Trucking

2020 U.S. presidential election could become major roadblock

Colorful Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere has vowed to ban trucks from the city of Auckland during the day and sell the Ports of Auckland if elected.

UPS completes major modernization of its ground hub in Louisville, a key node in its network

Cargo Chief provides freight brokers with a booking bot that gets carrier offers, counter-bids on loads and autonomously books load on consent.

What The Truck?!? hits the road this week as Chad and Dooner make tracks towards Birmingham, Alabama to cover McLeod’s Transportation, Finance and Accounting Conference. The guys talk with McLeod’s CEO Tom McLeod, VP of Ops David Custred, CFO Kasey Burleson, Chief InfoSec Officer Ben Barnes, and Buddy Moore Trucking’s CFO Susan Moore Kirkpatrick.

Amazon.com breaks ground on its air hub in Cincinnati suburb of Hebron, Ky

Preliminary used truck sales in the heaviest weight segment – Class 8 – fell 13 percent in April compared with the same month a year earlier.

Amazon has broken ground on its Kentucky air hub, which will bring 2,000 jobs and up to 100 planes to the area.

Haven is introducing a track and trace solution that is both affordable and seamless to integrate within shipping workflows.

Ashley Coker IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK The Cass Shipments Index came in negative for the fifth month in a row in April, sparking concern about potential economic contraction. Boughton Capital Founder and Managing Partner Donald Boughton maintained a positive outlook throughout the last several months of negative shipments, becoming gradually more skeptical as the trend continued. He […]

Opus9 and FleetUp are offering Opus9 carriers access to a discounted ELD and the chance to become a Premium Carrier Partner with access to more freight.

Support for proposal split between large and small carriers.

Weather can cause significant delays to freight. FourKites is trying to help solve that by adding real-time management to its products.

UPS triples the number of destinations for Saturday export service to US.

Operating cost savings at stake as company deals with IPO expectations

California and Oregon are both adding to the price via the “LCFS.” Oregon’s law just survived a legal challenge.

Walmart launches one-day delivery in Phoenix and Las Vegas two weeks after Amazon announces its plans to start the service

TruckPark recently launched an app designed to help alleviate the worry to find truck parking by allowing drivers to reserve a parking space using their smartphones.

Purchase expands network in British Columbia with firm specializing in long-haul moves for heavy-industry customers.

Good day, Truck makers have been insisting that medium-duty truck owners are starting to look for the same type of data analytics and remote diagnostic capabilities that long-haul operators have become accustomed to in recent years. Kenworth is the latest manufacturer to heed that call, announcing that its TruckTech+ Remote Diagnostics is now an option […]