Trucking

A House committee took the first steps toward making the surface transportation bill a reality.

Walmart is using automation to help streamline inbound shipment consolidation for vendors who prepay for the service.

FedEx Freight donates tractors and trailers to UA Northark to restart its CDL program this fall after an 18-month pause.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Florida’s effort to sue California and Washington over commercial driver licenses issued to undocumented immigrants.

AGX Freight alleges in a lawsuit that R&R Family of Cos. and Huntington Bank depleted its borrowing capacity and left millions owed to carriers before the Jacksonville brokerage shut down.

The U.S. Postal Service and its largest block of unionized letter carriers are headed to mediation over a new contract.

Executives from the Truckload Carriers Association, PepsiCo and Stevens Transport said fleets that embrace safety technology, AI will be best positioned to survive mounting operational pressures.

Stord investors have provided more funding to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in the company’s e-commerce fulfillment centers, bringing the total amount raised to nearly $800M over the past decade.

Commercial auto has lost $4.9 billion in a single year. Fourteen consecutive years of underwriting losses. Crash rates are actually falling. So why is the industry bleeding? It stopped doing the one thing insurance was designed to do.

A $50 million nuclear verdict was handed down against a Texas trucking company that may not be in business.

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Desteia using AI to ease looming customs compliance crunch; Grocery chain plans $700M supply chain expansion in South Texas; and CPKC, CSX upgrade Southeast Mexico Express for faster transit times.

Phillips Connect appoints Mark Wallin as president and general manager to drive growth in smart trailer technology and autonomous freight readiness.

Coupa’s acquisition spree continued with the recent addition of Tonkean, a workflow automation platform aimed at automating procurement and supply chain workflows.

GAF’s Marianna Vydrevich said AI-powered analytics are helping supply chain teams automate workflows, optimize inventory and model disruptions.

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is calling for an investigation into Chinese-controlled parcel delivery companies in the U.S., saying they receive heavy subsidies that allow them to underprice domestic carriers and could be sharing critical U.S. market data with the Chinese government.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia adds to its national footprint, opening new service centers in Washington and Indiana.

Robinson Fresh executives say the company’s newest South Texas logistics center will help customers navigate increasingly complex supply chains.

ATRI’s report on truck insurance costs documents a big spike paid by carriers.

Echo Global will once again face a South Carolina court following a judge’s order tied to Montgomery.

Fallout from the Montgomery case was a subject in this month’s State of Freight webinar.