Trucking

Ashley Coker Used Class 8 truck pricing held strong in October and same dealer sales volumes rebounded after a slight dip last month, according to preliminary data from ACT Research. “The average used Class 8 selling price recorded a sixth straight month above the trend reading,” ACT Research Vice President Steve Tam said. “On a […]

Even though the Department of Energy’s reported diesel per gallon price has risen 27% since early 2017, carriers have seen their net fuel expense per mile remain largely neutral.

With the ongoing, high-profile negative news surrounding Tesla, there is still interest in the company’s electric semi. Albertsons Companies, which operates well-known food and drug retailers across the country, has purchased 10 Tesla Semi all-electric trucks.

FedEx is expanding its alternative-fuel vehicle fleet with 1,000 electric vans from Chanje Energy, to be delivered over the next two years.

Also today: going to jail for bogus CDLs; ecommerce driving the Canada Post labor dispute.

After making its first acquisition last year in a quarter-century, the company could be in the market for another one, according to CEO John Roberts.

Ashley Coker (CART: DATA FROM DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND TCA INGAUGE IN FREIGHTWAVES’ SONAR) Even though the Department of Energy’s reported diesel per gallon price has risen 27% since early 2017, carriers have seen their net fuel expense per mile remain largely neutral, actually dropping 12% in that same time frame, according to TCA data […]

The union also rejected binding arbitration, though Canada Post did not explicitly ask for that.

The deadline is 5 p.m. November 19.

Operations to vary depending on pilot markets.

Net-zero carbon emissions from the transportation sector is possible by 2050 if industry starts to make changes now, says a new report.

Trucking executive points to final mile delivery as draining driver pool, so think about that on Cyber Monday.

The union lays out in surprising detail what it is seeking.

The two sides have been negotiating for a year, and e-commerce is a big part of the basis for the standoff.

The decision in favor of Horizon turned on a narrow question of where one of the employees’ case should be heard.

Spireon hosted a webinar in collaboration with FreightWaves earlier this week to explore the importance of building a fleet safety culture and how to do it the right way.

Emerge, a startup providing Private Freight Marketplace (PFM) and TMS, and striving to increase visibility into freight supply chains, has raised $20 million in a seed round led by Greycroft Partners.

There are no filings with the SEC that indicate the company purchased an actual trucking company, just some tweets and statements to Bloomberg.

There is no timeline for implementation of any new NOx rulemaking, but there are a couple of key questions that must be answered: What will the limits be and how much will this cost?

At a two-day conference in which rapid technology development and what’s to come was the focus of so many presentations, Eric Fuller of U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX) provided a reality check.