Trucking

Broker RXO said it was continuing to execute on longer-term goals even as the freight market awaits the next catalyst.

Move by federal regulators to crack down on broker scofflaws gets mixed reviews from broker and carrier groups.

A request by the Department of Labor in an ongoing legal appeal suggests its independent contractor rule won’t be made until August or September.

Tesla’s Class 8 electric Semi truck’s production is being delayed due to battery supply chain constraints.

Yellow wants to make massive changes in its operations. Teamsters is blocking them – even though the trucking company could shutter.

Hyzon Motors is not out of the woods yet, but it is current on required financial filings and has streamlined its fuel cell business.

A 14-year-old petition filed by a truck safety group to strengthen new-entrant requirements has finally been greenlighted for public scrutiny.

Management from J.B. Hunt said it needs to see more data before making a call that the industry is exiting a freight recession.

In the so-called Atlanta Opera case, the National Labor Relations Board overturned an earlier precedent that made it easier to define workers as independent contractors.

UPS has told the Teamsters union it will install air conditioning and air induction vents in its package cars, union tweets.

Freight volumes and spending fell sharply in May, but Cass Information Systems maintains an outlook that the bottom of the cycle is near.

FMCSA puts unfair burdens on truck drivers and carriers in accident reporting, the agency is told.

The latest exchange between the Teamsters union and Yellow Corp. suggests the carrier is running out of time and money.

C.H. Robinson avoided a debt downgrade at S&P but the outlook was changed to negative, mostly on the size of its share buybacks.

GLS will handle the first and middle miles before handing off parcels to local partners.

Lightning eMotors identifies electrifying small school buses and shuttle vans as its niche. Scaling depends on finding new capital.

Some bullish commentators have suggested that strong heavy-duty truck sales means a recession isn’t looming. Further context is needed.

The full impact on trucking from closing a 7-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia may remain unclear for weeks.

Toyota announced an investment of $328 million to build its new hybrid Tacoma pickup trucks in Mexico.

“Unfortunately there are still drivers on the road that give the rest a bad name. We’re as an industry looking to change that perception,” Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle said.