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Importers and exporters can expect shipping delays and skyrocketing transportation budgets associated with the logistics challenges in China associated with the coronavirus in China. But there are steps companies can take to minimize the damage to customers and their bottom lines.
Shutdown of Trusted Traveler Program in New York state could slow trade moving to and from Canada.
The Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey also announces hall of fame inductees.
President Trump directed the removal of sanctions against the Turkish defense and energy ministries on Oct. 23.
Rand Logistics will purchase the American Steamship Company for $260 million.
Jim Blaze explores whether the Class 1 railroads are downsizing their railcar fleets.
A mixed Friday punctuated a mixed week for the Trucking Freight Futures markets.
From container shipping to tanker transport, markets are awash in coronavirus fallout.
Tender rejections in Denver market rising to 12% over the past week, one of the highest levels in the country.
Brian Aoaeh writes about the use of software and technology in the trucking industry.
Daseke has found a permanent replacement for its retired founder and namesake Don Daseke, naming interim CEO Chris Easter to the position. Plus, Valentine’s Day logistics, truckers in Oregon get political and Chinese truck capacity shrinks.
Apart from being emissions free, electric vehicles will have a much less total cost of ownership than conventional diesel vehicles.
Many freight and logistics providers have reported weak earnings in the past few weeks. Due to the current operating environment, these totals were expected and investors have begun buying into the second half recovery story.
Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, said 90% of truck drivers applying for jobs have not registered in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, a step that is required for any driver looking for a job.
When responding to requests for proposals in the contract bidding process, rail and intermodal service providers should tout not only their competitive pricing but why shippers should diversify their modal options.
As I see it, it looks like we are going into one of those new “roller coaster” trucking capacity situations for the transportation and shipping community to manage through.
Travel center trade group grapples with keeping incentives for biodiesel after 2022 as Trump administration devalues renewable fuel credits by exempting small refineries from the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico considers law banning all double tractor-trailer trucks; Dynacraft finalizing relocation […]
Too much data leads to fueling issues for WEX. This and other stories you may have missed this week.
Diesel costs were supposed to make 2020 more difficult for struggling carriers, but wholesale fuel prices have fallen rapidly, which should help carriers in the slow season.
Small companies jittery about investing in biodiesel blending with the federal tax credit in limbo are moving in now that the tax incentive on the cleaner-burning fuel is set through 2022.
Titan Freight Systems president says regulation is necessary to accelerate transition to clean fuel vehicles.
Despite AB5 pause, California team drivers Jeff and Elyse Fink continue search for ‘truck-friendly’ state.
It’s snowing on our 150th episode!
The layoffs close a chapter of freight brokerage in Chattanooga.
February off to a slow start.
Momentum builds for decarbonization of ocean shipping but it’s far from a done deal.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control added CONVIASA and its aircraft fleet to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List for supporting Maduro regime.
J.B. Hunt announced that CFO David Mee will retire March 1. The company will fill the interim role internally until a permanent replacement is found.
Longer-term solutions are problematic but cutting down on trucks is targeted for now.
The East African country is “an important strategic partner of the United States, and there is enormous potential for us to deepen our economic and commercial ties,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said.
Trucking Freight Futures continued their slow descent lower with another down session on Thursday.
John Kingston, FreightWaves Energy Market Expert, has been named the winner of the prestigious 2020 Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Energy Award for Lifetime Achievement for the Advancement of International Energy Journalism.
“There will be extended closures on I-70 and US-40.”
Good day, Self-driving vehicle startup Nuro has won approval from federal regulators to test its battery-powered driverless delivery vehicles on public streets. According to a news release, the National Highway […]
With smartphones and other mobile devices vital to how companies conduct business, corporate compliance officers strive to prevent unlawful exports of controlled data.
Sendengo is a digital freight brokerage that enables users to control transactions and helps reduce cargo theft.
Darren Prokop writes about the future of data in for-hire transportation. Data is information and can become knowledge.
FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a fuel-card and business-payments provider, announced fourth-quarter 2019 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.17, 14% higher year-over-year and $0.03 better than the consensus estimate. […]
Drivers have preferred times when they like to visit shipper facilities, and they hate waiting, according to the second Uber Freight Facilities Insights Report.
PRO Act’s provisions mirror California law upending independent contractor status.
The federal agency issues the order following a fiery derailment of a Canadian Pacific crude train.
Full year net income set a record; CEO speaks highly of rail operations
Controlling ones nerves is important to first time sellers, M&A expert recommends to trucking company owners.
A difficult truck brokerage market appears to have stalled growth at Uber Freight compared to the third quarter. However, the operating loss narrowed significantly.
Protest comes a week after Nike and other Portland businesses signed a letter supporting the climate legislation.
Company posts expected $8.6 million profit as intermodal helps offset declines from trucking and other divisions as new CEO looks to better performance in 2020.
Ports of Hedland and Dampier, big iron ore exporters, in Cyclone Damien’s path.
Trucking companies should understand the rules surrounding workers’ comp coverage.
Mexico’s trade with the United States rose to $614.5 billion in 2019, up 0.5% above its total trade in 2018, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data released Wednesday. That […]
Companies exposed to transportation, including 3PLs and freight tech startups, are adjusting to market realities.
Pilots hold many of the cards when it comes to cargo capacity in China. If they decline flight assignments to avoid catching the coronavirus, lots of merchandise and supplies won’t get delivered on time.
U.S. DOT green lights Nuro with first ever autonomous vehicle exemption
Shippers gain another 5 points of pricing power in this week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control said the action will block property of individuals helping to destabilize the West African country.
Charley Dehoney writes about digital brokerages and what they really are and do…
Trucking Freight Futures finish Wednesday’s session sideways to lower as the overall market looks for a catalyst to provide direction.
January was a record month for grain volumes for CP.
ChargePoint, with more than 108,000 electric vehicle chargers, and travel plaza and truckstop association NATSO will use Volkswagen “Dieselgate” settlement money and other funds to build out an electric charging infrastructure at 4,000 travel plazas by 2030.
U.S. Xpress sees a path to improved profitability in 2020 and beyond. These were just some of the highlights provided on the carrier’s earnings call.
It has become even harder to determine what the prevailing bulk ocean freight rate really is.
Up to a few feet of Rockies snowfall next two days. Long haul drivers may want to wait out this storm.
Authorities evacuate town of Guernsey, Saskatchewan, and close five-mile stretch of key Western Canada highway after morning accident involving CP train.
Autonomous electric shuttles hit Columbus; global auto market might slowdown over coronavirus; Nikola Motor to produce trucks in Germany
Lori Ann LaRocco writes about the impact of coronavirus on maritime trade between China and the U.S.
The country’s Customs Tariff Commission, which announced the move Thursday, said the reductions will take effect Feb. 14.
CloudTrucks provides a back-office service aimed at putting more money in drivers’ pockets
Trade uncertainties, softness in the manufacturing sector contributed to lower rail volumes in January.
Your name is your face to the world. Forward Air wants a makeover since diversifying from its original business focused on air cargo, so it’s changing its name and logo.
U.S. Xpress reported a better-than-feared loss to close out 2019. The company expects conditions to improve in 2020.
Persistent industrial weakness sends Old Dominion’s fourth-quarter results down
Proposal would create competitive grant program for projects that add capacity.
On January 28, TCA staffers attended the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “100 Pledges in 100 Days” event, which focused on combating human trafficking in the transportation sector.
Werner’s management team is still pointing to a truckload recovery in 2020 but noted that the first half will be a challenge.
Echo protected its margins and issued positive guidance for Q1 and 2020.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s drone remote identification rulemaking was years in the making, but the agency doesn’t want to give industry and drone users extra time to comment on its […]
Amazon’s free shipping lures US consumers even if some disapprove of how it does business, survey finds
Like most mega-companies, UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) is loath to publicly discuss customers or its relationships with them. It refuses to answer reporters’ questions about customers. It never mentions them in […]
UPS ground service shut down in more than 100 counties in Texas, Oklahoma.
Some or all operations in Oklahoma City, Tulsa affected.
If you still thought Blackberry (NYSE: BB) was a smartphone for nerds who want a superior typing tool, where have you been? Not only does the company no longer produce […]
WEX said that a data limit issue within its IBM Informix system was the cause of fuel cards being shut off across the country today.
“In some cases, a broker’s payment policy is more important than the rate it pays the carrier,” said Jason Kirkpatrick.
The Protect App-based Driver & Services Act seeks to exempt app-based drivers from the state labor law while providing benefits and safety protections.
Outbound LAX Trucking Freight Futures drop on Tuesday, pushing the overall market lower.
Problems continued into the afternoon for customers of WEX fuel cards, including its EFS and FleetOne cardholders, as a system outage rendered cards useless at fuel pumps.
The gig economy is one more challenge for truck drivers.
More tariff and sanction risks lie ahead for ocean shipping.
Canada’s federal postal carrier asks Canadian producers to stop shipping cannabis to Campobello Island — because of the troublesome transit through Maine.
High-volume freight markets in path of oncoming winter storm.
The key metric “net revenue per truck per week” is explained by Chris Henry.
Truck drivers using EFS fuel cards have been unable to fuel their vehicles as a systems outage has shut down the cards, according to multiple reports.
The startup plans to triple its team size by the end of 2020.
Year-over-year truck orders rose 10% to 17,700 in January, but bookings remain anemic as fleets place only critical equipment replacement orders.
Jim Blaze writes about the long, slow decline of coal as the key commodity for railroads, and whether plastics might replace the lost volume.
President Trump tells the nation he kept his campaign promise to renegotiate the 26-year-old trilateral trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.
Data analytics startup ClearMetal pioneers continuous delivery experience (CDX) that enables logistics stakeholders to optimize supply chains and improve customer experience.
Economist Noel Perry joins the podcast as a guest this week.
Dana Inc. (NYSE: DAN) recently announced it will use Transplace’s transportation management system (TMS) to manage its North American supply chain. Maumee, Ohio-based Dana is a supplier of axles, drive […]
GPA ups 2030 target as it plans to convert part of existing terminal to containers along with all new site.
