y using a certain type of natural gas, and measuring its life cycle, a manufacturer of engines says its technology has a carbon impact of less than zero.
After a delay in getting hydrogen infrastructure partners, Nikola cuts its second deal in a week, this one withTravelCenters of America.
Old Dominion Freight Line set a first-quarter record even with adverse weather conditions. The second quarter is shaping up to produce a new all-time company record.
Aaron Graft has been assuring users HubTran’s open loop system will not be giving Triumph’s factoring business an unfair advantage
The Office of Management and Budget is considering whether to greenlight a trucking automated driving systems project.
Companies need to think outside the box in order to meet consumer demand despite crowded ports and constrained capacity. Mobile warehousing and storage offers an affordable solution.
Sweden’s Volvo AB reported a record operating margin in Q1 following a warning of up to a month of downtime due to microchip shortages.
As hydrogen grows as a fuel source for long-haul trucking, Nikola Motor Corp. is finding ways to bring down the cost of manufacturing the fuel.
SmartHop has tapped Amy Liu, formerly of Uber Elevate, as chief of staff and to help build out its New York office. The company also announced the opening of an office in Bogota, Colombia.
Transfix considers the relationships at stake for a carrier or shipper in order to build the right tech solution.
Prosecutors allege Oumar Sissoko, 59, of Temecula, California, who claimed to own a pothole repair company called Road Doctor California LLC, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury items after receiving $7.25 million in PPP loan funds.
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Old Dominion Freight Line announced its best first-quarter result in company history on Thursday. Improved density and yields led to a 76.1% operating ratio, 530 basis points better year-over-year.
Supply chain, climate and FreightWaves experts shared their hopes for Earth Day next year in terms of reduced emissions, alternative fuel adoption, government leadership and more.
P.A.M. Transportation Services posted a profit in the first quarter of 2021. The bulk of the improvement came on the nonoperating line.
Truck repairs and parts sales covered all the cost of running Rush Enterprises’ dealership network in Q1 as year-over-year profits doubled.
Broker Landstar System blew out analysts’ expectations for the first quarter. The company’s earnings almost doubled from the year-ago quarter, which wasn’t materially impacted by COVID. Landstar’s new guidance calls for more of the same.
The bank’s book of business grew at a pace that far exceeded the additional business that came with its acquisition of Covenant’s factoring operation
GP Transco is the latest carrier to raise driver pay. Base pay alone for company drivers moves 15% higher.
Daimler Trucks and Portland General Electric opened their Electric Island charging site as part of a border-to-border charging corridor.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized methamphetamine and illegal chicken lollipop pet treats in separate enforcement actions in Texas.
Heartland Express reported a slight miss on first-quarter earnings expectations Wednesday. The carrier pointed to relative strength in March as it exited the quarter, noting that driver pay will need to be raised again.
The Defense Department lawsuit from 2018 is continuing even as the federal government has taken a stake in the LTL carrier.
Knight-Swift Transportation posted a large headline earnings beat in the first quarter but it was less impressive by comparison when excluding nonoperating income. The company now sees over-the-road contract rates increasing in the mid-teen percentage range during 2021.
Hyliion Holdings stock is getting hammered along with most electric vehicle startups, but CEO Thomas Healy is staying optimistic.
North Dakota will begin giving COVID-19 vaccines to cross-border truckers from Manitoba as Canada contends with a slower vaccination rollout.
Clean Energy Fuels will provide the renewable natural gas. Amazon could end up owning part of the company.
FMCSA needs more time to integrate the electronic transfer of driver medical certificates to and from state motor carrier agencies.
Samsara data shows cloud-based digitization is expanding beyond vehicle telematics and into other operational areas like site security and equipment monitoring.
The Salesforce Sustainability Cloud on Tuesday added a scope 3 emissions hub that allows companies to track upstream emissions from business travel, purchased goods and employee commutes.
How not-in-my-backyard activists delayed efforts to invest in trucking on a Tennessee interstate.
Retail prices fell even as wholesale and commodity prices increased.
Shippers who have a deep understanding of their data, with access to comprehensive models, are the ones most likely to win in today’s shipping environment.
Jacobs says 10% U.S. GDP growth is not out of the question in 2021.
Arguments in the appeal of the injunction keeping AB5 as California law were made in September; the industry still awaits the final word.
Chain.io plans to use the $5 million to fill a number of positions in sales, engineering, customer success and more.
Canadian trucking giant Mullen Group wades into truck sales after acquiring a small Volvo and Mack dealership as part of the acquisition of British Columbia’s Bandstra Group.
After spending over 30 years in transportation-related climate policy, Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Transport Campaign, has some interesting insights.
Hyzon Motors plans to deliver the first of 15 hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks in the Netherlands in Q3, further establishing Europe leadership.
One significant difference from traditional hedging: There is no chance of hedging losses, just upfront fees instead.
This AskWaves column explains why investors and other transportation stakeholders look at operating ratio as a way to gauge a company’s financial health.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Rural areas are the next e-commerce frontier; Texas FedEx distribution center acquired; Authentic Logistics opens Phoenix office; and CBP seizes counterfeit N95 masks in Houston.
UAW calls walkout after 30-day extension fails to result in agreement. No new talks until at least April 26.
Switzerland had the highest average truck driver salary at more than $70,000 a year.
At a recent hearing, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard loud and clear that the trucking industry should not serve as the guinea pig for any seismic change in how the United States funds infrastructure, including a vehicle miles traveled tax.
Continued selloff of Nikola shares strips founder Trevor Milton of his billionaire status as early employees begin to dump stock options he gave them.
Cass data published Friday highlights new records as volumes reaccelerate and rates soar.
Two truckers charged with kidnapping women were able to secure their own releases with relative ease during the investigation. Find out why this raises troubling questions about this case in the latest episode of Long-Haul Crime Log.
Also on this week’s podcast: Conflicting info about the US oil upstream that might actually be in sync.
A good truckload provider will have a strong network and the ability to leverage multiple modes.
“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of our team members following the tragic shooting,” FedEx said.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services updated its long-term division margin targets on its first-quarter call Thursday.
The weather-related closure of three Walmart DCs had an outsized impact on the company.
The Teamsters call it a strike, but it is more of a protest. Still, it did garner support from another union on Wednesday.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced first-quarter results well ahead of analysts’ expectations.
Metal manufacturing is responsible for nearly 8% of global emissions. En+ Group is producing aluminum with virtually no carbon footprint while SSAB and Volvo collaborate for fossil-free steel.
The Department of Energy’s SuperTruck 3 earmarks $100 million to expand electric heavy-duty truck concepts to lower emissions.
Reliance Partners’ Thom Albrecht comments on the industry’s recovery efforts and job growth figures, as well as his thoughts on increasing driver pay.
Retail sales surged in March along with freight volumes. An increase in vaccinations and stimulus payments provided a “perfect alignment” for the blowout report.
Trailer orders edged back toward trend in March, but the crush of orders in recent months leaves manufacturers addled by supply chain issues struggling.
Coyote Logistics is adding an integration with truck parking reservation platform TruckPark that allows drivers to access parking locations through the CoyoteGo digital freight platform.
Startup Milk Moovement seeks to modernize the dairy supply chain through cloud-based software.
Experts warned lawmakers of industry backlash if trucking is singled out to save the nearly bankrupt highway trust fund
A transmission pipeline will take hydrogen where Nikola needs it for fuel cell trucks it plans to build in Germany with IVECO.
The think tank report sees the funding coming from the service centers as a means to help rebuild interstate highways.
Biden has picked former New York City regulator Meera Joshi to be administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Most innovative solutions are inspired by seemingly insurmountable problems. That is exactly how Evotrux was born
Some global manufacturers could be feeling a cost crunch. Mexico may be the solution they’re looking for.
Relying on fossil fuels to move people and goods creates a massive carbon footprint that the transportation industry is only starting to address.
Trucking industry professionals said the misuse of B-1 visa drivers creates an unjust but significant savings to U.S. carriers that set up outsourced B-1 driver fleets at a lower cost.
Incentives help make Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks affordable for a food logistics supplier, whose 14-unit order benefits from a $3.9 million grant.
As construction companies adjust to COVID-19 delays and shortages, many have turned to modular construction — but will supply chain issues limit growth?
Scientists and government leaders are pushing for a more sustainable supply chain. Consumers are paying attention.
Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. announces the departure of its COO and chief network officer. The company announced that its strategic initiatives head, Darrel Harris, will take over as president.
The Teamsters called it a strike even though no employed workers were believed to be on the picket line.
A two-year collaboration between engine maker Cummins Inc. and Tula Technology makes a dramatic cut in nitrogen-oxide emissions.
Forward Air’s growth plans net 11 new final-mile terminal locations in the first quarter. While recent activist shareholder interests called into question the company’s capital allocation strategy, it appears the final-mile segment remains part of the plan.
The U.S. must help secure domestic semiconductor manufacturing, truck manufacturers tell the Biden administration.
“It all happened so fast that I didn’t even catch their names,” said trucker Nick Still.
Daniel Sperling, founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, shared his thoughts on the path to reducing emissions in the road freight sector.
An understanding between European truck maker IVECO and self-driving software maker Plus includes liquified natural gas but not electric trucks.
The author of “Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America” talks about Amazon’s push for complete dominance and what it may mean for all of us.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: El Paso border crossing looks to rebound in 2021; logistics firm expands with Dallas shipping hub; Suddath acquires Texas-based Daryl Flood Inc.; and $2 million of meth hidden in shipment of rugs.
Hydrogen that will someday power long-haul trucks is known by colors related to the power source used to make it.
This dip is likely to be temporary.
WHAT THE TRUCK?!? welcomes HubTran’s Josh Asbury to the show. The crew dives into the acquisition with TriumphPay and discusses HubTran’s Lights-Out Processing platform.
With an above-average number of hurricanes in the forecast this year, nonprofit logistics groups are busy preparing to help.
The telematics, ELD and satellite provider is getting sold for a 50% premium. Even that is less than at least one analyst saw as its value.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is keeping pressure on regulators to require speed limiters on trucks as well as performance standards for automatic emergency braking (AEB) and other crash-avoidance technology.
Mexico is again the top trading partner of the United States for February, followed by Canada and China.
The market takes a breather this week with tenders down 7% week-over-week.
Reliance Partners’ Kelly Teg and Arvin Castellanos detail the insurance basics of intermodal freight.
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Bunn in put in charge of day-to-day operations; Hogan has a diversified portfolio of duties.
The lead trucking industry lobby has come together with insurance-focused groups to fight two vexing problems of fraud.
Bestpass provides drivers the ability to use a single transponder coast to coast, provider to provider, but it’s also pushing to provide value beyond toll.
An off-duty trucker charged with smuggling 13 bricks of cocaine from the U.S. to Canada via car was acquitted after maintaining that the drugs were planted while he was aiding a fellow driver with a repair at a rest stop.
PACCAR siblings Kenworth and Peterbilt regularly yield the spotlight to each other when it comes to product reveals.
C.H. Robinson on Thursday debuted its Emissions IQ self-serve tool for tracking carbon emissions from transportation.
SPAC-backed stocks are getting hammered, but Hyliion soldiers on in preparing the negative net-zero carbon Hypertruck ERX.
