Software firm Setenal says trucking fleets using radio frequency identification chips can increase length of tire use and save money.
Although new guidance on mask wearing returns the industry to some semblance of normalcy after over a year of lockdowns and restrictions, employers should remain cautious in revising policies.
The United States Cattlemen’s Association warns JBS hack could disrupt the meat supply chain without emergency work-hour changes.
Less-than-truckload carriers ArcBest and Saia report continued strength in demand through the first two months of the second quarter.
Christen Diane Schulte, 35, of Washington, Missouri, was sentenced to six years and eight months in federal prison for embezzling more than $700,000 from a family-owned trucking company and farm.
Truck drivers and carriers that transport livestock are feeling the sting as the cyberattack on JBS disrupts operations at multiple meat processing facilities.
Truck broker Landstar System raises its second-quarter guidance as shipments and pricing outpace its initial outlook.
Worker pay at Volkswagen’s plant in Puebla, Mexico, ranges from about $15 per day for new employees to more than $50 per day for veteran workers.
The benchmark number for fuel surcharges isback to levels not seen since ’18.
The pattern of mid- to high-single-digit raw materials price increases continues.
Growth rates throughout the supply chain cooled in May from recent record highs. However, the latest reading on transportation capacity stepped lower again.
Freightliner Cascadia headlamp bulb replacement fires lead Daimler Trucks North America to recall 72,508 Class 8 trucks.
The digital freight platform has a big market share in China, is growing its revenue but remains unprofitable.
A whistleblower filed a complaint in 2013 alleging pricing fraud by Navistar Defense that its parent company settled with no admission of wrongdoing.
Knight-Swift announced Tuesday the acquisition of third-party logistics provider UTXL in a $22.5 million transaction.
Vietnam veteran and trucker Alvin Garrard took the trip of a lifetime as he hauled a mobile replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that bears the names of more than 58,000 U.S. service members, including some of his friends.
The injunction blocking AB 5 is still in place for now.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico records 692 commercial cargo thefts in April; VW cuts production in Mexico and Tennessee plants; ATRG acquires Texas trailer fleets; and CBP officers seize $5.5M worth of meth in Otay Mesa.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador put the army in charge of customs at border crossings and seaports across the country last year.
President Joe Biden’s 2022 funding request of $676 million for FMCSA safety programs dropped 10% from 2021 levels.
