Trucking

David Bozeman may have a ways to go to get comfortable at C.H. Robinson, but he has been around the block.

Digital-oriented freight forwarder Flexport has completed its acquisition of the logistics arm of Shopify Inc., one month after it announced its plans. The deal includes Deliverr, the tech-enabled shipping services provider Shopify bought last year for $2.1 billion, and it officially puts Flexport into e-commerce fulfillment and last-mile delivery. In exchange for its fulfillment assets, […]

Digital freight marketplace NEXT Trucking is on the prowl for either additional capital or an exit.

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO reported another modest tonnage decline in May, which was in line with trends at Saia and much better than Old Dominion’s report.

PalletTrader’s founder discusses the success of the newest online pallet marketplace that is changing the way pallets are bought and sold.

The Logistics Managers’ Index registered contraction for the first time ever in May as transportation-related metrics weighed heavily on the data set.

Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion reported no seasonal inflection in volumes during May but continued to push yields higher.

The effects of marijuana impairment on truck driving is not fully understood due in part to limited research, according to a new ATRI report.

Northeast LTL carrier A. Duie Pyle has been growing but is hewing primarily to its existing geographic base.

STG Logistics’ acquisition of Best Dedicated Solutions will add expedited, dry van, temperature-controlled and flatbed OTR transportation to STG’s existing services.

As the transportation industry continues to adopt more vehicle and internal technologies considered hackable, the importance of penetration testing takes center stage.

The best shipping partners are those who collaborate to cut costs without service degradation.

Navistar Inc. is recalling more than 92,000 trucks and buses because an antilock brake system warning light may not work.

Nearshoring and reshoring manufacturing developments bypassing Canada for the U.S. and Mexico.

May’s Class 8 truck orders rose, but a truer measure of manufacturing health is the industry’s still-elevated backlog-to-build number.

Move may come as a surprise to those who thought Jim Barber was the top candidate.

Class 5 electric trucks have a broad customer base and a lot of manufacturers chasing the space where regulation comes soon.

Truck transportation jobs may have risen between April and May, but the more significant number is the trend since January, which has been down.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia reported second-quarter volume metrics on Friday that imply a high-single-digit sequential increase in tonnage from the first quarter.

Freight brokers can “increase their capacity by managing their own dedicated pool of leased trailers,” said Graham Gonzales, vice president of strategic accounts at Reliance Partners. Reliance is America’s fastest growing and most diverse insurance brokerage with a sole focus on the transportation space, specializing in annual and usage-based solutions.