Ascent has acquired a majority stake in Central Minnesota Logistics, a brokerage focused on transportation solutions for overdimensional and heavy-cargo freight.
The Texas State Highway 130 toll road between Austin and San Antonio will use satellite radar aiming to keep the route safe and comfortable for motorists.
Nikola has put wheels in motion to sell up to $1.2 billion in new stock to keep scaling its electric truck and hydrogen businesses.
Carbon offsets are a growing alternative or additional step toward reducing emissions in sectors like transportation.
The Biden administration praised strides made to boost trucking jobs — but could a freight recession undercut progress?
There is a new guilty plea in the Louisiana staged accident scheme, as well as a jail sentence for another participant.
“The conversation around empty miles is not a new conversation,” said Jennifer Wong, head of sustainability at Convoy. But now it’s about more than just saving money.
As robots take over for human drivers, will they raise or lower the risk of tire blowouts that claim dozens of lives in truck crashes every year?
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Quincus eyes growing Latin American e-commerce markets; Watlow opens a manufacturing plant in Querétaro; Dimerco launches an Asia to Mexico freight service; and $4 million worth of methamphetamine is seized at the Laredo port of entry.
FreightWaves adviser Matt Waller answers questions about shifting priorities that may include sustainability.
Dirty trucks will pay $10 per TEU in and out of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports to raise money for zero-emission trucks and infrastructure.
Venerable index gets shellacked as freight issues fall hard.
Bob Bortner of IMI dives into the most effective fuel-saving strategies when combating exorbitant fuel prices.
Amazon Labor Union pulls off a stunning victory in New York; a ratification vote in Alabama remains in limbo.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller provides commentary/analysis on the trucking industry’s “driver shortage.”
Truck Tech is a weekly newsletter providing perspective and context on autonomy, electrification and other technologies impacting the fleet ecosystem.
Gatik CEO Gautam Narang will detail middle-mile autonomy’s role in the future of the supply chain at FreightWaves’ upcoming The Future of Supply Chain conference.
The decline in truck transportation jobs is the first in almost two years, but it comes after upward revisions in the two prior months.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller provides further analysis regarding the decline in the freight market.
FedEx is cutting the wages of the salesforce supporting the small to midsize customer segment.
