Guest post by FreightWaves’ Noi Mahoney For the first time in its 168-year history, Port Laredo is number one. Laredo, Texas surpassed Los Angeles, California as the nation’s busiest trade hub, including airports, seaports and international border crossings. Port Laredo did $20.09 billion in trade during the month of March (according to the latest Census […]
FedEx Express terminates its domestic air delivery business with Amazon to focus on broader e-commerce market
Transfix, the venture capital-backed digital freight marketplace based in New York City, announced that Ahmad El-Dardiry joined the company as its new chief revenue officer. El-Dardiry comes to Transfix from a 19-year stint at Intel Corporation, where most recently he managed cloud computing, memory and storage enterprise sales in the Americas, Asia and global industry […]
TranzAct Technologies is the latest company to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read why it has joined BiTA and learn more about the company.
Market expert Scott Case writes about an innovative program at Miami-Dade International Airport that generates revenue while helping the citizens of Brazil receive e-commerce purchases much quicker than ever before.
Market expert Donald Broughton writes about the numerous consequences of a U.S. Mexico trade war and the damage that will be done on both sides of the border.
FedEx Express creates flex-time driver category that will supplement full time workforce
Not all independent truckers are seeing those benefits
BoxBot is testing a self-driving, electric vehicle for parcel firm OnTrac in northern California.
Fleets will not be able to register noncompliant trucks with the DMV.
IMAGE: TCA The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has awarded John Christner Trucking, Inc.’s Director of Safety, John Mallory, as the 2019 TCA Safety Professional of the Year — Clare C. Casey Award recipient. The announcement was made during TCA’s 38th Annual Safety & Security Division Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee. This honor is bestowed upon a […]
YRC names T.J. O’Connor as COO; O’Connor to remainas head of YRC Freight
Farming not the only industry to suffer losses from major flooding.
Driver hiring includes many steps to ensure compliance, and many fleets turn to outside help to assist in that process.
Landstar announced that it may not be able to meet the low-end of its guidance range as truckload spot market fundamentals remain weak.
Fiat Chrysler has pulled its merger proposal with Renault, blaming French politics.
Truck drivers looking for a job will soon have to register with a new drug and alcohol clearinghouse.
For the first time in its 168-year history, Port Laredo is No. 1. Laredo surpassed Los Angeles as the nation’s busiest trade hub, including airports, seaports and international border crossings. Port Laredo did $20.09 billion in trade during the month of March (according to the latest Census Bureau numbers available and analyzed by WorldCity), while […]
Volvo and Mack used trucks are now backed by factory warranties of up to 24 months and 250,000 miles for parts and labor on certain components.
Apple is looking to buy autonomous driving technology startup Drive.ai, which might help the company gain ground against its bigger competitors in the self-driving niche.
