Amazon is testing an ultra-fast delivery service in Seattle and Philadelphia, but in the United Arab Emirates shoppers the service is so fast shoppers can get orders within 15 minutes.
CDL schools are exploiting federal loopholes and flooding the trucking industry with untrained drivers, industry exec says.
Transportation capacity remained level in November while prices jumped, according to a monthly survey of supply chain managers.
Amazon and the Teamsters faced off this fall in various venues, with a mixed outcome.
ArcBest reported improvement in revenue trends during November but reiterated its expectation for margin erosion in the fourth quarter.
10 Roads Express said it has faced “continued and significant headwinds” across the transportation sector, which caused the shut down.
XPO’s fourth-quarter update showed less-than-truckload trends largely in line with the company’s prior guidance.
FMCSA is cracking down on illegal CDL training by banning thousands of providers and warning 4,000 more that they risk getting banned as well.
At this year’s F3: Future of Freight Festival, Amazon Freight General Manager Ari Silkey offered a detailed look at how Amazon’s transportation network has evolved.
Regulators aim to eliminate non-compliant, loophole-exploiting ELD equipment with a more rigorous vetting process.
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Truckers lift nationwide blockades after reaching deal; Jisu Fortune arrives in Mexico with more than 5,000 vehicles from China; and Dual Borgstena opens a new automotive plant in Coahuila, creating up to 900 jobs.
Bankrupt Yellow Corp. has settled its withdrawal liabilities with 14 multiemployer pension plans.
FedEx has removed MD-11 freighter flights from its December schedule. The carrier could be without the freighters for a long time as aviation authorities investigate the cause of the recent UPS MD-11 crash.
NJ truck driving school settlement resolves lawsuit over driver misclassification.
FedEx will lay off 856 workers as it permanently closes a facility in Coppell, Texas.
For the second time in three months, Odyssey Logistics has seen Moody’s cut its debt rating.
Federal regulators plan to launch a 25-minute survey to quantify the benefits of adding more truck parking capacity.
Border agents in Arizona recently sent two truckers back to Mexico, part of a Trump-era push targeting immigrant and non-domiciled CDL holders.
Almost 12,000 workers across the automotive, food, logistics and manufacturing sectors are facing layoffs heading into the holiday season.
The November State of Freight webinar took place against a continuation of a market that is showing only the slightest signs of a turnaround.
