H.R. 5408 gives employers 120 days to reach a first union contract or a government arbitrator writes one for them. The House passed it 230-193 on June 9. The Senate is the last wall. If you run trucks, this is not someone else’s problem.
Mexico remained America’s largest trading partner in April, extending its lead over Canada amid tariffs and growing uncertainty over the future of the USMCA.
For decades, transportation operated on trust, speed, and relationships. On this episode of Fraud Watch, Malcolm Harris explains why that model is changing as freight fraud becomes more organized, verification becomes more critical, and companies are forced to rethink how freight moves through their operations.
The fastest way for Amazon to add a premium expedited tier to its new national LTL network is to buy the one carrier already built for it — and already on the auction block Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) opened its less-than-truckload network to all businesses this week, and the market reaction was muted. Shares of the […]
The Transportation Intermediaries Association is asking FMCSA to take steps more clearly defining safe carriers.
On June 6, a trailer full of fireworks burned and detonated for 25 minutes on I-75 outside Chattanooga. The driver had no hazmat endorsement, no placards, no shipping papers.
Truckload carriers appearing at an investor conference this week laid out the thesis for a sustained period of rate recovery.
Einride began trading on Nasdaq after completing its de-SPAC. The company is scaling both electric trucks and cabless autonomous vehicles.
The 9th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade conference highlighted how legal and operational risks are changing freight movement between the U.S. and Mexico.
Under pressure from the Teamsters, UPS has retrofitted 2,000 package cars with air conditioning and the union says its enforcement campaign is forcing company compliance across many areas of their labor contract.
Bennett Family of Companies CIO Praveen Boppana details the shift from paper logs to ELDs and dash cams plus the three-year AI TMS roadmap with Motive.
Relay Payments has signed a deal to have its services available through Platform Science.
Under National Registry 2, the physician is now required to upload the results directly to the FMCSA, which then transmits the data to the state. The driver’s career and the carrier’s compliance both depend on a workflow that the physician may not understand exists.
Volvo Trucks will launch unattended over-the-air software updates later this year, allowing fleets to update parked trucks while drivers are away.
Amazon’s less-than-truckload business is unlikely to resemble that of the century-old legacy carriers.
Wabash National had its debt rating downgraded by S&P but scored a major victory at the Commerce department.
Port Houston officials say continuous training and early preparation allow the port to restore operations after hurricanes.
Amazon has opened up its trucking network to partial-load shippers who need pallets delivered to their door, as part of a full suite of supply chain services available to third-party businesses.
FreightWaves SONAR will launch its first virtual Driver App Shortage Hackathon on June 15-22 to address the lack of software built primarily for truck drivers.
FedEx pilots have finally approved a collective bargaining agreement after years of labor unrest.
