Ben Thrower explores the financial and political influence that China is wielding in Panama and around the Panama Canal.
As many as 50,000 angry farmers throughout Mexico blocked highways and an international bridge along the Texas-Mexico border on July 17 in protest of the government of President Andres Manuel López Obrador. The Mexican farmers’ protest spread over 42 locations in some 23 Mexican states throughout the country, including an eight-hour blockage of the commercial […]
West Virginia may look to sell an intermodal port that it developed, but which has failed to generate the expected level of freight volumes. The state’s Port Authority developed the Heartland Intermodal Gateway, a $30 million project funded by state and federal government grants. Earlier this month, the authority voted to allow the facility to […]
Canada’s largest transportation and logistics company releases second-quarter results on July 25.
A weekly round-up of events in Australia. This week: Melbourne forces trucks out of the inner city; cleaning up asbestos roads; obeying road signage fail; road train safety inspections.
An Indiana judge sided with Dollar General in a negligence lawsuit filed by a former U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX) delivery driver, who claimed his arm was ripped from its socket while unloading an overweight container at one of its stores in May of 2016.
Ashley Coker PHOTO CREDIT: JIM ALLEN/FREIGHTWAVES The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended its comment period concerning its possible pilot program that would allow non-military drivers under 21 to drive commercial vehicles across state lines. The previous July 15 deadline has been pushed back to August 14, giving people an extra month to […]
Kentucky-based Legion Logistics has opened a new satellite office in the city of Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. The new international office, staffed by two bilingual freight specialists, gives Legion Logistics a strategic presence in the industrial center of Mexico. “It allows us to increase our service offerings on the Mexican side and communicate more effectively […]
Don Blake’s passion raises $250,000 in two truck auctions for Truckers Against Trafficking
Capacity has returned to freight markets and spot rates are falling against “contract.”
The data on truck company failures is pointing to a rocky period for shutdowns, and the prospect of higher diesel prices isn’t going to help. That’s the message of Seth Holm of the FreightWaves Intel Group. He’ll be a guest this weekend on FreightWaves Radio on SiriusXM’s Road Dog Trucking. It can be found on […]
After decades of planning and discussion, freight traffic could finally have an alternative highway loop around Dallas that saves them from bottlenecks along Interstate 35. The Loop 9 project will add a connection between two interstates in south Dallas – I-35 East and I-45 East. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has made the project a […]
APM Terminals reached a deal with the longshore union at the Port of Los Angeles to retrain dock workers in repairing the automated cargo handling equipment that will take their jobs. The deal further paves the way for the Maersk subsidiary to start a project to install electrical charging stations and to make other upgrades […]
Marten Transport posted its best-ever second quarter operating revenue and income in the company’s 74-year history, the company said in its July 18 earnings release.
Volvo Group and Samsung SDI will work together to advance Volvo’s electric truck plans with direct supply of battery cells and packs to Volvo manufacturing plants.
Dothan, Alabama-based AAA Cooper Transportation said it will start offering a free GPS shipment tracking system to its customers starting on July 28.
The United States is sending an additional deployment of 1,100 active-duty troops and 1,000 Texas National Guard soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border, Pentagon officials announced July 17. The new active-duty troops will arrive in Texas “in the next several weeks” and will provide “aerial surveillance, operational, logistical and administrative support” to U.S. Customs and Border […]
Today’s fleets contend with the Amazon effect on logistics, have to keep up customer satisfaction levels, minimize operational costs and also attract and retain drivers. Technology could help make these challenges easier.
Canadian transportation and logistics firm selects interim chief financial officer Alex Fu for the permanent post.
The importance of technicians and the cost of technicians as part of the total cost of ownership is covered in this article by Gerry Mead.
