Trucking

Results from BMO’s transportation sector showed deterioration in trucking credit quality.

Three logistics companies share how they are working to reduce emissions and waste in their supply chains.

RoadOne has started construction on a 100-acre distribution project near the Port of Charleston.

Midwest Express and Sterling Transportation have launched a strategic partnership to better compete on the national stage.

Two rating agencies have cut the debt rating of beleaguered Forward Air.

This week in Borderlands: Port of Eagle Pass, Texas, fastest-growing border crossing in the U.S.; Port of Brownsville snags Westa flour mill; Siete Leguas Automotive opens $54M factory in Durango, Mexico; and CBP intercepts $18M worth of meth in shipment of squash.

C.H. Robinson has had its debt rating downgraded by S&P Global.

A newsier-than-typical Advanced Clean Transportation Expo featured the first appearance by Tesla and a single stage gathering of legacy OEMs.

FGN Global Logistics offers a “control tower” logistics management concept to bulk liquid shippers of both flexitanks and ISO tanks, which lowers transport costs and simplifies liquid supply chain management.

NOAA released its May hurricane forecast, in which it spells out a warning to shippers to prepare for significant disruptions.

The State of Freight webinar for May sees a key benchmark turn higher; is this the bottom?

PepsiCo Beverages North America announced this week that it plans to add 50 Tesla electric semi-trucks to its California fleet as part of the company’s mission to reach net-zero emissions by 2040.

Logistics real estate operator Prologis and Maersk subsidiary, Performance Team, launch a 96-truck electric charging station in Southern California.

The Teamsters is celebrating what it says is a first-ever victory to organize drivers at a Kroger fulfillment center.

Bridging the AI gap in U.S.-Mexico trade is essential for trade growth, experts say.

New legislation designed to crack down on fake companies that give legitimate brokers and carriers a bad name has bipartisan support.

A couple of truckload carriers provide an update on recent trends following a slew of poor first-quarter reports.

Another large trucking company has asked federal regulators to relax its permitting rules to get drivers in seats faster.

The U.S. Postal Service will pause some modernization projects for the rest of the year amid “confusion” about the agency’s Delivering for America plan.

Minnesota has reached a deal on compensation for Uber and Lyft drivers, and a California court seems to favor Proposition 22’s protections for gig workers from the state’s independent contractor law.