When the 2023 orderbooks for trailers finally open, the suppressed booking numbers will flip in a hurry, but that isn’t happening yet.
FedEx Ground contractor Spencer Patton has backed off a request for a 50-cent increase per stop and a 20-cent-per-mile hike for solo and team runs by contractors between hubs.
An annual ATRI survey reflects the weakening correlation between retail diesel prices and actual trucking fuel costs.
Supply chain shortfalls continue to hamper retailers; Peloton’s pivot; protecting peak season cargo; UPS contract talk heats up now on demand on WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
Experts discuss the different scopes of emissions in supply chains and how warehouse operators and fleets can take advantage of efficiency gains to lower emissions.
Walmart announced a new high-tech consolidation center in Pennsylvania, creating up to 1,000 jobs, will open soon.
A FreightWaves survey of carriers suggests most believe California’s AB5 independent contractor law will affect their business.
Pitt Ohio initiates direct service into and out of New York state.
Cass data shows changes in freight shipments and expenditures during July were less volatile when compared to prior months.
This year’s performance will not be as explosive as last year’s. But it will still be very good, a 3PL industry expert says.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Texas bridge expanding to include full cross-border commercial trucks; Mexico’s heavy-truck production, exports soar in July; Texas port receives $13.6M to renovate rail yard; and trucking company owner sentenced to prison for $12.7M fraud.
Navistar is recalling 8,483 International LT and LoneStar Class 8 trucks because battery cables can overheat to 260 degrees Fahrenheit.
President Joe Biden plans to sign the Democrats’ inflation bill containing tax credits for all electric trucks — with a particular boost for last-mile delivery.
Fitness company Peloton plans to turn over all final-mile business to J.B. Hunt and XPO in the coming weeks.
How supply chain bullwhips will impact peak season; getting vets jobs in trucking; truck load market breakdown and more on WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
A new name in electric truck charging and infrastructure broke cover this week with $1 billion or more in private equity funding.
Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle dives into FMCA’s DataQs system, what it is and why you should be eager to use it.
Eric Sauer, who has worked for CTA for more than 20 years, has become its new CEO.
EV maker Arrival, which has a 10,000 van order from UPS, said it would only produce 20 vehicles this year, down from an estimated 400 to 600 just one quarter ago.
There’s a new report out that should concern diesel buyers.
