New legislation designed to crack down on fake companies that give legitimate brokers and carriers a bad name has bipartisan support.
A couple of truckload carriers provide an update on recent trends following a slew of poor first-quarter reports.
Another large trucking company has asked federal regulators to relax its permitting rules to get drivers in seats faster.
The U.S. Postal Service will pause some modernization projects for the rest of the year amid “confusion” about the agency’s Delivering for America plan.
Minnesota has reached a deal on compensation for Uber and Lyft drivers, and a California court seems to favor Proposition 22’s protections for gig workers from the state’s independent contractor law.
The monthly J.D. Power used truck report reflects a still-weakening market.
DP World is launching an intermodal service to transport finished vehicles by rail from Mexico to the U.S.
EV startup Harbinger grabbed $400 million in vehicle orders and announced a $73 million Series A funding round.
Forward Air announced it has hired two-time YRC Worldwide chief financial officer Jamie Pierson.
An amended class action complaint from Forward Air’s shareholders has been filed in a Tennessee court.
Well-known transportation equity research analyst Amit Mehrotra is leaving Deutsche Bank, which for now at least is ending equity coverage of transportation companies.
Brock Johns, a leader in the world of transportation management systems, highlighted the need for “convergence” to increase supply chain efficiency.
This week in Borderlands: Nearshoring to continue boosting US-Mexico trucking in 2024; Careismatic Brands to close Dallas distribution hub, lay off 404 employees; ITS Logistics to open office in Fort Worth; and Aztema begins construction of $240M tire plant in Mexico.
Regulators pushing to make the electric truck transition go faster are getting pushback from a range of industry stakeholders.
Relocalize wants to eliminate middle-mile logistics and reduce emissions by replacing trucks with on-the-spot food supply and distribution microfactories.
The Justice Department’s move to loosen restrictions on pot has drawn a strong reaction from large trucking companies that fear recategorizing the drug could lead to more crashes.
Getting a commercial learner’s permit at 17 would give disadvantaged students a faster path to truck driver jobs, Connell High School in eastern Washington told regulators.
At Manhattan Associates’ Momentum conference, a Google Cloud executive gave an overview of generative AI’s explosive growth in supply chains.
After hinting at a brokerage and managed services integration in its latest earnings report, Uber Freight has launched a spot market update to Uber Freight Exchange to combine its carrier and shipper networks.
In the wake of the Baltimore bridge collapse, NTSB Chief Jennifer Homendy wants states to start testing their bridges to prevent similar catastrophes.
