Trucking

Management from J.B. Hunt said it needs to see more data before making a call that the industry is exiting a freight recession.

In the so-called Atlanta Opera case, the National Labor Relations Board overturned an earlier precedent that made it easier to define workers as independent contractors.

UPS has told the Teamsters union it will install air conditioning and air induction vents in its package cars, union tweets.

Freight volumes and spending fell sharply in May, but Cass Information Systems maintains an outlook that the bottom of the cycle is near.

FMCSA puts unfair burdens on truck drivers and carriers in accident reporting, the agency is told.

The latest exchange between the Teamsters union and Yellow Corp. suggests the carrier is running out of time and money.

C.H. Robinson avoided a debt downgrade at S&P but the outlook was changed to negative, mostly on the size of its share buybacks.

GLS will handle the first and middle miles before handing off parcels to local partners.

Lightning eMotors identifies electrifying small school buses and shuttle vans as its niche. Scaling depends on finding new capital.

Some bullish commentators have suggested that strong heavy-duty truck sales means a recession isn’t looming. Further context is needed.

The full impact on trucking from closing a 7-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia may remain unclear for weeks.

Toyota announced an investment of $328 million to build its new hybrid Tacoma pickup trucks in Mexico.

“Unfortunately there are still drivers on the road that give the rest a bad name. We’re as an industry looking to change that perception,” Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle said.

Navistar Inc. is recalling an additional 22,684 trucks and buses for a brake fluid leak that can lead to an under hood fire.

As fleet electrification draws closer, here is how fleet managers can make the transition smooth and sustainable.

Key interstate closed for 7 miles after large slab falls from elevated highway due to tanker fire.

This week in Borderlands: Texas trucking company acquired by Online Transport Inc.; U.S. requests USMCA dispute resolution over Mexico corn ban; RK Logistics expands into Arizona market; and Watco opens railcar storage facility in Texas.

Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow reported another large drop in volumes Friday after the market closed.

Nearly 100 owner-operators protested in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday after receiving letters in late May stating the city was ending their contracts for its As-Needed Haul Truck Program, citing the independent contractor law AB5.

UPS commits to 50% of Surepost packages being redirected from the Postal Service to UPS by the end of the next contract.