The Supreme Court just told 28,000 freight brokers that they owe a duty of ordinary care in carrier selection. The question every broker, shipper, and 3PL should be asking is not whether they need a carrier vetting process. That question was answered on May 14. The question is: what technology are they using to build one that a jury will believe?
Flexport leaders said import demand remains uneven across North America, with Houston and East Coast ports gaining share.
The speculation has started on what the Montgomery case will mean for the brokerage industry.
Supply constraints are pushing truckload rates to cycle highs, according to data from Cass Information Systems.
Dollar Tree’s massive new distribution center in Arizona is ready to go live.
The Supreme Court just opened the courthouse doors to negligent-hiring claims against brokers. The only federally required financial backstop is a surety bond designed to make sure carriers get paid. It was never meant to cover a wrongful death.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that state negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers are not preempted by the FAAAA. Twenty-eight thousand brokers just woke up in a different legal universe.
Executives at J.B. Hunt Transport Services said at an investor conference this week that truckload rates are likely to increase 20% over the next two years as carriers restore margins.
Changes in the New Jersey independent contractor rule, revealed last week, are taking some of the edge off earlier hostility to the proposal when it was first introduced. But what remains is still being viewed by those who hire independent contractors as an ABC test that will be one of the most stringent in the […]
Cargo theft is not slowing down. It is adapting. What used to happen outside the operation is now happening inside it.
The board at FedEx has formally greenlit the spinoff of its freight division.
The American trucking industry built its workforce narrative on a myth, and the modern driver, who wants to be home by Friday and isn’t interested in sleeping in a cab for two weeks, is the one exposing it.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office is investigating CDL training programs while also challenging supplier diversity policies at CVS Health.
Outpost launched its second-generation gate automation platform on Wednesday, introducing a ruggedized kiosk that deploys in as little as one day and slashes gate operating costs by up to 70 percent. The Austin, Texas-based truck terminal owner and automation company now processes more than 3 million gate events annually across its network of more than […]
An investigative analysis of the security gaps in American commercial trucking, from terrorism to trafficking and how CVSA Roadcheck plays an important role.
BMO’s transportation group, a big lender to trucking, is being sold.
Amazon is expanding its new 30-minute delivery service to dozens of U.S. cities this year.
DOJ targets organized cargo theft and freight fraud, elevating federal focus within the logistics industry.
There’s already been much written and said about the recent changes to California’s DMV regulations and what they mean for autonomous trucking. To summarize, the rules were released April 28 and cover both light- and heavy-duty vehicles. This is a notable shift. California has long been a leader in autonomous driving for robotaxis but has […]
The U.S. Postal Service wants to change some pricing mechanisms for parcel shipments, which will increase costs for shippers.
