Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels reacts to the results of this year’s International Roadcheck. He ponders whether drivers should take all the heat, but also says greater action can always be taken to mitigate violations.
Werner Enterprises announced its third acquisition since last summer on Monday, adding Baylor Trucking to its one-way operation at an undisclosed price.
This week: XPO driver reaches 4 million safe driving miles, Walmart opens a new facility in Illinois and donates to local charities and Getir donates over 80,000 pounds of food to nonprofits.
The federal agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination has sued a New York-based trucking company for not hiring females.
Prosecutors rested their federal fraud case against Nikola founder Trevor Milton on Friday after three weeks.
Analysts are predicting that carriers won’t experience a typical peak season. That’s bad news for the trucking industry.
Flatbed carrier Daseke said Friday it would repurchase $40 million in stock, following an April request from an activist investor to do so.
McClellan Trucking and Duran Transfer, which contract with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail, have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum has strong opinions on cabovers versus conventional trucks, fuel cells and other issues.
A new 80-page handbook from DOT gives local planners detailed information for planning and designing truck parking facilities.
The Federal Trade Commission plans on getting involved in questions of independent contractor status.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked for a halt to the U.S. border vaccine mandate.
Steamship lines sometimes offer an included chassis for trucking companies. Similarly, non-vessel operating common carriers sometimes offer a chassis program linked to the chassis pools for their carrier partners. While these offers may sound attractive, is a typical “chassis deal” really a deal at all?
Federal regulators are considering loosening driver work-rule restrictions for propane haulers during periods of peak consumer demand.
One area that carriers have emphasized this year is “ugly freight” – or non-conveyable shipments. These are packages that are hard to put through their automated systems.
Hurricane Ian came ashore in Fort Myers, Florida, just before noon Wednesday. Transportation is starting to feel the impact, with road and port closures in effect.
Kodiak Robotics and Werner Enterprises completed a 152-hour autonomous freight trucking pilot between Dallas and Lake City, Florida.
Logistics real estate operator Prologis said Wednesday that its planned acquisition of Duke Realty has received shareholder approval.
On demand on WTT: Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida, Waffle Hose Index, freight impacts, logistics hiring, and FreightTech for temperature control
Clean Energy opened a renewable natural gas station in Groveport, Ohio, as part of an agreement with Amazon.
