Trucking

Drivers testing positive for drugs fell 12.7% in November.

1961: The first of a complete line of lightweight, compact, heavy-duty diesels for the over-highway trucking industry by Caterpillar, the 1673 has been tested on some 200 trucks throughout the nation.

Daimler Trucks North America says its Portland, Oregon, manufacturing plant has no carbon dioxide emissions and is the first facility to achieve carbon neutrality in Daimler’s global network.

J.B. Hunt announces temperature-controlled transportation options have been added to digital freight-matching platform J.B. Hunt 360. Shipper 360 now has more than 10,000 carriers that can transport temperature-sensitive goods.

Any idea that cargo theft may have waned because of the COVID pandemic is unfounded, as data shows reported thefts have increased throughout 2020.

Preliminary results of a new survey have found that logistics companies are losing hundreds of thousands, and even millions of dollars, due to the use of low-quality technology integration tools.

The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is finally a reality, but it’s a carefully orchestrated process among the federal government, the manufacturer, a major health care distributor and FedEx and UPS.

Onfleet hires Scott Cross as CFO, and Stephanie Riffell joins Perishable Shipping Solutions as COO.

Mexican drivers were protesting having to return empty tractor-trailers through the Colombia-Solidarity bridge

Forward Air is growing its traditional less-than-truckload terminal count. This time it is adding California’s Inland Empire to the roster.

Frozen Food Express is raising linehaul driver pay by 25% for new solo drivers and 20% for team drivers.

Membership is 20+ and will tackle digital initiatives for an industry mostly still operating on paper

FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX)  and UPS (NYSE: UPS) trucks departed Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) sprawling manufacturing facility in Portage, Michigan, on Sunday morning loaded with COVID-19 vaccines packed in dry ice to maintain them at ultra-cold temperatures. The express delivery companies have roughly divided the nation in two, with FedEx supplying the western states and […]

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Automotive manufacturers are building in Mexico; FedEx Express expands in Querétaro; Dunavant Distribution expands in Houston; and agents stop over 200 people being smuggled in commercial trailers.

FedEx, UPS, AIT to get their delivery marching orders.

Soaring heights and crashing lows describe Nikola Corp.s first six months as a public company. Allegations of fraud and a stock price decline from the high $70s to the upper teens led Yahoo Finance users to vote the electric truck startup the worst company of the year.

Domestic express carriers spring into action, moving the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare facilities.

Former Louisiana trucker Alfred Bourgeois was put to death Friday, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute bid by his attorneys for clemency.

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, C.R. England became the latest carrier to announce a large pay increase for its drivers. Plus, analysts debate the value of the Tesla Semi program and industry groups push for transportation workers to be among those with early access to a COVID vaccine.

Rejections ease again slightly.