A FedEx delivery driver just completed a 260-mile drive using a BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric van, setting a Guinness World Record.
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Freight brokers, just like the truck drivers they serve, are in hot demand. A recruiter in the business discusses why. Also: diesel breaks another record.
The new president of the Truckload Carriers Association talks with an expert at FreightWaves about how environmental regulations and switching technologies impact the industry.
Volvo reported record Q1 truck sales despite ongoing supply chain interruptions. The company took a $423 million charge for suspending Russia business.
Many shippers are now looking to shorten the duration of their bid contracts in order to take advantage of current capacity and avoid being locked into sky-high rates as the market shifts.
Former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman explains in an Earth Day interview how the freight industry can embrace a more environmentally friendly future.
GTI Transport Solutions announced Thursday the acquisition of container transport provider Foxconn Logistics.
TMS provider Revenova announced it has raised $63 million from Viking Global Investors.
Truckload carrier Heartland Express beat first-quarter expectations Thursday.
Management from Landstar System is predicting “another great year” even as spot market fundamentals loosen.
The Biden administration is pushing states to take a clean-energy approach to expand truck parking with new infrastructure money.
Truck drivers don’t earn overtime pay. Fixing that could address several key issues in the trucking industry.
The owner of a Michigan-based trucking company is free on bail after DEA agents arrested him on gun and drug charges after raiding his home and businesses.
The Louisiana Senate approved a bill that would allow a tandem of 20-foot containers to be hauled on many of the state’s roads, with the goal of easing port congestion.
Three more individuals were sentenced in the Louisiana staged truck and bus accident scheme, with two receiving probation and a third sentenced to 18 months behind bars.
Logistics companies like Dimerco are combining air and road transport to move supplies for Mexican manufacturers from Asia.
Knight-Swift Transportation lays out a thesis showing how large carriers will navigate a potential downturn considerably better than small fleets.
Navistar spending more than $190 million for an integrated powertrain in Alabama for North America .
FreightWaves interviewed the CEO of Titan Freight Systems to get insights about the company’s sustainability initiatives and why Earth Day matters.
