Trucking

Parcel-delivery surcharges are to be front and center in conversations next year.

Innovation chief McLelland says the questions for the industry go from the very big to the very small, and not all can be anticipated yet.

Mainstream commercial use of small unmanned aircraft for a variety of applications, including package delivery, is around the corner. New FAA regulations create a pathway for drones to operate safely with fewer limitations.

Warehouse solutions provider 6 River Systems ranks No. 23 in the FreightTech 25. The company rapidly expanded its customer base and wall-to-wall fulfillment solutions this year.

FedEx will mark its 50th year by harnessing IT for pitched battles with Amazon and UPS.

Deciding whether a digital freight brokerage, No. 22 on the FreightTech 25, fits in a company hauling around people and food

Company said sale of its SHIP tokens was not an unregistered securities sale, but government agency disagreed

NATSO and other retail fuels industry trade groups urge states not to join the Transportation Climate Initiative Program.

Mexico’s new fuel import regulations are seen by critics as an attempt to boost state oil firm Pemex.

Hino Motors has suspended production until late 2021 because its engines don’t meet greenhouse gas emission standards.

It’s safe to say that Apple has a major portion of the electronic market on lockdown. Apple’s next strategic move? Developing its own self-driving car and taking it to the streets by 2024. No joke.

Mark Duchesne’s resume includes working at process-driven Toyota Motor Corp. and freewheeling Tesla Inc. Now he is trying to keep Nikola’s $600 million plant on schedule to build battery-electric trucks and the first fuel cell electric trucks by the end of 2021.

A couple more truckload carriers have announced pay increases for drivers ahead of the new year. Beacon Transport and Bay and Bay Transportation are the latest.

FedEx Corp.had announced acquisition of e-commerce platform ShopRunner earlier this month.

The Timken Co. and Envases Group recently announced plans for cross-border factories in Texas and Mexico.

The FMCSA has declared a truck driver an “imminent hazard to public safety” after the deaths of five cyclists in an accident in Nevada.

Efforts to require side and front impact guards continue in Congress.

The parking brake can apply without warning, increasing the possibility of a crash in four 2021 Volvo model lines. The company stopped delivery Dec. 8 to inspect trucks not already on their way to customers.

Plenty of distillate molecules to go around plus no collapse in high sulfur reversed all conventional wisdom, Morningstar says

The FMCSA’s final rule allowing third-party instructors to provide both instruction and qualifying testing for the same applicant isn’t likely to materially alter trucking’s capacity shortfall, according to analysts.