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In this edition: UPS makes some acquisitions, Thermo King introduces a new reefer battery unit, and White Castle gives customers what they crave.
Hurricane Francine, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm, did not cause widespread disruptions to local ports.
A potential longshoremen strike could severely hamper operations at ports in Savannah, Georgia, and Wilmington, North Carolina, that have nonunion as well as union workers, experts say.
German railway Deutsche Bahn is selling its Schenker logistics unit to DSV of Denmark in a deal that will create the world’s largest forwarder.
Radiant Logistics said some customers have moved freight deliveries up to avoid a potential dockworker strike or a possible change to U.S. trade policy.
The lanes are getting longer for autonomous trucks and the promise of greater profitability is predicted to follow.
Daimler Truck North America is the latest trucking-related company to get hit with a nuclear verdict.
Workers who build Boeing aircraft will go on strike Friday after spurning a deal recommended by their union.
Norfolk Southern in a filing detailed salary and stock awards that signal it expects Mark George to be a long-term chief executive.
Air Canada and Canadian businesses are imploring the Canadian government to take action as the airline’s standoff with pilots over a new contract nears a tipping point.
Schenker has been sold, but not to the U.S. private equity group vying for control of the German logistics provider. Transport provider DSV of Denmark has emerged as the winning […]
Executives at some of the nation’s top truckload carriers say it’s still too soon to know when the market will turn.
The Biden administration could face either the wrath of unions or public perceptions of a faltering economy, depending on whether it intervenes in East and Gulf Coast dockworkers’ labor dispute with port employers.
The monthly report on oil demand from the International Energy Agency should be good news for transportation companies.
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Ancora placed a few of its people on the Norfolk Southern board in May, and that likely led to CEO Shaw’s ouster.
New bills in both the Senate and House of Representatives would upgrade the 45G tax credit for inflation and expand trackage covered under the program.
ATRI’s recently released study on the costs and impacts of driver detention found detention times exceeded four hours in 4.9% of stops.
WestJet Cargo is trying to find an alternative revenue stream after a new investment in four freighter aircraft didn’t meet revenue expectations.
Ports along the Gulf Coast are assessing damage after Hurricane Francine smashed into Louisiana on Wednesday evening.
Norfolk Southern on Wednesday terminated the contracts of embattled CEO Alan Shaw and the railroad’s chief legal officer, Nabanita Nag, for having a consensual relationship in violation of company policy.
The International Longshoremen’s Association has adopted a resolute stance in negotiations with East Coast port employers from Maine to Houston. There’s speculation that sympathy work stoppages could spread to West Coast container gateways.
The Biden administration wants to hear from long-haul trucking on what will be needed to accomplish its plan of 30% new zero-emission vehicle sales by 2030.
Airport services company Alliance Ground International had the winning bid for leasing a cargo terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.
Now on demand on WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by William Byron; Chadd Olesen; Adam Wingfield; Dan Lindsey; Kathy Close
A life-threatening storm surge and extreme winds are expected to batter the Louisiana coast Wednesday as Hurricane Francine makes landfall.
With the holiday season approaching, the Transportation Intermediaries Association has called for an urgent resolution to the labor dispute between International Longshoremen’s Association workers and their employers at the East and Gulf Coast ports.
Solidarity between the ILA and ILWU was on display the last time the ILA narrowly avoided a strike (and the ILWU did not).
Lufthansa is in the early stage of an expensive, multiyear renovation and expansion of its global cargo hub in Frankfurt, Germany.
U.S. retailers and manufacturers are taking steps to mitigate a potentially multibillion-dollar hit if the International Longshoremen’s Association goes on strike at the beginning of October.
As a possible strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association looms over U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports, here are five port strikes from around the globe that made history.
Even a short work stoppage by the ILA would greatly disrupt freight networks. SONAR charts show evidence of shippers looking to avoid getting caught in a potential ILA strike which has impacts on maritime, rail intermodal and truckload data.
No talks are scheduled between employers and the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents unionized workers at ports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. Bargaining has stalled over technology and pay issues.
A driver who lost his job after taking a CBD product he thought didn’t have THC is about to argue before the Supreme Court that he should be able to sue the manufacturers under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
In this edition: Q4 could get messy for importers, and Aifleet completes Series B round of funding.
Truckstop.com’s Brent Hutto discusses the company’s zero-tolerance policy toward fraud and its recent work with the FBI.
Tropical Storm Francine is expected to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday as a hurricane, bringing a life-threatening storm surge with it.
UPS said Tuesday it was buying two Germany-based cold chain logistics operators to add to its sprawling health care logistics footprint.
The ILA maintains that it will not accept any extension of their current contract nor any potential mediation by the federal government.
At Uber Freight’s Deliver conference, its founder and CEO announced same day and scheduled deliveries offerings, advanced tech features and said the company has reached $20 billion in freight under management.
Aifleet raised $16.6 million to help the company grow its operations and help truck drivers optimize their time.
Shortly after testifying about the days leading up to Yellow’s 2023 bankruptcy, its former head, Darren Hawkins, has taken on a new role leading the North American Chassis Pool Cooperative.
In the middle of an overarching downward trend in the price of oil, the benchmark diesel price fell for the ninth straight week.
China State Shipbuilding Corp. said it has received approval in principle for a liquefied natural gas dual-fuel vessel of 27,500 twenty-foot equivalent units, the largest boxships afloat.
Regulators may consider more oversight as a way to improve rail volumes.
With fraud on the rise, verifying carriers has become one of the top ways shippers can fight fraud on the front lines.
Air Canada’s failure to reach a collective bargaining agreement with pilots could jeopardize freight customers as soon as Sept. 18.
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Universal Logistics is cutting more than 90 workers at its facility in Detroit.
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Francine in the Gulf of Mexico could develop into a hurricane threatening coastal Louisiana and northern coastal Texas on Wednesday.
The Montreal Port Authority is spending more than $42 million to restore and upgrade the Pie-IX rail bridge, a project that will also help a port-based sugar refiner boost capacity.
Qantas has deployed a new Airbus A321 freighter, allowing it to offer more service options for customers in Oceania and Asia.
The Norfolk Southern board of directors is investigating allegations that CEO Alan Shaw had an inappropriate workplace relationship.
In today’s fast-paced e-commerce environment, more than ever before, distribution center operations require agility and accuracy. Ever increasing demand for faster delivery speeds and more robust product variety puts pressure […]
Tender rejection rates suffered the largest weekly decline in the past 6 weeks while tender volumes are being impacted by the holiday weekend
This week in Borderlands: Wiliot chatbot would like a word about food supply chain safety; Maersk opens logistics warehouse in El Paso; Stotland Trucking expands operations in Texas; and Continental Tire plans $87M Fort Worth production facility.
The truckload market appears to be increasingly stable through a period when it normally isn’t. While the immediate future appears uneventful, the holiday shipping season is anything but certain.
A St. Louis jury award in favor of crash-victim families could stir public awareness for truck trailer safety regulations.
FedEx Corp. announced a strategic alliance with Nimble Robotics on Thursday to scale FedEx Fulfillment with Nimble’s fully autonomous 3PL model.
Are you a marketing mastermind ready to showcase your skills and win big? The inaugural Marketing and Media Summit at F3: Future of Freight Festival is offering a chance to do just that.
In this edition: Maersk Container Industries has a new triple-refrigerant solution, Pharma air cargo gets an upgrade, and a friendly face in the frozen aisle gets a facelift.
The Port of Los Angeles edged out Laredo, Texas, as the No. 1 U.S. trade gateway in July, while Mexico was the top U.S. trade partner for the month.
Now on demand on WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by Ryan Droege; Spencer Barkoff; Deb Labree; Roger Mackbach
An Illinois-based trucking and logistics company that contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail and had more than 480 drivers ceased operations abruptly Thursday, according to sources familiar with the closure.
International Longshoremen’s Association representatives unanimously backed President Harold J. Daggett’s call for a coastwide strike at ports from Maine to Texas on Oct. 1.
The BLS report for August showed another decline in truck transportation jobs and another increase in warehouse employment.
ChargePoint cuts 200-plus jobs in second downsizing of 2024 after tough second quarter earnings report,
On a recent episode of Truck Tech, Alan Adler interviewed industry leaders featuring insights from Cummins, Kenworth and Hexagon Agility spearheading the transition to renewable natural gas (RNG) for heavy-duty fleets.
In the latest move to strengthen the largest U.S. container gateway, a key Port of Los Angeles terminal will receive $52 million to upgrade its on-dock rail capacity.
Weather forecasting agency AccuWeather is reducing its projected number of named storms during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season following an “unusual” August with low tropical activity.
The Department of Labor has clawed back hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay owed by Transair, a Hawaiian cargo airline that is no longer flying.
U.S. rail traffic has seen its third consecutive week of increases of 8% or more.
A recent ATA Driver Compensation Study shows median truckload driver salaries are up 10% in two years despite the poor freight market.
Portex founder Brittany Ennix explains how logistics technology should be built for SMB shippers.
Regional and cultural factors can create a range of different terminology in maritime and freight. A standard vocabulary across the industry could streamline optimization, but how can it be done?
Radiant Logistics has acquired oil and gas transportation and logistics specialist Foundation Logistics & Services.
Supply chain SaaS company Descartes reported record quarterly results for the period ended July 31.
Some less-than-truckload carriers reported weaker tonnage trends in August but continued to capture increases in yields.
Opponents of a bill transferring significant authority over California warehouses from local governments to the state are waiting to see whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign it.
Teamsters union leader Sean O’Brien will have to appear at an in-person deposition that could determine the fate of up to $244 million in WARN Act claims against Yellow’s estate.
The Texas Supreme Court will hear an appeal by Werner Enterprises in a long-running, $100 million nuclear verdict case.
U.S. and Guatemalan authorities say they have dismantled a human smuggling enterprise in Guatemala responsible for the deaths of 53 migrants in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio in 2022.
Now on demand on WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by Jordan Spradling; John Luciani; Kyle Taylor
Less-than-truckload booking platform MyCarrier announced Wednesday it has acquired supply chain payments platform Curant.
Three freighter operators are among the early adopters of an innovative aircraft coating inspired by sharks that makes aircraft more aerodynamic and fuel-efficient.
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia is still recording volume growth even though a year has passed since Yellow Corp. closed and the comparisons have gotten tougher.
Knowing the signs of a potential market flip is half the battle in preparing for the future.
A soft macroeconomic environment has resulted in lighter shipments for ArcBest and a delay in the company’s freight swap.
The drop in the benchmark retail diesel price is a lot smaller than what is going on in futures markets.
A shareholder-backed bankruptcy plan for Yellow Corp. would satisfy all allowed unsecured claims and leave shareholders with a real estate investment trust to manage the remaining properties.
Despite the ongoing surge of technological advances throughout the logistics industry, many companies working in the space still find themselves bogged down by inefficiencies.
Christopher Carroll, 54, of Farmington, Missouri, was found guilty by a federal jury for fraudulently obtaining nearly $3 million in Paycheck Protection Program funds.
Industry leaders are finally starting to feel better about the state of the market. That optimism could be a crucial part of actually arriving at a better future.
Moody’s reduced truck parts retailer FleetPride’s outlook to negative.
Carriers with best-in-class safety programs enjoy the most competitive insurance rates while simultaneously protecting driver well-being and making positive changes in the industry as a whole.
