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Union drivers, warehousemen employed by Starbucks distributor reject ultra-short contract

The summer doldrums were broken violently by an escalation in the U.S.-China trade war and tweets

Mexico manufactured 104,214 buses, heavy-duty and tractor-trailer trucks in the first half of 2019 (January-June), up 36.50 percent compared to the same period last year. The data was released August […]

Polaris New Energy is building a bunker barge to bring LNG to the growing number of cruise and cargo being powered with natural gas.

But good news for the trucking sector: the assets stick around and activity continues

The vast majority of Aussie truck drivers are either fat or obese and they have a terrible diets, new research has found. Meanwhile, New Zealanders fund electric vehicles and Aussie trailer maker reveals a shocker set of financial results.

The issue of driver coercion came up more than once at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) first public listening session regarding proposed changes to existing hours of service (HOS) regulations for drivers.

Fed policy talk and China’s retaliatory tariffs couldn’t spook the markets. It was the President’s tweets that sent the markets into a tailspin. With tariff increases on the horizon, we can be somewhat certain that more uncertainty and volatility will likely ensue for the transportation stocks.

Truckload volumes are now up 4.99 percent year-over-year.

Hino Trucks is already increasing its investment in a new plant in West Virginia, where it will build Class 7 and 8 trucks in addition to medium-duty models.

The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) Rapid Response Subcommittee on Aug. 21 proposed that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) support a “Northern Triangle Trade and Job Promotion Act” to […]

Lime moves ahead with the backing of venture capital and hopes that car-reliant metropolitan areas like San Antonio will embrace a cleaner, more communal way to navigate city life.

Trucking stands to gain, rail to lose if project moves forward.

Target areas for Friday severe storms include Great Plains, Mid-Atlantic.

Amazon, following a model in the U.S., will take an equity stake in Canadian cargo airlines Cargojet.

Multiple commenters expressed concern about carriers, shippers or brokers coercing drivers to operate in unsafe conditions under the proposed rules.

Transfreight Automotive Logisitcs Europe, a fleet with over 90 vehicles, has shut down.

How Flexport is managing the challenges of todays air cargo environment

The German economy shrunk by 0.1 percent in the second quarter of 2019, sparking fears of a recession.

John Fredriksen’s shipping companies are increasing their exposure to IMO 2020 market effects.

Ethiopian Cargo has added weekly service to Bangkok and Hanoi, Vietnam.

Container ship firm plans pledge to coincide with upcoming G7 summit in France.

China will impose additional tariffs on U.S. imports worth about $75 billion in response to a forthcoming fourth tranche of U.S. tariffs across about $262 billion worth of goods from […]

Citing declining volumes and hinting at a loss of customer support, Volga-Dnepr Group has replaced the general director of its AirBridgeCargo airline.

Plus: Waymo releases data; Softbank opens up IPOs; Nevada truckers to retake driving tests.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaport complex halted the illegal import of Chinese-made firearm parts valued at $378,225.

A discussion of the state of the possibly revived trucking market and interviews from the floor of the Great American Truck Show will highlight this weekend’s edition of FreightWaves Radio […]

Spooked shippers are trying to lock in capacity ahead of the holiday push.

Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach plan further cooperation to ensure they are the “gateway of choice in North America.”

U.K. haulier Eddie Stobart has deposed its CEO Alex Laffey over inflated operating profits and has suspended its stocks from trading in the market.

A conversation with the vice president of business development for Kitchen United, a virtual restaurant facility.

Fourth-largest ports operator sees tepid volume growth, but logistics provides offset.

Trucking, freight and international forwarding business TIL Logistics (NZX: TLL) of New Zealand has reported solid revenues of NZ$355.1 million (US$226.94) and a small net profit after tax of NZD$4 million (US$2.56 million).

Truck wait times at ports of entry along the United States-Mexico border are up, from El Paso, Texas, to Otay Mesa, California.

An exclusive FreightWaves interview with Concordia Maritime CEO Kim Ullman on product-tanker fundamentals and IMO 2020 fallout.

Company claims faster medical deliveries means faster patient treatment.

ATSG and Atlas Air continue to fight a contract battle with their pilots union as Amazon, which uses both airlines, watches closely with peak season approaching

“We are thinking this [hurricane] season will be back-loaded.”

The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) on Aug. 21 approved a recommendation for Customs and Border Protection to allow carriers to assume liability for initial in-bond shipments, where the […]

TIA, ATA and OOIDA call provision to make CSA scores public “dangerous”

With the recent complaints about workers’ rights, it makes sense that Doordash, like every other on-demand mobility company, is thinking about efficiency and the cost of human labor.

For 16 days the Amazon rainforest has burned at record breaking rates.

No-deal Brexit might funnel goods into the grey market; China is an irreplaceable manufacturing hub; electric vehicle segment is growing at a furious pace.

In it for the long haul Today, August 22, 2019 will be another unsettled afternoon and evening with thunderstorms scattered from portions of the Rockies all the way to the […]

The freight industry is being battered by falling volumes and loosening capacity, with tightening credit standards further exacerbating the situation.

Five container terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey have increased rates in an update to their FMC agreement.

Israeli startup TriEye has received investment from German carmaker Porsche as part of its $19 million Series A round of financing.

Qantas announces a test program to fly nonstop from New York and London to Sydney. This long-haul flight may also present cargo opportunities.

Using data from FreightWaves SONAR, economist Ibrahiim Bayaan writes about the state of the U.S. retail market and what is ahead for this key sector.

Freight tonnage will grow 25.6 percent by the end of the next decade, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) predicts in its annual ATA Freight Transportation Forecast: 2019 to 2030.

Canadian logistics software company purchases U.S. firm whose TMS suite specializes in flatbed moves in North America and the EU.

One of the more popular ways to improve efficiencies and reduce costs is through outsourcing some or all of the supply chain operations to a managed transportation provider.

Truck wait times at ports of entry along the United States-Mexico border are up, from El Paso, Texas, to Otay Mesa, California. Industry professionals said the longer wait times are […]

Digital freight brokers continue to add services in the pursuit of carrier stickiness.

Three Chinese businessmen and their companies involved in the manufacture and export of deadly fentanyl have been designated as violators of the Kingpin Act.

The race cars, and all the equipment and accessories that go along with them, have to move from racetrack to racetrack somehow.

“Robotic process automation has already taken root in other industries like financial services. It’s a perfect time for RPA to disrupt the logistics industry, given the amount of paperwork, documentation and around-the-clock customer interaction that global transportation requires,” says Mike Motsick, CEO of RPA Labs.

Sanguine outlook could flip, but retailers look well stocked ahead of peak season.

Integrated bulk, rail, trucking, box, warehousing and ports operator, Qube (ASX: QUB), has announced weighty full year earnings of A$1.73 billion (US$1.5 billion). It also made net profit after tax of 15. 4 percent to A$123.2 million. But it sees a subdued economy ahead…

Most forecasts have been conservative, but not this one.

Concerns about the port automation has sparked studies by the Port of Long Beach and other California agencies.

Canadian firm secured C$45 million loan from U.S. commercial financer Great Rock Capital to expand operations.

VLCC rates are up over 200% month-on-month. Trans-Pacific box shipping rates are down 11% since the beginning of August.

A new partnership between Xcel Energy and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allows drones to inspect power lines out of human sight in eight states – Colorado, Michigan, MInnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.

FreightWaves chief analytics officer Dean Croke – who has also driven more than 2 million miles behind the wheel of heavy-duty trucks – previews Copilot by Pronto.

The continued slump in U.S. rail volumes is putting pressure on overall North American rail volumes.

Long-delayed project to bring more of Western Canada’s oil to market gets under way, slated for completion in 2022.

The United States and Mexico have reached a deal to avoid a tomato anti-dumping investigation, ending a tense tariff dispute that had lingered for months. The deal was first announced […]

The railcar manufacturer and lessor has been tinkering with its designs for railcars to expand their volume capacity while also making them lighter.

Severe storm risk today in four markets handling combined 10 percent of U.S. outbound volumes.

The U.S. Justice Department said American Airlines has agreed to pay a $22.1 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that it falsely reported the times it transferred U.S. mail to foreign postal services.

The retirement of Mike Freeland as president and chief operating officer of engine maker Cummins Inc. led to a chain reaction that elevated four other executives.

ZIM, which has entered into space-sharing agreements with Maersk and MSC, says it plans to “double down” on efforts to grow with its partners.

Filament announced its adoption of the MOBI Vehicle Identity Standard within the Blocket Mobility Platform, which is a turn-key vehicle identity (VID) solution created for integrated vehicle wallet and usage-based […]

Cathay Pacific expects “a much more significant impact” to revenue in August as recent unrest in Hong Kong will likely weigh on its financial results.

Autonomic, a transportation architecture and technology provider, announced a partnership with Ayro, Inc., a manufacturer of electric light-duty vehicles for commercial and consumer markets. Together the companies will develop a […]

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has provided a general advisory opinion warning U.S. exporters to use caution when sharing certain technology information in global standards-setting organizations if parties on the Entity List are involved.

Conservative Andreas Jung floats increased fees for trucks and investing the proceeds in railroads to fight climate change.

Samuel Coraluzzo has deployed I.D. Systems’ PowerFleet LV9000 asset-tracking solution into its entire fleet. The deployment gives the fleet a full ELD with a customized workflow that tracks jobs from dispatch to completion in real-time.

Maersk is partnering with Indian digital freight startup BlackBuck to enter the Indian containerized trucking market for export-import logistics.

The concept of customer experience has been around for decades but it is getting new emphasis in trucking as electric and autonomous technology arrives.

Women In Trucking will honor transportation firms at its Accelerate! Conference & Expo.

Target provides an optimistic shot in the arm as the mega-retailer reports a strong quarterly performance and raises its full-year outlook.

The next global recession would have a different impact on ocean shipping markets than the 2008-09 financial crisis.

Most forecasts have been conservative, but not this one.

Import volumes see best month in 2019, but year-to-date still lower.

Napier Port, located in Hawke’s Bay on the North Island of New Zealand, has begun trading on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZH) at an offer price of N$2.60 (US$0.64), raising NZ$234 million (US$149.94 million).

Eight crewmen have been kidnapped and are now being held captive by West African pirates after their ship was attacked in the dead of night.

WiseTech (ASX:WTC), a global provider of advanced logistics software, has reported a whopping 57 percent growth in revenues and a massive 37 percent net profit after tax for its full 2018-2019 financial year. Revenues generated in the last financial year stood at A$348.3 million and net profits were $54.1 million.

If the California Senate approves the legislation codifying the provisions of the Dynamex decision regarding the classification of independent contract workers – like drivers – it likely won’t have an exemption for the trucking industry. 

Employers can choose $1.25 bundling option or $24,000 annual fee.

The ride-sharing giant joins a stream of transportation companies that have migrated to the Dallas metro areas in recent years.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to acquire up to 8 percent of fast-growing e-commerce fulfillment company.

Headcount continues to fall at U.S. rail operations as the railroads implement precision scheduled railroading.

Already the undisputed Class 8 sales leader, the 2020 Freightliner Cascadia arriving this fall is a technological tour de force that allows the truck to do most of the work of driving.

Company representative confident award will be reinstated in state supreme court.

Small carriers that do not have the change their hardware in order to make the switch to ELDs need the shortest lead time.