Trucking

ArcBest said Monday that shipments from its primary less-than-truckload customers have increased 20% since June.

Ohio-based Republic Steel has been ordered to pay nearly $4.6 million to Pennsylvania-based Beemac Trucking and Deemac Services after a federal jury determined the steel mill breached its contract by failing to pay the companies millions of dollars in outstanding invoices.

This week in Borderlands: Mexico’s truckers plan nationwide strike, blockades; $142B announced for Texas transportation infrastructure; Fresh Del Monte moving to Port Freeport; and border airport adds commercial cargo operations.

Pilot Travel Centers has been forced to shut 19 of its outlets due to the liquidation of those sites’ operator, Mountain Express.

The typical Class 8 truck gets less than 7 miles per gallon on the highway. How does a driver average more than 10 mpg?

FMCSA and NHTSA should incorporate braking technology to avoid crashes involving more than just other vehicles, AARP warns.

Knight-Swift Transportation announced late Friday that its top two executives have taken a reduction in base pay amid other cost-cutting measures at the company.

The scarred areas of Maui remain an active incident area, ALAN’s Kathy Fulton says.

Reliance Partners’ Borderless Coverage program provides shippers and logistics service providers of all sizes with coverage from the moment of pickup in the U.S. to final delivery in Mexico.

The governor of California appears to favor supporting autonomous trucking technology over labor objections.

Third-party logistics provider GXO received two solid analyses this week from the debt and equity side of the ledger.

The mayor of Minneapolis vetoed a proposal that would have set a $1.40-per-mile minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

The freight market downturn has made profitability elusive.

Jim Ward, president of the Truckload Carriers Association, joins Taking The Hire Road to discuss how the organization is elevating the industry.

Issues in the yard can threaten tight delivery windows just as much as issues on the road. Every inefficiency in the supply chain creates a domino effect, but so does every improvement.

Moving company WayForth is laying off hundreds and closing operations across eight states following a downturn in business.

Recent estimates on the current level of employment in the transportation and warehousing sector by the BLS are probably too high.

As the market continues to challenge brokers and carriers alike, freight agents need an organization to call home that allows them to advance their business. TAB provides that – — as evidenced by its 40% year-over-year growth for the past seven years that continues today.

A new app from Finloc 2000 allows carriers, drivers and, soon, freight brokers to book overnight truck parking, addressing an issue that plagues the U.S. trucking industry.

Just as scaling McDonald’s was more about real estate than hamburgers, electric truck charging is as much about land as it is about the grid.