Trucking

Hundreds of shippers, including ones that supply big-box retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s, are scrambling for transportation after FedEx Freight (NYSE: FDX) on Monday abruptly stopped truck pickups at many locations to help overwhelmed terminals restore productivity levels. The snap decision to jettison thousands of customer sites from its network was an aggressive response […]

TFI International quietly buys Montreal-area trucking and logistics firm Procam International to expand its network.

The headline number for May retail sales was a sequential decline. What may have been lost in the report is that consumers are continuing to spend at a record-setting pace, which bodes well for freight flows.

Ukrainian police arrest six alleged members of Clop, a notorious ransomware gang behind multiple cyberattacks on transportation and logistics companies.

Nikola puts FreightWaves in the passenger seat of a battery-electric Class 8 daycab nearing production in Arizona.

There’s fintech and FreightTech. PayCargo plays in both spheres and is well supported by investors.

A day after its CEO and chief financial officer quit, Lordstown Motors said it is proceeding with battery-electric commercial pickup production..

Keeping out-of-date or inadequate files is a costly mistake, leading to avoidable fines and unnecessary hurdles.

U.S. Xpress sees brokerage platform Xpress Technologies as a big part of the company’s digital overhaul.

Los Angeles-based Plastic Express will occupy 100% of Phase I at the Cedar Port Logistics Center, scheduled to be completed by December.

Circulor helps manufacturers track CO2 emissions and trace materials such as the cobalt, lithium and plastics in electric vehicle batteries throughout supply chains.

Money matters, but the chance to tell investors its growth story led to revenue-positive Proterra riding a SPAC to public trading.

Lack of standards among truck-parking notification systems puts long-haul truckers at a disadvantage, according to new research.

Nikola Corp. agreed to sell Tumim Stone Capital up to $300 million in new shares over the next three years.

Lordstown Motors Corp.’s top two executives are out following an internal investigation into allegations of phony preorders for electric pickup trucks.

PowerFleet offers in-cab and exterior camera technology, as well as visibility for the freight pallets inside the trailer.

UPS announces emission-reduction strategies for facilities, small package operations and the global air fleet.

Solution lies in a collaboration between business, academia, the government and labor putting together a national strategy for global competitiveness, experts say.

FedEx Freight has more business in some regions than it can manage, so it is freeing up capacity by telling hundreds of customers it won’t pick up their shipments starting Monday, June 14.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico remains top US trade partner; second USMCA labor complaint lodged at Mexican factory; Hyliion expands Texas headquarters; and avocado imports from Mexico up 26%.