Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: The logistics boom drives an e-commerce firm’s relocation in Texas; MercuryGate […]
Shippers are reverting to pre-pandemic shipping patterns, which may exacerbate the next freight market shift.
A filing in a Delaware bankruptcy court said the auction for Yellow’s terminals is ongoing and that winning bids may not be revealed until Tuesday.
A government system that leaves most of the trucking industry without a safety rating needs an overhaul, carriers and brokers tell regulators.
DAT advises users who suspect they have received a phishing email impersonating the load board to promptly contact the customer service department.
Tender volumes were outpacing 2022 levels before the holiday and came within spitting distance of 2020 — freight demand’s second-best year on record.
The electric grid holds more potential for electric truck charging than utilities currently allow. A big rethink is under way.
The numbers out of BMO’s transportation sector, which are heavily loans to trucking companies, showed deterioration in credit metrics.
U.S. diesel exports to South America’s west coast are heavily exposed to Panama Canal delays. Tanker rates have skyrocketed.
The Pilot vs. Berkshire lawsuit in Delaware has gotten personal, with the recent Pilot chairman accused of secret payments to benefit a sales price.
Effective Monday, UPS’ surcharge levels for domestic ground parcel and SurePost services will rise by 50 basis points.
Artificial intelligence will probably change everything about our lives. For truck drivers, it could wipe away their economic stability.
As the Panama Canal scales back on reservation slots, more ships without reservations wait longer to get through.
A new study looks at the causes and severity of excessive heavy-duty truck towing fees.
Polish truck drivers are blocking four key border crossings. They’re hoping to draw attention to a European Union regulatory change.
Franklin Ray was sentenced to 212 months in federal prison for his role in multiple fraud schemes, including bilking investors out of $40 million in a truck investment venture.
Will Congress pass any rail safety bills before 2023 ends? One consultant thinks the answer is probably no.
Federal officials have closed a border bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, to handle a surge of migrants arriving in the area.
The evidence is far from overwhelming, but the worst of the price depreciation for used trucks may be over.
MSC, the world’s largest shipping line, faces the largest-ever shipper claim for alleged damages suffered during the supply chain crisis.
The number of in-store and online shoppers set records over the five-day Thanksgiving cycle, according to the National Retail Federation.
Changes in ZIP codes mean that delivery area surcharges will apply to a larger share of the U.S. population.
Canada-based electric trucking startup Lion Electric cuts 10% of head count to reduce costs as it seeks profitability.
The DOE/EIA diesel price declined for the eighth time in the past 10 weeks.
There has been a surge of attacks and threats targeting Israel-linked ships, including one incident where the U.S. Navy came to the rescue.
The founder of Isometric Technologies describes the company’s goal of building the FICO score for freight.
Can package sizing be improved? It’s been a long, slow process.
The Biden administration has announced a huge plan to tackle issues plaguing the U.S. supply chain that covers several cross-government partnerships.
This week in Borderlands: Eternity Group Mexico unveils a tool for shippers to monitor their carbon footprints; Finkargo closes a $20 million Series A funding round; cargo-partner launches a cross-border shipping solution; and SKU Distribution receives foreign trade zone status for its Arizona warehouse.
Time is running out for container lines as contract rate renewal season nears and spot rates fail to recover.
EPA’s proposal to consider mandating air pollution reporting could place new burdens on rail yards and rail carriers, critics say.
Freight brokerages typically can stay afloat during trucking recessions. But the ongoing, severe downturn has slammed third-party logistics companies.
Israeli tech startups count on losing some employees to military reserve duty. Many more are called during wartime.
A request for the Supreme Court to review a lower-court ruling could bring clarity to conflicting decisions across multiple courts about broker liability.
With the U.S. mostly saturated with weigh station bypass technology, Drivewyze snagged a rare opportunity for new growth in Canada.
Israeli cargo reservation platform Freightos is struggling to make money in a bad freight market and now faces the extra challenge of operating in the middle of a war zone.
A Tennessee-based trucking and logistics company has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that it discriminated against noncitizen workers when checking their permission to work in the U.S.
Road builders say the Biden administration’s new emissions performance rule goes beyond the intent of Congress.
A recent exchange of filings in a Delaware court shows Forward Air and Omni Logistics are at odds over Omni’s 2023 financial forecasts, among other things.
Amid an ongoing financial dispute with the U.S. Postal Service, Matheson Flight Extenders plans to lay off more than 450 employees by Dec. 15 and close its mail sorting facilities in California.
Mother Nature isn’t delivering significantly more water to the Mississippi but barge rates haven’t moved up.
Mexico orders private freight rail companies to prioritize passenger service over their normal freight operations.
I went to Texas to learn about truck driver training — and learned that there’s a major disagreement in how to improve the industry.
Panama Canal restrictions force more ships to transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen, where they face a hijacking risk.
Air cargo demand has picked up after a long slide, but the busy season leading up to the holidays has been disappointing by historical standards.
A leading industry conference in New York about the state of railroads was unusually positive this year.
Defense attorneys offered 50 pages of reasons why convicted Nikola founder Trevor Milton should not go to prison. There may be more to say.
The price used for most fuel surcharges dropped again, with prices now down more than $1 compared to last Thanksgiving.
Specialty trailer equipment got a boost in October as overall orders rose, but dry and refrigerated vans didn’t keep pace.
Terminal operator ICTSI has not given up its quest for tens of millions in damages from the West Coast longshore union.
The big boys in parcel delivery are hammering each other for business, consultants say. That’s great news for shippers.
This week in Borderlands: ITS Logistics is making big moves in the Lone Star State; Lineage Logistics opens a cold chain logistics center in Houston; a metal recycling firm acquires a 55-acre tract at a logistics park; and TQL opens a new brokerage office in Arizona.
The Logistics Managers’ Index has done a great job of explaining freight market capacity shifts over the past several years. The last few months are painting a picture of a market that is racing toward a correction.
The executive churn at beleaguered Nikola Corp. continued with the resignation of CFO Stasy Pasterick after just six months.
An open letter from activist investor Ancora says the firm has come under attack following its public disapproval of Forward’s merger proposal with Omni Logistics.
The DAT phishing site is almost identical to the DAT ONE site.
Trucking and logistics companies are seeing a massive downturn. FreightWaves has reported on the biggest shutdowns and layoffs since 2022.
Outgoing STB Chair Martin Oberman had harsh words for Union Pacific at the RailTrends conference.
Former Elite Transit Solutions employees say when they raised concerns to CEO Michael D. Johnson about carriers not being paid or suddenly being blocked from posting freight on one of the country’s largest load boards, he “always had an answer for everything.”
Torc Robotics has the autonomous truck nearly ready. Now comes the hard work of making a business from it.
Houston could enact a plan to restrict the movements of cargo trucks inside city limits starting in 2024.
The era of rapid Chinese growth and large-scale government intervention is over, says China Beige Book CEO Leland Miller.
After serving one five-year term on the Surface Transportation Board, Chairman Marty Oberman has decided against seeking reappointment.
The Teamsters and crash victim advocates say claims that parking shortages will be made worse by California’s and Washington’s rest break rules are unfounded.
Mack Trucks took a hard line against the UAW, which voted to ratify a contract the union had overwhelmingly rejected in October.
Two leading execs at Estes Express, including an Estes family member, have presented a recap of the hack that took the LTL carrier mostly offline.
Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton is seeking probation instead of prison on his federal fraud convictions.
Employees air frustrations with company management after being let go on Teams.
Global Crossing Airlines, a 2-year-old hybrid carrier that provides supplemental airlift to customers that rent the entire plane, is taking a long-term view toward cargo expansion at a time when freight demand is very soft.
Bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill that requires employers to give America’s 2 million truck drivers overtime pay — for the first time ever.
Trucking industry leaders said at an investor conference that the weak truckload fundamentals seen in the third quarter have continued through the fourth.
Trucking company 10 Roads Express has laid off 66 workers at its facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
A final rule issued by federal regulators aims to protect truckers from broker fraud.
Zim’s headline loss looks ugly, but most of the decline was non-cash and it still has ample reserves to weather the downcycle.
FourKites’ president is no longer with the company. He joined in April. The visibility platform announced other new leaders on Wednesday.
U.S. cargo airline Amerijet accuses Korean Air of protectionism. Korean Air says Amerijet is trying to cover up the true nature of its relationship with Maersk Air Cargo because it violates air transport rules.
Forward Air provided long-term financial targets on Tuesday and said the outcome of its bid for Omni Logistics may not be decided until next year.
October freight data from Cass Information Systems showed continued softness into peak season.
Workhorse Group made progress toward scaling its electric truck business, but being shut out of California incentives dented revenue.
The agency is poised to discount rates on shorter-haul parcel services.
Coyote Logistics won a legal battle over liability, but the victory may have repercussions beyond this particular case.
Dozens of truck drivers at 10 Roads Express, a major Postal Service contractor, have voted to join the Teamsters in recent months.
A federal advisory panel promoting women in trucking weakened its stance on removing an exemption that currently allows carriers not to pay overtime to their drivers.
A fleet of container vessels is up for sale as a company backed by Greece’s Evangelos Marinakis switches its bets to LNG shipping.
The industrial outdoor storage industry is catching a fresh bid from new players.
Fillogic leverages what it has coined “channel-free logistics,” a competing fulfillment model to the traditional omnichannel experience.
Forward Air has filed a counterclaim against Omni Logistics and wants a Delaware court to rule it’s not obligated to move forward with the merger.
There’s no debate that the freight industry is hurting right now, but it’s not because volume is low. We have an oversupply of trucks.
Legislators want to overturn an 85-year-old law that says companies do not need to pay truck drivers overtime.
After a relatively easy year for shipping and rightsizing inventories, shippers may have set up a holiday season in which expedited shipments become more prevalent.
This week, freight markets underwent a surprising rally that saw a wave of volumes sweep across the country.
It’s back to the courtroom for the CTA and OOIDA as they continue their legal battle against California’s AB5.
Sweden’s Volvo Group was selected as the winning bidder for the battery and charging assets of bankrupt Proterra Inc.
Cargojet wants to dump eight aircraft that were part of of its growth strategy and postpone converting two more aircraft into cargo jets as the weak cargo market shrinks profit margins.
Reliance’s Thom Albrecht provided his company’s perspective on how fast capacity is disappearing from truck markets during FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival.
Flatbed carrier Daseke reported an in-line third-quarter result Thursday but reduced its full-year guidance.
Improving road safety and public health is the goal of a new push to help teen drivers learn to share the road.
FreightWise has acquired Kuebix from Trimble with the aim of creating one of the top transportation management system platforms in the country.
Striking United Auto Workers will vote again next week on a Mack Trucks offer it earlier rejected after the company declined more sweeteners.
U.S. agribulk exports to Asia are taking the longer route via the Suez Canal due to Panama transit restrictions.
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