Trucking

“Importers are exhausted” and foundation change is necessary, says Flexport’s Sanne Manders.

After a disruptive year, Mexico’s automotive industry hopes to revive a manufacturing sector depressed by the pandemic, along with shortages of vital components and energy for factories.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Jamco Group expands in Laredo; BTL picks Mexico for new auto parts plant; G-Global expands in El Paso; and agents seize $40 million in drugs in Texas and California.

DHL Aviation is turning over every stone to find economical capacity to haul packages for DHL’s express unit. The latest moves involve a travel airline flying parcels instead of passengers and a new Airbus converted freighter that few others have.

The owners of defunct Westfield Transport Inc. of West Springfield, Massachusetts, were indicted on federal charges of falsifying driving logs on Friday. Prosecutors assert the Gasanov brothers hired Volodymyr Zhukovskyy two days before his involvement in a fatal crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire in June 2019,

In today’s edition, we highlight the upcoming public listing for a self-driving truck startup; the market’s impact after the winter storms; and a startup’s earnings reports.

The expected rebound for truckload markets did not disappoint.

Navistar is recalling more than 32,000 International LT and Lonestar models from several recent model years because engines can shut down unexpectedly.

United Airlines on Friday became the second airline to pay millions of dollars in penalties for a scheme to defraud the U.S. Postal Service for international mail delivery.

Employees can be “your greatest liabilities if they’re not trained properly,” says Infinit-I Workforce Solutions CEO Jay Wommack. So he is offering a free training video for truckers.

Competitive rates will convince a carrier to pick up a load, but the right combination of relationship and convenience will keep them coming back to the same broker over and over.

Allyn International experts discuss how a 4PL control tower acts as the nervous system in a global supply chain.

FreightWaves is bringing back its in-person events this year with the F3: Future of Freight Festival in November, celebrating all things freight in a communitywide celebration throughout the city of Chattanooga.

Hope White, founder and CEO at H.D. White Logistics, dives into personal challenges with getting promoted as a Black female and what it takes to start your own company.

Experts weigh in on how the pandemic has affected trucking companies that work the Texas oil patch.

An Illinois firm, Lions Logistics 1, which specialized in perishable foods and other time-sensitive loads, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, reporting a 96% drop in revenue in 2020.

In today’s edition, we highlight congestion hot spots in the trucking industry, a first-of-its-kind store, and the keynote speaker at FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week.

The owner of two defunct California trucking companies, Royal Flush 89 Transport and Cuevas Transport, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Wednesday.

The truckstop operator, in the midst of a makeover, saw its diesel sales far exceed any recent quarter.

Mark Vickers of Reliance Partners warns transportation providers of Mexico’s eye-opening insurance regulations, which he compares to the “Wild West.”