Trucking
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E-commerce fulfillment provider TLSS seeks to acquire SalSon Logistics for $90M
E-commerce fulfillment provider Transportation and Logistics Systems has reached an agreement to acquire SalSon Logistics for $90 million. However, the deal doesn’t yet have financing…
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ELMS to show prototype Class 3 electric van at FedEx event
Electric vehicle manufacturer ELMS will debut a prototype of its Class 3 cargo van at the FedEx contractors event at the end of July.
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FreightWaves Classics: Federal Maritime Commission is regulatory watchdog for maritime trade
FreightWaves Classics profiles the Federal Maritime Commission, which regulates the international ocean transportation supply system in regard to the U.S.
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Amazon paying $150M for 20% stake in Plus and buying 1,000 trucks
Amazon is ordering 1,000 trucks and will pay $150 million for a 20% stake in autonomous truck software developer Plus.
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Bullets from hijacked US-bound trucks recovered in Mexico
Mexican authorities said they have recovered 5 million rounds of ammo stolen earlier this month from two US-bound trucks.
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Viewpoint: Trucking industry must support diversity and inclusion efforts
I’m calling on trucking and logistics business leaders large and small to begin taking steps to create a culture more accepting of others.
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Borderlands: Mexico exports of commercial trucks jump 277%
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico exports of commercial trucks jump…
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Trailer builders get respite in May as orders edge back toward normalcy
The refrain for fleets remained the same for trailer orders in May: Why book what you can’t get?
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Shift to reverse: Lordstown Motors backtracks (again) on electric pickup orders
Two days after declaring it had binding orders for its commercial electric pickup trucks, Lordstown Motors backtracked in an SEC filing.
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Shipwell: Reducing food waste one on-time shipment at a time
EPA data says 30%-40% of food is wasted in the U.S. How much of that waste happens in supply chains? About one-third, according to Shipwell.
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