Trucking

BMO’s second-quarter earnings did not suggest a turnaround in credit conditions for trucking.

The Trump administration is amending a list of truck safety rules, aiming to streamline regulations and make compliance easier.

Veho, a tech-enabled parcel courier, is testing a delivery robot that can walk, climb and roll to customer doorsteps in cityscapes.

Purolator’s airfreight partner in western Canada is modifying turboprop aircraft for parcel transport as part of a fleet modernization.

A U.S. senator wants to cut through red tape that’s keeping driverless cars and trucks from commercial viability.

The trucking industry has faced its longest and deepest downturn in history, beginning in March 2022. This prolonged slump, known as the Great Freight Recession, has driven many trucking companies out of business. A sluggish goods economy contributed, but the primary cause is excess capacity. During the COVID-19 pandemic, high freight rates and government stimulus, […]

RXO recently released its Q2 Truckload Market Forecast, which found that despite economic turmoil, the U.S. truckload space remained relatively calm according to shippers’ KPIs.

Freight-related layoffs hit Amazon, FedEx, UPS and F&S Produce West over the past week.

New legislation would codify into law the Trump administration’s policy shift that places truck drivers out of service for lacking English reading and speaking skills.

Companies without visibility and control across their supply chain find themselves perpetually fighting fires rather than fueling growth.

President Donald Trump on Friday made new trade threats against the European Union and iPhone maker Apple.

Providence Equity Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Global Critical Logistics.

Canada Post workers backed away from going on strike, opting instead for a ban on overtime work. But the threat of a strike has already allowed competitors to take parcel business from the national post.

The two leading ratings agencies have cut their ratings on trailer builder Wabash National.

The CEO of Mercado Libre, the dominant e-commerce player in Latin America, has decided to turn control to one of his lieutenants and move to the board room.

Transportation management systems are going to play a big role for shippers dealing with tariff wars, says logistics expert Bart De Muynck.

North America’s third-largest full truckload broker, RXO, believes spot rates will continue to step higher.

President Trump is expected to sign bills nullifying requirements that would have required the trucking industry to convert much of its fleet to zero-emission by 2035.

April brought mixed signals for the trucking industry, as both new carrier registrations and exits increased.

The Trump administration is opening a new round of federal grant applications for truck drivers and truck operations.