Trucking

Has UPS been ill-served by on-going cost-cutting?

This week in Borderlands: Mexico’s truckers plan nationwide strike against cargo theft; EV maker Lucid expands its U.S. manufacturing facility; Grainger announces new distribution center near Houston; and supply chain services provider Kinaxis opens Dallas office.

Tearing down the Interstate 81 viaduct in Syracuse, New York, and replacing it with an urban boulevard moved closer to fruition after a Friday court decision.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia will spend roughly 30% of its annual revenue buying terminals and trucks as it looks to take market share again in 2024.

Canadian authorities recently seized $51 million worth of methamphetamine from a tractor-trailer heading for Winnipeg, Manitoba.

As the Bureau of Labor Statistics signaled in August, the annual revision of employment data shows fewer truck transportation jobs last year than initially reported.

The arcade game Whac-A-Mole describes state-by-state approach to rules of the driverless road while 50-state solution appears far off.

Shawn Brown, vice president of safety with Cargo Transporters and mayor of the City of Claremont, North Carolina, joined Jeremy Reymer on a recent episode of Taking the Hire Road.

New Jersey is raising its truck liability insurance requirement to $1.5 million, one of the highest in the U.S.

Hub Group reported year-over-year decreases in its intermodal, logistics and truck brokerage segments during the fourth quarter.

Pam Transportation Services contends with an auto strike in addition to already depressed truckload demand during the fourth quarter.

Federal regulators are proposing to ease requirements for new truck drivers — but crash victim advocates warn safety will be compromised.

Landstar System said Thursday that a recovery won’t likely occur until summer.

Houston-based Vroom is closing two facilities in Texas and laying off 515 workers as part of a nationwide restructuring.

While the world around us slowed down to enjoy the holidays, the SONAR team was hard at work building a foundation for the biggest year yet in product delivery.

This ambiguous landscape makes it even more crucial for 3PLs to understand what their cargo insurance does — and does not — cover.

Schneider National reported a fourth-quarter earnings miss and a worse-than-expected 2024 outlook on Thursday.

Averitt Express recently moved into a new distribution center in the Nashville area as part of several major facility upgrades in Tennessee.

Ryder System is increasing its dedicated footprint with the acquisition of Cardinal Logistics.

FedEx has more cargo jets than it needs for its express package network. Some of those planes will now be used to try and capture a larger share of the general cargo market. In doing so, FedEx will go head to head with all-cargo carriers like Atlas Air, Cathay Pacific and Nippon Cargo Airlines.