Trucking

Cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine have been seized from trucks crossing the border in Texas and California.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Volkswagen Taos starts production in Mexico; Lalamove launches delivery services in Dallas; Dachser Mexico expands in Querétaro; and OmniTRAX grows in South Texas.

The CARES Act oversight commission is still waiting on a response from the Defense Department regarding its “national security” designation of YRC Worldwide, which allowed the carrier to obtain a pandemic relief loan.

Minnesota-based Stan Koch & Sons Trucking has agreed to pay $165,000 to settle a EEOC lawsuit stemming from allegations the carrier retaliated against a former truck driver.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a potential TRATON-Navistar tie-up moves closer to a conclusion, plus carriers still hold an upper hand in rate negotiations and early earnings results are not what people expected.

Markets consolidate as peak season nears.

Rumors started swirling on Friday that LTL carrier Central Freight Lines was shutting down its western division, which company President Michael Brennan told FreightWaves are “100% untrue.”

The Cass Freight Index booked 7% sequential gains in shipments and expenditures during September.

Anne Reinke is coming directly from DOT but has a long record in the DC office of CSX

$8 million worth of marijuana and over 2,000 bongs are discovered at the U.S-Canada border during two recent inspections of tractor-trailers.

Also on this week’s edition: diesel did something last week it hasn’t done in at least 30 years.

Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services move 9% lower after the company fails to meet recently raised analyst expectations. Intermodal service headwinds and elevated costs were the culprits.

AIT Worldwide Logistics’ Bob McGhee shares his thoughts on the best practices for military equipment shipping.

Rasmussen heading up safety group after retiring from PrePass.

Fr8Hub shareholders intend to invest $12 million as part of the transaction.

Bottom line on operating and net income largely unchanged; revenues up but costs were too

Landstar System announces the opening of a new driver center for its independent owner-operators in Carnesville, Georgia. The 8,000-square-foot facility provides classrooms, a business center, laundry, showers and break rooms.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services misses 3Q estimates by 9 cents per share. Revenue and operating income climb 5% but a variety of cost inflation and a tough truck brokerage market weigh on the quarter.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA denies an HOS exemption for drivers with animals, YRC is boosting pay for some new drivers, OOIDA criticizes cost estimates for broker transparency and the conviction of the former Pilot Flying J president is overturned.

While COVID-19 helped increase e-commerce sales volumes, retailers struggle to manage lengthening holiday season lead times.