Trucking

Reefer market strong

Starting this month, the California Department of Motor Vehicles will only register vehicles that comply with emissions regulations.

Labor department’s ‘newfound powers’ means new hazards for companies that use independent contractors.

Capacity is a proof of concept for smaller brokerages building out their own freight-matching platforms.

Lawsuit claims Celadon collected and spent $6.2 million in receivables belonging to TA Express LLC, alleges the company admitted it was insolvent weeks prior to filing for bankruptcy protection.

Ryder is learning more about how to meet demand for short-term truck and trailer sharing, allowing lenders to cover lease payments and put money back in their businesses.

Earlier this month, the CEO of XPO (NYSE:XPO), Brad Jacobs, announced that he intended divest operating units of XPO in an effort to maximize shareholder value. One thing was clear, however. Jacobs intended to hold onto the less-than-truckload (LTL) operations of XPO that were formerly known as Con-way. As part of our Online Haul of Fame Series, here is a look back at the history of Con-way.

Justice Department asserts separation will preserve competition in North America.

Food and beverage industry increased share of largest warehouse leasing deals in 2019, CBRE says

Covenant Transportation sees significant year-over-year decline in earnings as excess capacity and higher costs persist.

Intermodal struggled while Brokerage also has a strong period.

Truck owner claims his employer and Amazon worked him “like a rented mule.”

Walmart argues that jury took things too literally in awarding back pay to California drivers

Ontario judge agrees to recognize Celadon’s Chapter 11 case and appoints trustee to supervise liquidation of Canadian assets.

Staffing agencies lease drivers to fleets stymied by employment regulations.

Freight industry innovators presented their ideas for the future of transportation and supply chains on the final day of the National Industrial Transportation League’s 2020 Summit. The panel of freight tech professionals discussed everything from artificial intelligence, 3D printing and blockchain, to how Generation Z interacts with technology. “There’s this explosion of data. One of […]

Waymo is now testing self-driving trucks on highways in Texas and New Mexico, plus Rhode Island budgets shortfall in truck toll revenue and House committee chairman tries to restart infrastructure talks.

Heartland Express’ financial results were worse than expected in the fourth quarter of 2019. That said, a large acquisition shoulders more of the blame than weaker market fundamentals.

Check-in calls have long been a pain point for carriers and brokers alike. It is possible to reduce these calls while also improving customer service.

Trucking insurance continues to get more expensive. Chris Henry and Daniel Pickett provide information about captive insurance agencies.

To have an edge in the logistics market, it is critical for companies to spot the right talent and retain them in their ranks over a considerable period of time.

C.H. Robinson is leveraging part of its $1 billion investment in tech to establish Robinson Labs, a technology innovation incubator.

Cautious optimism was a common thread during the Highway Transportation Session at the National Industrial Transportation League’s 2020 Summit. The NITL 2020 panel discussion Tuesday featured executives from trucking and logistics companies discussing issues such as contract rates, trucking capacity, truck parking, driver retention, delivery demands and hours-of-service regulations. “Obviously 2019 was a challenging market […]

Seeing expansion of the truck stop business as finite, Pilot Flying J is rapidly expanding its energy business. Reflecting that is a name change to the Pilot Company, an homage to the single gas station founder Jim Haslam purchased in 1958.

Agency recommends repeating queries to ensure compliance.

FedEx Freight levies $7 `California compliance’ surcharge on all LTL shipments in, out and within the state

US Bank reports declines in freight payment transactions during the fourth quarter. The report signals an improvement on the horizon as truck capacity declines.

Difficulty communicating instructions while in the cab cited as safety risk.

As record-breaking snowfall put freight movements on ice in Newfoundland, wintry weather turned the Toronto roads into a scary place.

The e-commerce giant won a patent for a theoretical multimodal vehicle designed to deliver and pick up items from online shoppers.

Geopolitical tides, e-commerce and technology are today’s “disruptors” in freight transportation, say panelists at Transportation Research Board convention.

Rob Moseley is an attorney at Moseley Marciniak in South Carolina. He’s defends trucking companies in the courtroom, and he’s watched as verdicts against trucking companies have been soaring. Is this a sudden shift or just another period in a cycle? And how should trucking companies deal with it? Host John Kingston talks to Rob […]

Brad Jacobs enters rich, leaves richer

Christenson will focus on scaling UF Europe “at speed and responsibly.”

Presidential candidate’s Clean Transportation Plan calls for 15% of new trucks to be pollution-free by 2030.

The World Economic Forum opened today. Climate change is the most-feared risk of respondents to a WEF poll. Brian Aoaeh comments that disruption of global supply chains is the real fear.

The cost of hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric trucking could drop 50% by the end of the decade, making it competitive with other clean energy options and even conventional fuels like diesel.

We gear up into this frigid week with a wild ride of headlines and industry updates. First, some bad news: a fatal shooting at a family-owned trucking company in San Antonio leaves two dead. A new cap-and-trade carbon emissions bill unveiled in Oregon last week continues to draw criticism from the trucking industry that helped […]

Bankrupt Celadon Group Inc. canceled its Wednesday asset auction of Taylor Express after approving White Willow Holding’s $14.5 million bid.

Shippers in a Morgan Stanley survey are optimistic over the macro environment and expect rate improvement moving forward. Plus, Chinese New Year impacts and supply chain sustainability takes a hit.

Ex-chief financial officer of Hyndman Transport accuses Celadon in affidavit of depleting funds generated by profitable core business in Canada and hurting former drivers’ and others employees’ ability to claim more than C$2 million in unpaid compensation.

Celadon Group plans to ask Canadian court to recognize its U.S. Chapter 11 case as judge takes further steps to lock down Hyndman Transport assets.

Technological change is requiring a fresh vision to help manage trucking operations. Here are three opportunities to take advantage of now.

BIMCO, BOLT, Commercial Jet and Kane Is Able also announce executive appointments.

Chicago company nearly doubles its size with “likely the first acquisition of several.”

Commercial liability insurance rates continue to spiral, with costs passed through to businesses and consumers. A primary culprit is a corrupt personal injury legal system where attorneys drive medical care. It’s time to change that.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller writes about methods to lower diesel fuel expenses for large and small trucking companies.

A new cap-and-trade carbon emissions bill unveiled in Oregon last week continues to draw criticism from the trucking industry that helped derail similar legislation last year. “If you look at the latest version for the upcoming session, it’s not much different than [last year’s] House Bill 2020,” said Jana Jarvis, head of the Oregon Trucking […]

Fuel is the second-largest expense for trucking fleets, after labor. Every penny a fleet saves on fuel goes directly to the bottom line. Predicting where wholesale rack diesel prices will go has always been tricky. SONAR, FreightWaves’ forecasting platform introduces next day wholesale rack ULSD predictive prices.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Toyota begins production at its new Tacoma plant in Mexico; fatal shooting reported at family-owned trucking company in San Antonio; new superintendent appointed for international commercial bridges; and CBP seizes $1.5 million in cocaine inside shipment […]

Bankrupt Celadon receives $14.5 million bid for Taylor Express as it plans liquidation of remaining assets

(Updated with comments from Love’s spokeswoman on size of growth in 2019). Love’s Travel Stops’ growth plans this year are in line to slightly more aggressive than those of 2019 and 2018. In a prepared statement Thursday morning, the truck stop and store operator said it was going to open “up to” 40 stores this […]

Sale of Winnipeg terminal for C$4.25 million to commercial real estate firm appears set to be tied up in Canadian courts, where U.S. trucking giant’s failure to initiate timely bankruptcy proceedings north of the border may come back to haunt it and its creditors.

An overview of driver feedback trends found high rates of satisfaction with co-workers and staffing issues.

Freight volumes and tender rejections range-bound for now

Jim Blaze explores the decline of railroad freight volume and what may happen going forward.

Trucking insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years, driven by nuclear verdicts, but instead of complaining, trucking companies should take steps to stop incidents from happening.

The expansion is roughly in line with those of recent years.

After making four investments totaling $12 million in electric truck systems supplier TransPower, Meritor is acquiring the rest of the company.

Fleet failures and bankruptcies contributed to a 14% decline in prices in 2019.

Starting early Thursday, small-business truckers who rely on the spot market began reporting problems logging in to the DAT load board to find freight.


A wide range of officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as well as trucking associations on Thursday praised the new trade deal among the United States, Mexico and Canada, after the U.S. Senate passed the deal, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) passed the Senate […]

With an impending breakup of the company, XPO Logistics will look like a far different company as the century’s third decade dawns.

The order will stay in place until the CTA case action is concluded.

Jevic Transportation was founded in 1981 in Delano, New Jersey by Karen and Harry Muhlschlegel. The Jevic name was a combination of the names of the three Muhlschlegel children. Founding a trucking company just one year after deregulation was ambitious, but the gamble proved profitable. Jevic enjoyed prosperity throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s.

GlobalTranz, already among the largest brokerages in the nation, grew a bit more with the acquisition of 3PL Cerasis.

Truck manufacturers claim improved aerodynamics could save a driver up to 400 gallons of fuel a year.

DAT has sent out tweets indicating no ETA on a full return to service.

Family-owned H.H. Williams Trucking of Greeley, Colorado, told employees on Thursday it will close its doors by the end of January.

Brian Aoaeh writes about the challenges and opportunities of logistics in Africa – and what will likely occur in the next few years.

Enhancements to the Bulkloads app are designed to improve the communication and speed of finding loads and negotiating rates for bulk carriers.

Bulkmatic and Bulk FR8 have joined forces to offer dry bulk brokerage and capacity solutions

Ben Thrower examines the issues surrounding California’s AB-5, which impacts truckers who are independent contractors.

Incentivizing logistics yard spaces and zoned industrial capacities to rent out their vacant spots for truckers could help increase supply.

Chattanooga-based Tranco Global brings customs expertise in house.

XPO may be on verge of breaking itself as it says it will explore sale or spin off up to 4 business units

Celadon Group can’t sell off facilities without Canadian court’s OK, judge says as he prepares to place shuttered trucking company in receivership; ruling a victory for former employees, setback for U.S. creditors.

There are still some down times ahead but Susquehanna sees the ground being laid for an upturn.

New agency programs require wireless capacity that FCC wants to reallocate

The Cass Freight Index sees its steepest decline in shipments since the Great Recession.

Andy Peters provide details about happenings in the warehousing- distribution center-real estate sector.

Market Expert Anthony Smith provides insight into the all-important housing market as 2020 gets underway.

Honda and Isuzu said Wednesday they will work together to apply Honda R&D expertise in fuel cells to Isuzu trucks in Japan.

A slower year of trailer production is expected as the equipment backlog waiting to be built fell in 11 of 12 months in 2019.

What does it mean to be “energy independent?” The President of the United States thinks the country is there now. On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston talks about how the U.S. can never truly be independent under most definitions. But that doesn’t mean that things aren’t a lot better than they used […]

Major U.S. 3PL and dray provider looks to go where the containers are as it lays out 2020 expansion plans.

Canadian-based carrier Highlight Motor Group receives $55 million private equity investment to accelerate North American expansion.

Lawyer representing 211 ex-Hyndman Transport personnel wants Canadian company placed in receivership to help secure more than C$2 million in unpaid compensation.

Digital business-to-business freight marketplaceTrella helps reduce costs by automating logistics processes.

Consistently meeting expectations goes a long way toward keeping drivers on board.

Texas-based EnVue Telematics recently announced it has expanded its operations into Mexico with the wholly owned subsidiary EnVueMex Solutions.  With offices in the cities of Aguascalientes and Monterrey, EnVueMex will offer advanced technology and data solutions for truck fleet managers around Mexico. “Our parent company has a deep foundation in doing business in Mexico,” Susan […]

Amazon lifts ban on third-party sellers’ use of FedEx Ground and Home Delivery

First survey since 2003 will help inform autonomous vehicle development.

Few freight forwarders currently offer shipper-owned containers due to the lack of market transparency in their sourcing.

U.S. federal judge clears Celadon Group to proceed with sale of Ontario facility to Wyndham Street Investments for C$12 million in a deal that could make it harder for Canadian former employees to secure financial claims.

We gear up this week with a man charged on Thursday with shooting a truck driver on I-269 outside Memphis, Tennessee, after an in-cab video captured the suspected killer. Violence in Mexico from organized cartels has been surging in recent weeks, with the latest incident involving a 13-year-old American boy killed Jan. 3 near Nuevo […]

Zonar has enabled over-the-air updates for Cummins engines, plus key freight index rises and Connecticut senator asks mapmakers to include truck-specific warnings for low bridges.

Logistics operations during the winter require companies to train employees, ensure preventative equipment maintenance and offer services that protect temperature-sensitive shipments.

Walmart Inc.’s (NYSE: WMT) unit in Mexico reported the company opened 134 new stores in that country in 2019, its largest expansion in Mexico in six years. Walmart de Mexico y Centroamerica, or Walmex (MX:WALMEX), now runs 2,571 stores in Mexico, the largest number of stores outside the United States, the company said in its […]

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