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Republic Services places largest single order in refuse market history, justifying Nikola’s decision to build its cabover Tre model in the U.S. after European launch in 2021.

Gusty winds, large hail could delay truckers in top 25 markets this week.

The focus on stock price gyrations in Nikola Corp. overlooks a major part of its business plan — making and selling hydrogen fuel for its trucks and anyone who wants it.

The U.S. Postal Service’s online tracking system went offline on Sunday. It came two days after USPS announced an organizational overhaul

There are still quite a few freight market watchers who are bearish on volumes and a recovery. This is with outbound tender volumes exploding higher, along with spot market rates.

Three suspects are charged with murder after the deadly shooting of an off-duty Mississippi state trooper who was moonlighting as a truck driver for USPS.

Is air cargo staging a COVID comeback? Are drivers staying out of the market to collect unemployment? Florida man hangs on the hood of a rig, and so much more.

Strongest North Carolina earthquake in more than a century strikes Sunday morning: “It felt like a big locomotive going by and a big wave coming underneath the bed.”

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexican auto production breaks out of a slump; Trump approves a new international rail bridge; a Mexican carrier acquires 25 new Scania trucks; and officers seize more than $2.4 million in cash at San Diego ports.

Shipping goods by air is expensive, especially on the biggest trade lines from China. Rates are much higher than normal for this time of year, but they are heading up more with no end in sight.

Wait times have fallen as as shippers compete for capacity. What is the connection between capacity and detention?

Prosecutors argued against Meek traveling in December, saying keeping the kids back in the U.S. wasn’t a “surety bond.”

The last mile. It’s the most critical—and the most challenging—part of today’s supply chain. From warehousing to tiered delivery options that include white glove delivery and integrated returns management, Ryder Last Mile delivers flexible solutions for big and bulky shipments, so you can focus on your core business.

In documents related to the case involving 16,000 drivers, Brooks suggests a bigger verdict or deal beyond the agreed-to $16.5 million might have tipped the truckload carrier into bankruptcy; PAM CFO rejects the suggestion.

Carriers in best position in years.

Longshore workers at the Port of Montreal say they will go on strike Monday if they don’t reach an agreement with employers. An intermodal executive is hopeful it will happen.

Peterbilt’s Denton, Texas, plant marks its 40th anniversary, evidence of the adage that everything is bigger in Texas — or grows to become that way.

Victoria and the city of Melbourne, Australia, are tightening health measures to stop an outbreak of the coronavirus. Imports and exports could get stuck at terminals and warehouses.

Moroun to remain as chairman, cites new CEO’s acquisition experience as a plus

M&A is being blocked by weak share pricing among buyers and lack of desperation among sellers.

Warm, dry weather isn’t just easier on the body, it’s nice for airplanes with metal frames and electronics that can deteriorate when there is too much moisture. That’s why Cathay Pacific is sending its planes to a sunny vacation spot while it waits for the coronavirus to go away and customers to start flying again.

Dooner and the Dude are talking to 6 River Systems about their warehouse robots, and this week in news.

DeJoy affirms plenty of capacity for handling presidential election mail-in ballots.

California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control is accused of failing to enforce environmental law.

Multiple Lebanese government agencies may have known dangerous ammonium nitrate was stored in a warehouse.

Arbitrators determined that KCS has the ability to use its Mexican crew members instead of its U.S.-based crews on a nine-mile stretch between the U.S. border and the Laredo rail yard.

UPS to impose a range of surcharges depending on volume.

There is no change in the Pricing Power Index this week despite a continuation of the trends we’ve seen over the past few weeks: astounding volumes, carriers rejecting contracted freight at a high clip and rates continuing to trudge upward.

Korean Air is a unicorn among passenger airlines. It made a profit in the second quarter, a remarkable feat given the depressed state of the airline industry.

Experts “anticipate an above-normal probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the continental United States coastline.”

After the revision of the June numbers, July preliminary trucking employment is less than where the market thought it was a month ago.

The combination of artificial intelligence and machine learning are allowing XPO’s brokerage operation to offer more visibility into pricing, capacity and tracking.

City checks off many of the distribution center site boxes.

USPS chief DeJoy says agency is in “financially unsustainable position absent significant fundamental change.”

Process to put the two together involved numerous Koch-owned shippers, including Georgia-Pacific

Even as trucking jobs rose, rail jobs declined

Gusty winds, large hail and a few tornadoes could slow down freight flows at times.

As a former U.S. secretary of transportation and later White House Chief of Staff for President George W. Bush, Andy Card could have his pick of company directorships. He is joining hybrid-electric truck startup Hyliion Inc. when it goes public.

Atlanta-based FleetCor is a commercial fuel-card and business-payments systems provider. The company employs around 8,700 people and provides commercial card services in more than 100 countries.

Cold storage facility operator Americold Realty Trust’s second quarter was slightly below expectations on choppy demand and increased COVID costs.

Freight segment’s EBITDA improved slightly but still in the red

Airlines are saving every penny possible and with so few people traveling they don’t need more airplanes. That’s hurting sales at Airbus and Boeing.

FHWA calls trucking parking a “major transportation safety problem.”

Euronav and Scorpio Tankers highlight attractive fundamentals after floating storage wraps up.

President Trump says he has reimposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports in response to the market being flooded.

Orders of new trucks reach six-month high and double year-ago orders

Timothy M. Murray had guided vessels in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey for more than eight years.

Beirut is in a state of emergency following a giant chemical blast. Governments are sending cargo planes with basic necessities to help the survivors.

Lead times within electronics supply chains are increasing due to trade wars, COVID-19 and the lack of raw materials.

Containers are used to carry imports to the U.S., but they also carry exports from the U.S. The agriculture industry depends on them, but COVID-19 has caused the system to fray…

Are drivers staying off the road to collect unemployment? The war on detention. More.

The meth seizure occurred at the cargo facility of the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in South Texas.

Reliance Partners’ Nicole Guinn details the towing industry’s challenges and the factors driving insurance rates.

Container carriers are rerouting goods and assessing damage following Tuesday’s blast.

Shares of Daseke surge 20% as the company’s overhaul appears to be ahead of schedule. Second quarter results were better than expectations.

The short line operator is working with local economic development commissions to develop rail-ready sites for industrial use.

The program ends soon for new applicants, but those who have received money will need to go through the process to enable them to avoid paying the funds back.

Transporting oversize and overweight loads requires special permits, which vary by state and even county. Without the proper guidance to navigate the process, fleets could face large fines and even shutdowns.

Atlas Air Worldwide’s big cargo planes have been in flying full tilt since the novel coronavirus metastasized in March. Combine that with high rates and you’ll understand why r revenue and profit grew so much in the second quarter.

Flatbed carrier Daseke’s turnaround starting to show fruits. Stock pops more than 15% on better-than-expected second quarter.

Redwood Logistics’ latest integration platform offers users the ability to manage their supply chain with added speed, scalability and security.

Ryder launches multimedia ad campaign to spotlight its supply chain capabilities.

U.S. carloads fall nearly 18%, although intermodal traffic slipped by only 1%.

Multipurpose marine terminal operator Enstructure says the purchase of Ambassador Services in Port Canaveral establishes its presence in U.S. Southeast.

Areas drenched by Tropical Storm Isaias are at highest risk of flooding Thursday.

Canadian truckers report being turned away by doctors, dentists and other health providers if they don’t self-isolate for 14 days over COVID-19 fears.

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble is a provider of technology solutions for trucking companies, private fleets, freight brokerage, and third-party logistics providers.

Werner seeing 10 times greater rate of positive tests using hair versus urinalysis.

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Federal government asked to contribute $3 billion to cover projected losses.

Ports on the Atlantic are losing imports from Europe as well as Asia.

FedEx Freight is expanding its freight distribution operation in Laredo, Texas, near the US-Mexico border.

Amazon plans to build its seventh facility in Florida.

Container lines, some with damaged or destroyed buildings, are scrambling to reroute cargo bound for Lebanon.

YRC Worldwide expands regional next-day service throughout the South. The announcement follows similar expansion plans from competitors.

Logistics providers are worried that new emergency measures to combat a COVID resurgence in Victoria, Australia, will hamstring deliveries of imports and exports.

Despite economic uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, freight demand drove July Class 8 orders to their highest levels in six months.

Flock Freight, which is building a shared truckload solution for LTL loads, has achieved B Corp certification for its sustainability efforts.

Daimler Trucks North America has named Rainer Müller-Finkeldei the new senior vice president of engineering and technology.

In the past decade, the number of cybersecurity events went up by over 700%.

Utilizing an open-platform approach allows technology developers to focus on core product development and provide quicker ROI to fleet customers.

Deutsche Post DHL saw a significant rise in e-commerce activity during the second quarter due to continued COVID-19 travel restrictions and retail store closures.

TravelCenters of America has been forced to close some restaurants again as an increase in COVID-19 cases has tightened restrictions on dining out in some regions.

The rule outlines seven ways to determine whether a shipper is facing market dominance, or a situation in which shippers have limited rail shipping options. But the effectiveness of the new rule remains to be seen, some say.

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At least five people are dead because of flooding, wind and tornadoes produced by Isaias.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, YRC is looking at a large equipment buy, C.H. Robinson adds new shipping options to Freightquote and a turf haulers group finds out it doesn’t need to follow HOS.

The cargo divisions at Air Canada, IAG/British Airways and Air France-KLM played dominant roles for their respective airlines in the second quarter, creating cash flow. Typically, they barely register on the financial statement. What happened?

Former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty in March to one count of stealing Google trade secrets.

Lebanese officials blame confiscated highly explosive material for the blast, according to reports.

More than a year from producing heavy-duty electric trucks, newly public Nikola reported an $86.6 million second-quarter operating loss.

The state of air freight, SKU reductions in retail, and more.

Home Depot to add nearly 2 million square feet in areas south and east of Atlanta

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission found during its Fact Finding 29 investigation that the Port of New York and New Jersey showed supply chain resolve during the coronavirus pandemic.

Industry has been working with FMCSA to ensure turfgrass was considered an ag commodity under federal rules.

Technology’s footprint in CSX’s operational, sustainability and safety practices was readily apparent, according to the company’s 2019 environmental, social and governance report.

Jim Blaze explores the state of the major railroads that operate in Mexico – particularly Kansas City Southern, which is rumored to be a takeover target.

Forager’s SCOUT platform helps shippers manage the volatility of cross-border freight imbalances.

Tonnage is down but overall revenue from its air freight activities boost revenues in that sector

Trade has been destabilized by the pandemic. Can trade credit insurance help de-risk trade to a degree and help solidify supply chains?