Blockchain can help expedite customs procedures, reduce expenses and boost both global trade volumes and economic output.
Canadian transport firm says cross-border truckload and intermodal division had struggled with weak freight market in Northeast U.S.
Raising the gas tax a priority despite pushback by conservatives.
The industry notched at least two big wins this past week.
FedEx says it will launch year-round Sunday deliveries next January, and will siphon off all of its business tendered to the US Postal Service
Navistar International has agreed to pay $135 million to truck owners to settle class action complaints over defective MaxxForce engines.
Autonomous vehicles can be commercially deployed only after it convincingly addresses public and government concerns on safety and reliability.
Simplicity is the key in managing increasingly complex final-mile operations. That and basic blocking and tackling
$2 trillion infrastructure plan would boost Highway Trust Fund to $850 billion
DDC FPO launched a free online tool to help transportation and logistics professionals calculate how much of their operational costs are going toward in-house bill of lading (BOL) processing.
LTL carrier Averitt Express has opened a large international DC near Port of Savannah to manage increased volumes at the port
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The TIA says that a Roush’s negative description of the role freight brokers play in freight transportation, his broad-brush statements about safety, and small carriers are ludicrous.
Legal opinion aims to clear the air surrounding movement of products allowed under federal law across the United States.
DrayNow, the first real-time marketplace connecting intermodal freight with carriers, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). BiTA is developing best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation industry. Blockchain is an open, distributed digital ledger that can record and share transactions between two or more parties efficiently, securely and permanently. Blockchain enables […]
Oversize helps brokers and fleets save time that is needlessly spent navigating the complex regulatory landscape of carrying overdimensional cargo.
Daimler Trucks is betting big on autonomous trucks, as the German-based company announced Wednesday, May 29, that it is establishing a global group that seeks to put highly automated commercial trucks on U.S. highways within the next 10 years.
Guest post by FreightWaves’ John Kingston The highway and viaduct that now shoots truckers and others straight through the heart of Syracuse on interstate 81 might be no more under a plan making its way through an approval process. Instead, drivers will need to circle the city on what is now interstate 481 if the […]
A crackdown on plastic waste illegally ocean-shipped to Malaysia took a dramatic turn last night. The country’s environment ministry announced that it would be sending 450 metric tons of contaminated plastic waste in 10 maritime shipping containers back to their countries of origin.
Government agency Transport Canada has released a proposed regulation requiring the use of video and voice recorders in locomotive cabs of freight trains operating in Canada.
