As freight conditions continue to deteriorate, along with tariffs imposed on a variety of goods and a prolonged U.S.-China trade war, some less-than-truckload carriers are closely examining their operational budget to remain competitive.
Brian Aoaeh has written a thought-provoking commentary on the impact of climate change on supply chains, and what governments, companies and startups can do to mitigate supply chain disruptions.
Maximum limit would be required for new and existing trucks weighing over 26,000 lbs.
TCA Vice President of Government Affairs, Dave Heller and TCA Manager of Government Affairs, Kathryn Sanner IMAGE: JIM ALLEN/FREIGHTWAVES The day of reckoning is finally upon us. On June 13th, Canada’s Minister of Transportation, the Honorable Marc Garneau, announced that Canada’s electronic logging device (ELD) mandate will take effect on June 12th, 2021. This means […]
Cold beers, grilled meat, guacamole and fireworks are part of many Fourth of July parties, and San Antonio is benefitting from inbound shipments as the national holiday approaches. The San Antonio market has strengthened over the past seven days with outbound volumes increasing 11.5 percent. The increase stems from long-haul van rejections as both van […]
FreightWaves, the leading source of news, data and insights for the freight markets, has acquired American Shipper, a leading news publication serving the global shipper community.
Jim Blaze writes about the movement of grain by rail. This is a huge business for U.S. and Canadian railroads, and is also critical to the export market of the two countries.
Forthcoming Canadian Load Board emphasizes relationships between carriers and brokers as it prepares to take on TransCore’s Loadlink.
Uber Freight moved 1,500 loads for Ocean Spray last year, and the shipper says the relationship will continue to grow.
FMCSA head advises firms to get a move on in shift from AOBRD to ELD. Ford enters healthcare transport market; Indian-Americans make a lot of money
Volkswagen’s spinoff of its heavy-truck unit TRATON paves the way for it to pursue Navistar further.
FreightWaves partnered with freight brokerage Convoy to recognize Target as one of its top Shippers of Choice.
The Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) recently received $1.1 million in state funding for its professional Truck Driving Academy, aiming to fill a need for qualified truck drivers in southeast Texas. “Due to the high demand and high pay for truck drivers, Lamar Institute of Technology’s Truck Driving Academy currently has a waiting list for […]
Spot rates have fallen back to where they were two years ago. The problem for carriers; their costs have not.
Ray Martinez said truck users will benefit from better data from CSA scores to make carrier selections i
The U.S. and China habve agreed to resume trade talks, a break in the nearly 2-month stalemate which has affected trade flows and spawned uncertainty among businesses
A top American manufacture wins award for its treatment of truckers.
Elderly driver charged following fatal truck collision and car explosion left two dead; competition law woes in hostile takeover; heavy vehicle roadworks and access; smart roads.
Opus9 is now offering to match shippers with drayage carriers as it expands coverage to major U.S. ports. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup, which already offers load matching and digital brokerage for truckload and less-than-truckload freight, wants to bring the same level of automation to drayage, said Chief Executive Alex Ryu. He said the new service […]
Global floor-covering giant Shaw Industries Group Inc. said it is continually evaluating new methods to improve efficiency, best practices and its carrier-centric approach to become a Shipper of Choice.
We caught up with Gary Saykaly, who is running a new Trucking & Freight Derivatives Group at Lakefront Futures & Options.
Top transportation economist Paul Bingham goes in-depth on trade war freight consequences, both pro and con.
Volvo Trucks has announced a $400M investment and expansion of the plant that will add 777 jobs over the next six years.
It’s been a difficult road for Roadrunner to say the least. The company announces CFO departure.
Freight volumes may have peaked for the season, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way. There is still a lot of uncertainty for Q3 as we close a disappointing Q2.
In March and April, Amazon handled 45 percent of its own packages.
Also on this week’s show: what does the lumber market tell us about the strength of the economy and the trucks needed to move that wood?
ELDs and artificial intelligence have increased the number of opportunities for drivers by allowing for solutions that offer load matching and more.
The numbers of robots in use around the world is forecast to reach 20 million by 2030…. automation is also forecast to displace tens of millions of people from their jobs.
WABCO announced that its shareholders have approved the proposed acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen.
The Port of Brownsville recently received a key permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the 17-mile Brownsville Ship Channel. Dredging on the $350 million project could start in 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) permit issued June 6 is the latest step in the port’s effort to deepen the […]
PHOTO COURTESY OF OTAY MESA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Post by FreightWaves’ Noi Mahoney Business is good at the Otay Mesa port of entry, California’s largest commercial land port of entry, which tallied a record $50 billion in two-way trade with Mexico during the last fiscal year. For June, the latest SONAR data shows outbound tender […]
Florida International Terminal (FIT) deployed a new appointment system in a bid to improve turnaround times for reefer drivers. The appointment system is part of a previously announced expansion at the 41-acre marine terminal in Port Everglades. The expansion saw the terminal add 12 acres from an adjacent site and install 350 reefer plugs to […]
Integrating training and coaching programs into the driver experience can save a company significant money and minimize the risk of serious accidents.
Agency wants to reduce time and costs for driving schools and applicants
Sales of used trucks in the Class 8 market plummeted 22 percent in May compared with the same month a year earlier, and dropped 8 percent from the previous month.
Many companies still do not have cyber insurance and are vulnerable to the costs associated with a data breach.
Donald Broughton writes the second part of his look at the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how transportation professionals can tweak GDP numbers to better understand and forecast the business environment they are competing in.
When Democrats took the stage for their first debate, infrastructure was hardly mentioned, and doesn’t appear to be a priority in this election cycle.
Air cargo wait times really vary between airports
Convoy’s Automated Reloads feature allows carriers to book loads from a pre-planned combination of loads designed to minimize empty miles.
The American Trucking Associations will steer clear of the fight over longer-combination vehicles
Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) moves about 10,000 loads per week in the United States. Drivers picking up those shipments – whether they’re beverage bases destined for bottlers or ice tea for retailers – can expect can expect free refreshments, but more importantly, short dwell times. “We want to provide quality service and hospitality to the drivers who […]
Provision in Coast Guard bill tightens foreign-ship waiver process
W.M “Rusty” Rush III and his stepmother, Barbara Rush, continue to fight in a Texas court over the late W. Marvin Rush II’s estate. The death of 79-year-old W. Marvin Rush II (known as Marvin) – the founder of Rush Enterprises, one of the largest commercial truck dealership chains in North America – sparked a […]
This article brought to you courtesy of NEXT Trucking U.S. West Coast ports want to boost drayage efficiency for the upcoming 2019 peak season. They aim to do so through greater use of appointment systems, extending gate hours and other changes to improve cargo and turn-time visibility. The moves are a preemptive strike against the […]
The FreightWaves Freight Intel Group has released another study – this one on autonomous trucking. Read what they foresee for the trucking industry and drivers in the years ahead.
NEXT Trucking is opening a new drayage facility in a bid to speed up truck efficiency at the busiest seaport in the United States. The 18-acre facility, which is about 10 miles from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, increases container capacity for NEXT’s Relay program, which is designed to maximize drayage efficiency, […]
Scott Case explores the reasons behind the recent FedEx lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce.
End-to-end visibility into shipments requires the proper approach, and it often starts with a cloud-based transportation management system.
BiTA’s Patrick Duffy informs committee of blockchain approaching critical mass
Starsky Robotics tested its fully unmanned autonomous truck on a 9.4-mile stretch of public highway on the Florida Turnpike.
CIMC Vehicles, the world’s largest maker of specialty truck bodies and trailers as measured by sales volumes, increasingly appears to be heading for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Intermodal giant sees rail and truck as better than option than truckload into
Brokers said there are lingering trouble spots from Road Check week, but markets are already softening.
FedEx, as expected, posts subpar fiscal 2018 fourth quarter, full-year results
R. Eddie Wayland, TCA Legal Counsel The employee here requested intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) but was instead forced to go out on continuous leave. Under the FMLA, “intermittent leave” is taking leave in separate blocks of time for a single qualifying reason. Reducing the employee’s usual weekly or daily […]
FedEx sues U.S. Department of Commerce claiming trade restrictions are difficult to meet and places additional burden on common carriers to ensure shippers comply.
Amendment would hinder LNG export plans by New Fortress Energy
UPS is hosting workshops to help women-owned small businesses gain access to global export markets.
Federal transport spending bill by Election Day? Forget it, former DOT secretary says
Brought to you by EROAD… FMCSA says no transition period, but carriers are waiting until the last minute.
Ease of doing business ranked high with drivers serving over 40 facilities.
Canadian courier plans to build new “super hub” in Toronto and purchase 1,000 new vehicles in response to record volumes.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will boost trade between African partner states by removing tariffs. This helps the U.S. improve trade relations as it takes out the need to draft separate trade agreements with individual African states.
Business is good at the Otay Mesa port of entry, California’s largest commercial land port of entry, which tallied a record $50 billion in two-way trade with Mexico during the last fiscal year. For June, the latest SONAR data shows outbound tender volumes in San Diego (OTVIY.SAN) are way up compared to last year. Currently, […]
The monthly report on the trucking market showed nearly “across-the-board declines” in May, according to the latest ACT Research For-Hire Trucking Index.
Cargo theft is a problem that has remained constant within the freight industry for many decades. Technology can now help supply chains protect their operations and repel hijackers.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced June 21 that he would send another 1,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid the federal government with border security efforts. Abbott said the additional troops would serve a “short-term mission” assisting U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents at new migrant facilities in the […]
Market expert writes about the latest tensions in the Mideast and how that might impact air and sea cargo, as well as supply chains.
You may have to become a super-shipper of choice. Don’t underestimate Walmart
2019 is shaping up to be the worst year for trucking in the past five years.
Although some Chinese economic indicators are flashing warning signals, Yunda, STO, YTO, and ZTO are still on fire.
Caroline Mulroney will be the ministry’s third leader in less than a year as province’s government contends with widespread public dissatisfaction.
Michael Lewis wrote “Moneyball” about the tactics Billy Beane used to improve the Oakland A’s. Read Zach Strickland’s take on using moneyball tactics in the freight market.
Few shippers understand the trucking business like Pepsi.
While President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have agreed to meet at the G20 Summit in Japan next week, the U.S. agriculture industry remains skeptical that the ongoing tariff battle between the two countries will end anytime soon.
Smoking crystal meth directly led to a fatal crash that killed two truckers; meanwhile, dead kangaroos, speeding, and dodgy crane operators feature in two labor-law hearings in Australia
A wave of new logistics warehousing supply is unlikely to derail the increase in asking rents
The implementation of precision scheduled railroading has contributed to dwindling morale and could result in creating unsafe working conditions should the federal government withhold intervention, according to union witnesses at a June 20th Congressional hearing on rail safety.
Guest post by FreightWaves’ Kevin Hill Amazon’s entry into online freight matching is being met with skepticism and unease by much of the logistics industry, according to a market research report from the FreightWaves Freight Intel Group. The report, Amazon and the Logistics Industry, builds on the news FreightWaves broke on Amazon’s beta version of its online […]
The Trump administration is considering levying tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of Chinese exports to the United States so far unaffected by duties. Freight Intel, FreightWaves’ proprietary research group, has just published a study warning that such a move would disrupt trade flows far beyond what has occurred so far. Freight Intel Group research […]
Beemac Logistics, a Beaver, Pennsylvania-based transportation and logistics provider, has opened a new office in Houston to better serve clients in the region, said chief commercial officer Michael Ceravolo. Beemac recently entered into an agreement to occupy a 5,000-square foot facility at the Towers at Westchase II, located in west Houston. The company plans to […]
Automotive industry supply chain expert Surgere has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read more about Surgere and BiTA.
Mexico became the first country to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) when its Senate approved it by a vote of 114 in favor to 4 against on June 19. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador described the ratification as “very good news.” “We celebrate the approval in the Senate of the [USMCA], to maintain […]
The FreightWaves radio team of John Kingston & Chad Prevost will also be discussing the status of the trucking market. Three chances to listen in!
Purchase, combination of 2 logistics firms broadens vendor consolidation, volume LTL footprint
Changing harbor tax could help smaller ports compete with trucks
Blockchain technology can disrupt the transportation industry by bringing in digitization, trust and transparency to the market. But this will not be possible without a clear set of common and open standards.
Guest post by FreightWaves’ Todd Maiden The Cass Freight Index Report showed further deceleration in the freight markets in May. Donald Broughton, Founder and Managing Partner of Broughton Capital and author of the report, warns an economic contraction could be underway. Cass’ May 2019 report shows signs of weakness with both the shipments and expenditures data sets […]
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners narrowly approved a permit that would allow Maersk’s (Nasdaq OMX: MAER) terminals subsidiary to automate container moves at the largest marine terminal on the U.S. West Coast. The board voted three-to-two against an appeal of the permit filed by the local chapter of the International Longshore and Warehouse […]
The FreightWaves Intel Group surveyed over 800 carriers, shippers and brokers about the entry of Amazon into online freight brokerage. Read about the survey’s results and what respondents think Amazon will do to their businesses.
The demand for temperature controlled equipment is keeping the freight market active for reefer carriers and produce haulers, but general volumes continue to slide off 2018 highs.
In a future where autonomous vehicles offer mobility-as-a-service, it is critical to identify the parties involved in transactions – the users and the vehicles. Blockchain can help in this regard.
Acknowledging the widespread issue of distracted driving is the first step to change. Technology can be used to monitor real-time driving behavior, with those insights leveraged to improve driver behavior.
Getting trucking right is particularly important for a company like General Mills (NYSE: GIS), which has faced so much cost pressure from this aspect of its supply chain in the recent past. General Mills is indeed getting trucking right. It placed tenth among 25 companies in FreightWaves’ Shipper of Choice Awards, conducted in partnership with […]
The United States has been ranked number 43 in the official list that ranks the quality of shipping, owing to the less-than-optimal performance of U.S. flagged ships in overseas ports. The U.S. ranks right behind Saudi Arabia and just ahead of Libya on the Grey List, which is a ranking of less-than-the-best flag states.
A colder than normal spring across northwestern Mexico meant the Mexican table grape export campaign suffered a delay of several weeks, spiking demand in June for reefer trucks out of Arizona and south Texas. Coupled with a record-breaking Hermosillo, Mexico-based table grape crop, this year’s export campaign has been a perfect storm of a late […]
Will UPS take a harder pricing line on Amazon now that FedEx is gone from the air express picture?
Truck-borne freight is the most popular target for thieves, according to a new global study by cargo insurer TT Club and supply chain consultant BSI. Trucks and truckers face a variety of threats including firearm-bearing kidnappers and fake ‘police.’
