Trucking

AskWaves dives into the different sources of emissions for electric vehicles compared to fossil fuel-powered vehicles.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: CBP urges trade community to adopt electronic export manifest; GXO to close Fort Worth, Texas, facility, lay off 116 workers; FedEx Ground opening distribution center near Houston; and Hisun Motors Corp opens $105M plant in Mexico.

This week: Ally Logistics helps support reefs off the coast of West Maui, Carrier Logistics donates to an autism awareness group and CMA CGM drops the first of two buoys to help monitor the whale population off the East Coast.

A court-appointed receiver is working to get hundreds of truckers’ accounts receivable paid nearly three weeks after a legal feud between brothers led to the abrupt shutdown of CoreFund Capital, a Texas-based factoring company.

XPO recorded several records in its second-quarter earnings as it prepares to turn over Brad Jacobs’ CEO seat to Mario Harik.

Logistics technology provider Slync.io announced Friday it has fired Chris Kirchner as CEO and removed him as chairman of the company’s board of directors.

As technology catered to the transportation industry continues to evolve, players across the industry are becoming more aware of the importance of data security and transparency.

Covenant VP of Sustainability joins WTT as co-host for this special electric truck edition of the show featuring solutions from Tandem, Hyliion, Nikola and more

A Texas woman who murdered her trucking magnate husband has been indicted in a $9 million fraud involving Bill Hall Jr. Trucking.

Jobs in the truck transportation sector have risen every month post-pandemic except one, but the pace of growth is slowing.

Shareholder letters and earnings call transcripts don’t qualify as page-turning vacation reading. But they say a lot.

Delivery carriers Parcel LaserShip and OnTrac have announced residential ground deliveries with day-definite service.

Supply chain technology provider Trimble reported transportation revenue of $150 million for the second quarter.

Diesel has been sliding for weeks but it may be masking underlying tightness. Also on the podcast: Carrier Logistics on TMS.

Western Star mashes up the off-highway ruggedness of its X-series with loads of luxury appointments on the on-highway 57X.

Mario Harik will succeed Brad Jacobs following the spinoff of XPO’s brokerage business. Jacobs will become XPO’s executive chairman.

Consider your safety program as a rocket engine. How it’s designed and implemented is crucial.

Even though macroeconomic uncertainties lie ahead, Hub Group expects to find support in the medium term through improving rail service, market conditions that encourage more conversions to rail and the diversification of its business, executives said on Wednesday’s earnings call.

Werner reported revenue of $836 million in the quarter and sees a strong “pipeline” of demand from customers for the remainder of the year.

The HVUT is a tax applied annually to many heavy commercial vehicles. How do you know if your vehicles are affected?