The marketplace is at its most fragile when rates plummet and virtually every carrier is scouting out opportunities to earn more. Unfortunately, many of the “too good to be true” rates carriers come across in a precarious market are just that: not true.
FreightWaves’ Innovation Alley at the Future of Supply Chain event featured FreightTech demos from Ezlogz and Bridgestone Mobility Solutions/Azuga.
Hydrogen’s historical link to the Hindenburg disaster is receding as its use as a transportation fuel grows.
J. J. Keller advises that with on-site investigations and fines growing, carriers should focus efforts on compliance and record management.
Food brands are cooling it on price hikes. That means trucking companies will have more grocery volume to move.
This week in Borderlands: Florida tomato growers want the U.S. to terminate a Mexico trade deal; a Texas border bridge is shut down temporarily by migrant crossings; Union Pacific will provide rail access to an Arizona industrial park; and Tesla issues a second recall for the electric Semi truck.
The owner of Florida-based Royal Bengal Logistics has been arrested on fraud charges in connection with a $100 million Ponzi scheme.
Electric truck maker Nikola Corp. says foul play is suspected in a fire that damaged multiple trucks on Friday.
The Teamsters union says it will not meet with UPS again unless the company provides a better proposal.
The collapsed portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia reopened to traffic at midday Friday, beating all the forecasts.
Reliance Partners’ Kevin Dupree sheds light on what underwriters look for when determining a company’s or driver’s insurance risk.
The National Motor Freight Traffic Association said less-than-truckload industry participants are seeing benefits from using electronic bills of lading.
During NMFTA’s June webinar, IT professional Chloe Callahan shares how industrial control systems are applicable to the trucking industry.
UPS and the Teamsters union have wrapped up noneconomic issues. The hard part, economic issues, lies ahead.
NHTSA and FMCSA are proposing that all new trucks over 10,000 pounds be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems.
Harbor Trucking Association’s Matt Schrap warns about the effects that California’s carbon emissions restriction is having on the drayage industry and the environment.
XPO announced the completion of a capacity expansion project in the Western part of its network.
California has made its case in the latest round of AB5 legal proceedings, and it can cite the past trucking year in its arguments.
The collaboration among Convoy, J.B. Hunt, Uber Freight and others to use technology to streamline scheduling at the dock level is proceeding as planned, according to company leaders at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference in Cleveland.
Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. has asked pension and health and welfare fund plan administrators for a two-month extension.
