but conventional.

Whether it is difficulty restocking gasoline stations or the need to move agricultural products around due to drought, the waivers seek to boost trucking capacity.

“The FDC is also very focused on equity and inclusion. We are extremely proud that 54% of our network is woman-, minority-, and veteran-owned.”

As businesses struggle to keep up with consumers’ growing demand for sustainability, 81% of respondents in a recent survey said companies use excessive packaging when shipping products.

July data from Cass showed freight shipments remained elevated but labor and equipment shortages constrained growth. Expenditures held near all-time records.

FedEx Ground has begun using robotics from Berkshire Grey in its Queens facility, with plans to add them to more facilities in the coming months.

A Commerce Department advisory group recommends that the department coordinate an interagency approach to addressing the driver shortage.

Brake Safety Week is set for Aug. 22-28, meaning drivers and carriers have only a few more days to tighten up on brake safety.

Legislation aimed at aerodynamic retrofits is expected to be introduced this week.

The company will build a limited number of trucks in the fourth quarter for validation and regulatory clearance.

The levies to hit hardest on heavier parcels going longer distances.

Titanium Transportation Group plans to add two more U.S. freight brokerage offices this year after the Canadian firm reported record second-quarter revenue.

Tridonex factory agrees to pay more than $600,000 in back wages to laid-off workers.

The chain that brings us Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. faced several challenges

abash National is expanding molded structural composite use beyond trailer walls and helping win sustainability points for customers.

Perishable Shipping Solutions CEO Mark Nelson said online demand for specialty perishables never leveled off from the start of the pandemic, and the growth has barely scratched the surface.

FreightWaves’ journalist Matt Blois chats with World Courier’s Alex Guite about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the cold chain and how pharma and logistics companies adapted to distribute vaccines.

Other plans called for a more radical rebuild but ran into opposition.

“Over more than two years of working with Parcel Perform, their solution has become our global track-and-trace solution,” said Davide Costella, global delivery services manager at Nespresso.

Order books are open, but demand planning for 2022 and 2023 began months ago and bookings are filling fast.

If certiorari is denied, the injunction blocking AB5 from being implemented in the state will disappear immediately.

The organization will provide an update on its search at its annual meeting in Las Vegas next month.

The U.S. Senate votes to advance a major infrastructure package that includes new regulations for trucks.

August is likely to see a new monthly record for retail container imports, with 2021 doing the same. However, ongoing supply chain dislocation clouds how quickly consumers will be able to get their hands on the goods.

As freight markets enter the second year of peaklike conditions, FreightWaves caught up with Amit Mehrotra, Deutsche Bank’s transportation analyst, to talk about how this freight cycle will play out.

Growing concerns about oil demand declining as a result of the Delta variant are pushing prices lower.

The decision is also seen as potentially being a legal precedent on the issue of non-compete contracts.

The need for truck capacity remains at historic highs, and more fleets have responded by increasing driver pay for the second time this year.

Workhouse Group is reviewing its electric delivery van designs to add cargo capacity and sold most of its stake in troubled Lordstown Motors.

Manufacturing is increasing in Mexico as nearshoring has caught the attention of many U.S. companies.

Nikola founder makes biggest divestiture to date, selling 7 million shares over three days and transferring 600,000 shares to his spouse.

A strong consolidation program extends the reach of logistics savings beyond just trailer loads and multi-stop loads by converting LTL suppliers to customer pickup.

The always-contentious UPS-Teamsters negotiations could hit new levels of enmity should Sean O’Brien be elected Teamsters president.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Canada again beats Mexico to remain the top U.S. trade partner; Merqueo raises $50 million to expand across Latin America; Aries Worldwide Logistics opens Laredo office; and CBP in Texas intercept a rare pest in a produce shipment.

AskWaves recounts the history of the eight-lane, $128 million World Trade Bridge, and its importance to commercial truck traffic between Mexico and the United States.

With today’s growing delivery economy, one thing’s for certain: The job isn’t complete until the last mile is covered.

Not to be a Luddite, but a world of trucker-free trucks is going to mean some minor trade-offs, including fleeting bouts of creepiness.

Canada Border Service Agency employees have ended a day-long work-to-rule strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the Canadian government.

Precipitous fall in company stock is a backdrop to change at the top of struggling battery maker Romeo Power.

A third-quarter outlook from truckload carrier U.S. Xpress sees volume and rate strength lasting throughout 2021. However, driver and supply chain labor challenges present risks.

FMCSA is asking the medical industry to help ensure the agency has a proper handle on truck driver qualification.

“It’s a true domestic and international cargo insurance product that brokers and carriers are now utilizing to win the highest-margin freight and strengthen ties with their current client base,” Mark Vickers said on shipper’s interest insurance.

The PPI for the truck transportation sector, after a huge jump April to May, slowed between the next two months.

Postmaster General DeJoy underscored improved performance at the Postal Service despite a $3 billion quarterly loss.

Trucking, logistics and airfreight companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a Texas freight forwarder filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week.

The midsize truckload carrier needs to boost hiring by more than 10% but won’t compromise standards to do it.

Each year the TCA Scholarship Fund awards up to $6,250 to students with a connection to the trucking industry to offset some of the costs to attend college.

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The past week in social media images features a mudslide-damaged highway, a truck rollover during a flood, destructive wildfires and more.

Growth was also seen further in the logistics supply chain, with warehouse and courier jobs also rising.

Hybrid powertrain maker Hyliion is increasing electric range to get zero-emission credits for customers of its natural gas-electric Class 8 truck.

The earnings report is for a 3-month period with no impact from the big Transplace acquisition announced in July.