Trucking

R&D investment delivers top-5 status among FreightTech 25.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said excluding ocean cargo from the Section 321 pilot program reduced “a substantial number of relevant shipments of potential participants.”

Roadrunner Transportation continues to overhaul its portfolio with the sale of its flatbed unit.

Container industry veteran John McCown argues that the shift toward East Coast ports is inexorable.

The official announcement followed a chaotic weekend of credit, customer, and driver issues,

The Swedish truck giant’s venture capital arm has invested an undisclosed sum in Autotech Ventures.

Shareholders of beleaguered U.K. trucking company Eddie Stobart have gone ahead and accepted a £55 million rescue deal that would help the company come out from the brink of administration. This stop-gap measure just ahead of Christmas will help Eddie Stobart save 6,500 jobs, ending several months of uncertainty behind the company’s seesawing fortunes. The […]

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Washington’s apple exports to Mexico continue to rise; Pharr International Bridge is No. 3 land trade hub in Texas; Marc Kiven joins cross-border freight company Forager as president; and Tomato antidumping agreement to remain in place. […]

The power and fuel efficiency of truck engines continue to rise as their size and weight shrink.

Celadon Group was Scrooge for its drivers with the Christmas holidays around the corner, but the trucking community is stepping up to help in the season of giving.

Carrier blames rocky freight market, bad lease deal for latest bankruptcy woes.

It’s scary days in Australia for truck makers and importers, as the volume of truck sales has fallen off a cliff. Also this week: road upgrades, drug-taking drivers, company debt and a parliamentary trucking inquiry.

The billion-dollar truckload carrier’s failure is one of the largest in industry history.

Trekker CEO Josh Kaburick discusses changing the model of his family’s trucking company with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller.

Top four parcel delivery firms perform well in first week of peak season, ShipMatrix says

Lawmakers call out White House for trying to obstruct OIG probe.

Prologis expands Chinese footprint with multi billion dollar investments

Tepid volumes with an upside breakout in tender rejections

Transportation Insight pushes into LTL brokerage with acquisition of FreightPros

E-commerce’s role in transforming supply chain logistics should be a factor that Congress considers during the next surface transportation bill authorization.