Today’s Pickup: FourKites announces virtual sustainability summit
FourKites has announced a virtual sustainability summit, plus a teen helps out truckers, suppliers are getting stuck with food, and what will be the impact on truck drivers?
FourKites has announced a virtual sustainability summit, plus a teen helps out truckers, suppliers are getting stuck with food, and what will be the impact on truck drivers?
Supply chain disruption from coronavirus adds Navistar plant in Ohio to truck operations suspending production and pulling earnings guidance.
The Chinese government is using the reason “Acts of God” to void many contracts due to coronavirus. Darren Prokop explores whether that is hurting current trade and will impact trade in the future.
A truck driver rolling through Nebraska carrying toilet paper to the shelves may have encountered an unpleasant fact – a rest stop he or she was planning to use might have been closed because of – a lack of toilet paper. But as last week drew to a close, they were all open. There had […]
Starsky Robotics believed it had a viable path to autonomous trucking, but investors didn’t agree and the startup ran out of money.
Combination of new drivers plus food movements means they are “doing high fives.”
This week: US-Mexico supply chains intact despite coronavirus; border agents foil drug smuggling attempts worth $2.7 million; Port Houston reopens container terminals following positive coronavirus test; Pharr Bridge Business Park opens 100,000-square-foot distribution center.
A lawsuit, seeking class action status, was filed against TQL over its recent data breach.
Carriers and medical clinics struggle to develop protocols for drivers who have COVID-19
Store managers will get bonuses early and regardless of performance.
One of Canada’s largest transportation and logistics companies says it will temporarily lay off some employees, suspend dividend and slash executive pay as it braces for economic fallout to hit freight.
COVID-19 priorities may require “non-emergency” waiver for drivers and carriers.
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency issues guidance on critical industries as millions of Americans ordered to stay home.
Mexico was the U.S.’s largest trading partner in 2019, with more than $614 billion in two-way trade.
For carriers with loads to haul, they now have an advantage in negotiating rates, as the weekly DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index has risen to 55.
BCOs handled 45% of shipments by revenue in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Fleet tracking and vehicle management firm PowerFleet has developed a suite of solutions that are individually tailored to provide operational visibility for firms of different sizes and capacity.
Limited food options in the new Pennsylvania opening, but better than zero.
Americold Realty Trust plans to keep all 183 cold storage facilities “open for business.”