Amazon’s Pflugerville fulfillment center will be located off State Highway 130, a rapidly expanding business corridor in central Texas.
Embezzlement scheme at Parke Cox totaled roughly half a million dollars.
FreightWaves is hosting the 3PL Summit on July 21, a virtual event that will include technology demonstrations, hot debates and visionary speakers from across the 3PL spectrum.
With safety and travel logistics in mind, the annual AirCargo Conference, which draws up to 800 attendees, will take place online in 2021.
Co-Founder Andrew Leto addresses the growth of Emerge’s marketplace and the benefits it offers carriers and shippers.
A study commissioned by the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks suggests that modifying federal rules to allow for heavier and longer trucks could result in diverting roughly 25% of U.S. rail traffic to trucks.
Throughout the pandemic, Echo Global Logistics has remained busy moving goods and giving back to those in need as it contemplates a new normal.
Driving experience — not age — had a greater impact on safety, according to study.
Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple is joining forces with Navistar International Corp. to develop self-driving semi trucks.
Navistar is partnering with self-driving technology startup TuSimple to shave up to five years off the timeline for autonomous semis. It is targeting 2024 to sell International-branded driverless trucks. Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) took an undisclosed minority stake in startup TuSimple, whose valuation exceeds $1 billion. The 2024 driverless target date vaults Navistar into […]
Tesla receives 20-year incentives deal from Travis County, Texas, for possible Cybertruck factory.
The Ford Bronco, the company’s iconic offroad SUV, returns after a 24-year production hiatus. The sport edition will be built in Mexico.
Strategy to move into new areas off its platform gets biggest investment ever in the company known primarily for its weigh station bypass service.
Uber Freight is partnering with AI supply chain services vendor Blue Yonder on a carrier marketplace solution.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, 15 states push adoption of zero-emissions trucks, C.H. Robinson and Microsoft work to digitize the supply chain, and what did Nikola Tesla really know?
Ryder System gets the first two Workhorse electric delivery vans for daily rental exposure through Ryder’s peer-to-peer truck-sharing program.
Safran Group unveiled plans to open a new airplane-seat factory in northern Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Almost three weeks later, event in Florida has yielded zero coronavirus cases, says president of Georgia Motor Trucking Association
HubTran will now process and audit incoming documents from carriers and automatically assign them to the correct load in Brokerware.
German company picks DHL Supply Chain in North America for its flexible and efficient logistics platform to handle sophisticated medical equipment.
Last-mile delivery demand is growing fast in Latin America, but the venture capital market is still in early stages.
Mexico’s new “Administrative Registry of the Automotive Industry of Heavy Vehicles” will contain monthly data from trucking companies, including wholesale and retail sales, as well as import, export and production numbers for trucks in Mexico.
C.H. Robinson and Microsoft have teamed up to bring Robinson’s Navisphere supply chain solution to users of Microsoft’s Azure platform.
After prosecutors drop charges against trucker Prabjot Nagra, U.S. authorities continue to investigate how a truck wound up with $20 million worth of marijuana in its trailer at the U.S.-Canada border.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlines a coordinated effort to expedite the deployment of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Electric truck makers Nikola and Tesla make news almost daily. A new biopic about inventor Nikola Tesla suggests he saw the world his namesakes are seeking to create.
FMCSA safety committee will request crash data from Amazon delivery vans.
Son is chairman of both companies, interim CEO at the TL carrier
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA is considering a petition to delay the HOS changes, Workhorse can sell electric vans in all 50 states, and drivers can take steps to improve their mental health.
project44 report shows the glaring discrepancies in consumer expectations and last-mile delivery capabilities.
Slumping oil prices and COVID-19 pandemic forced Houston-based Hi-Crush to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday.
The California Air Resources Board certifies Workhorse’s C-Series electric delivery vans as zero-emission vehicles, clearing the path to qualifying for state-funded customer incentives.
COVID-19 emergency HOS exemption extended another 30 days
Forward Air is expanding again. The company plans to offer traditional less-than-truckload service for the first time.
Matthew Waller will receive the Distinguished Service Award during EDGE 2020 Live!
Todd Davis will take over benchmarking for FreightWaves and the inGauge platform that powers TCA’s Profitability Program for Chris Henry, who founded the inGauge benchmarking platform.
Judge rules insurer needn’t defend trucking company owner in trafficking lawsuit
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: 1,403 Texas trucking/freight-related companies received PPP loans; $4.2 million in drugs seized at Pharr port of entry; Visible SCM acquires TriCon; and Liftit raises $22.5 million in Series B funding.
Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Colton Freckleton said the incident occurred Thursday when officer Justin Law responded to a call about a pedestrian standing along the shoulder of Interstate 15 near Kaysville (around 25 miles north of Salt Lake City).
Daimler trucks is recalling Freightliner Cascadias from the 2017-2021 model years because corrosion of an antilock brake component can cause the brakes to pull the truck to the right, increasing the possibility of a crash.
With a $46 million tax break from a Texas school district, Tesla is one step closer to building an electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Austin.
Speeding is the focus of CVSA’s annual week-long Operation Safe Driver inspection blitz, which starts Sunday, July 12.
Volumes decline post Fourth but capacity stays tight.
United Airlines said layoffs of more than 4,700 employees at airports in Houston and Dallas could be long term if economic conditions do not change.
After dethroning Toyota as the world’s most valuable automaker on July 1, shares of electric car maker Tesla surpassed $1,500 on for the first time on Friday.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, other states may follow California’s lead in mandating electric-truck sales, danger is a good reason to ignore HOS rules, and funds flow into electrification
“The days of Tesla’s virtually unchallenged dominance may be numbered.”
With the release of the identities of the biggest recipients of money under the Paycheck Protection Program, reviewing all the names of those who got money and figuring out how this will impact the industry’s operations is now the hot topic of discussion in trucking. On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston sits […]
Nikola experienced a V-shaped recovery in its share price as storytelling in place of revenue drives enthusiasm and disdain for publicly traded electric truck startups.
Six Northeastern states, along with Oregon and California, will create an action plan aimed at accelerating adoption of zero-emission big rigs.
Delays caused by civil unrest will not be considered in violation of regulations.
Unlike Moody’s, agency increases a key rating by one notch, but two agencies are now about even
Simone Ross writes about the pandemic’s effect on supply chains, and how companies should be improving/changing to minimize damage and get stronger.
Nuclear verdicts are on the rise, and two behind-the-scenes factors playing large roles are the emotional pleas plaintiffs’ attorneys are making to juries and the growing number of hedge funds that invest in civil lawsuits.
Ugarte is already under federal indictment in another case involving a $280 million pay-to-play bribery scheme to receive lucrative FedEx Ground contracts.
Judge dismisses criminal case against cross-border truck driver accused of attempting to smuggle $20 million worth of marijuana into the United States from Canada.
Mexican farmers set up blockades at the Pharr, Texas, port of entry to protest government cuts in agricultural spending.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, YRC Worldwide is set to spend $700 million, Navistar and Samsara announce a tie-up and a PPP loan wasn’t enough to save an Alabama carrier.
Workers’ comp doesn’t cover owner-operators but misclassifying a driver may prove otherwise at your expense.
Annual insurance rates could surge 150% or more
One rating is increased as long review by ratings agency is wrapped up
Since last year, Banyan Technology has offered LTL carriers a tool to provide special pricing incentives to shippers. Now it is adding data insights to make that tool more effective.
Deutsche Post DHL said preliminary second-quarter profits, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have it less worried about the rest of the year.
TFS being sold for more than $100 million, other considerations
New partnership marries Navistar vehicle diagnostics platform with Samsara’s fleet management solutions.
LTL carrier spells out its debt relief with the $700 million of Treasury funds it is getting
Around noon on Wednesday, farmers used trucks and tractors to block access to the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on the Mexican side of the border.
Deal covers 300+ drivers over classification questions
Mexican auto factories exported 196,173 vehicles in June, a 38.8% decline compared to the same period in 2019.
Federal loan during the COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t keep Alabama-based Foster Freights LLC afloat, as it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
TuSimple, Kodiak Robotics among the recipients of PPP loans. (Photo credit: Kodiak Robotics)
When focusing on the movement of goods, transportation management systems (TMS) provide the engine for digitalization, but do not represent a complete digitalization solution.
Amazon acknowledged in 2017 that it had reported apparent violations to U.S. Treasury.
Several other companies cited in overall bullish report
The departure of Andreas Renschler as CEO of TRATON assures that new executives at TRATON and Navistar will oversee what most see as an inevitable combination.
Truckers will have easier access to COVID-19 tests under a new program by the Ontario government that brings free coronavirus screenings to a truck stop, a clinic, and select carrier locations.
Ocean Network Express, Hub Group, Estes Express Lines and PITT OHIO all have something in common: They are among the top carriers on FourKites Premier Carrier list
Amazon uses a lot of energy and emits a lot of pollution, but it is taking aggressive steps to be eco-friendly. Case in point: Amazon Air buying biofuel for its aircraft.
The California Air Resources Board has mandated a percentage of zero-emission Class 8 trucks must be built for sale in California. Darren Prokop’s commentary covers the ins and outs of this regulatory mandate.
DTNA’s decision to install Platform Science technology at the factory level opens opportunity for the truck maker and others to generate more driver and vehicle productivity at lower cost.
Four key provisions are being hailed by state’s trucking association
Owner-operator’s guilty plea result of failing to pay taxes on $600,000 over three years.
As many trucks crossed from the U.S. to Canada last week as did a year earlier, as the cross-border freight recovery pushes through the holidays and USMCA.
Amazon will open the 825,000-square-foot facility in 2021, expanding its footprint in the Arkansas market.
The recovery in freight pricing led to a five-year high in certain used truck auction volumes in June as crowds of identical used sleeper trucks pushed some prices lower.
Reviewing the voluminous data about recipients a day after its release
Werner’s final-mile service uses a proprietary software platform that allows for fully automated, high-volume delivery of heavy goods, according to the truckload carrier.
Global courier DHL Express parks its first mobile store at a mall in Silver Spring, Maryland, banking on offering convenience to area parcel shippers.
Outrider focuses on autonomous zero-emissions yard operations for logistics hubs.
Proeza Ventures, Industrious Ventures and Purple Arch Ventures have been added to Forager’s Series A round of financing, which initially closed in March and is now oversubscribed at $10.5 million.
Optimal Dynamics seeks to automatically optimize trucking flight operations. Brian Aoaeh profiles the company and interviewed its founder and CEO.
dexFreight will add truck parking reservations from TruckPark to its platform and partner with the parking reservation provider on a driver-focused podcast.
Crisis creates opportunity, and for those moving goods, COVID-19 has identified weaknesses, making now the right time to invest in technology that drive down costs and increase efficiency.
Out-of-control insurance premiums are driving trucking operations out of business, but leading insurance experts say something can be done about them.
KeepTruckin’s new features provide better visibility into driving behavior and they enable fleet managers to remotely click images on the cab cameras.
A sortable spreadsheet that cuts right to the key areas the trucking sector wants to know
Carriers must continue random drug testing at 50% rate.
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor shipped the first 10 of its mass-produced Xcient fuel cell heavy-duty trucks to Switzerland, where travel in mountainous regions is expected to prove the mettle of hydrogen power.
Werner sought hours-of-service exemption to help company upgrade its in-cab telematics.
Freight volumes, which traditionally rise heading into the July 4 holiday, climbed more than expected last week, rising 45% year-over-year, according to the latest FreightWaves SONAR data.
