Trucking

Schneider announced the acquisition of deBoer Transportation, a regional dedicated fleet of 160 power units.

The case of Daimler Truck’s missing powertrain controller modules may be tough to solve. The microchips in them are as popular as a Taco Bell drive-thru after the Great Mexican Pizza Famine and lots more valuable, so we all have a motive.

Restoration Hardware saw the need to be more flexible in its lane bid process but didn’t have the tools necessary to do so until it found Trimble’s Engage Lane.

Some truckers who joined the People’s Convoy are angry with organizers over the protest’s collapse and the fate of the $1.8 million raised from supporters.

On the first day of the big Gartner Supply Chain Symposium, an audience is told that no two days are ever alike in the supply chain business.

Saia has dropped firearms shipments after a spate of mass shootings.

Old Dominion Freight Line reported a continuation in positive revenue, pricing and tonnage trends during May.

Ryder management told an investors meeting late last week it had rejected a takeover offer by an activist investor and can meet its valuation targets.

A New Climate Ventures expert joins FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon show to discuss the different ways captured carbon dioxide can be used for a circular economy.

Because electric vehicle charging infrastructure takes time to install, delivery fleets should be thinking about the shift to EVs now.

Last Mile Solutions told the Securities and Exchange Commission it is nearly out of cash and could run out of money this month.

The California Trucking Association filed its brief to the Supreme Court, laying out arguments why the court should review AB5 in the state’s trucking sector.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Port Houston kicks off a $1.1 billion ship channel expansion; trucks carried 68% of all U.S.-Mexico cargo moved in March; a Texas woman pleads guilty to embezzling millions from a shipping company; and Siemens plans to build a $35 million export plant in Mexico.

This week: Schneider is awarded another Ride of Pride truck from Freightliner, Shell Rotella SuperRigs gets ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary and Suttons Tankers wraps a truck to honor Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee.

Class 8 truck orders fell in May for seasonal reasons and because manufacturers kept a tight lid on bookings.

The executive transformed Amazon into a transport and logistics force.

Joining larger fleets as independent contractors could provide drivers with the support they need to weather volume changes and rate decreases while simultaneously coping with rising fuel and operational costs.

Truck transportation job gains posted in May were up more than 13,000, the third time in the last four months they’ve exceeded 10,000.

It’s another entry point into the business: being a dispatcher. Laura Weston joins Drilling Deep to talk about that route.

Development of 48-volt battery systems for commercial trucks will serve at least three purposes but the most urgent is in helping reduce emissions.