Trucking

Fallout could include difficulty seating trucks.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, concerns are raised about Mexican truck operations, drone delivery technology advances and Anheuser-Busch is making a switch to natural gas.

Amazon.com delivered two-thirds of its parcels last month, an all-time high.

Tech startup Axle Payments helps freight brokers manage their cash flow.

Shipments and size of invoices dropped but broker margins rose despite that

Amazon.com will build a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center 20 miles east of Dallas.

Amazon is cutting ties with more last-mile delivery companies, resulting in the layoffs of more than 1,700 drivers

Anyone can be the target of an employment-related lawsuit; don’t think that because your motor carrier is small or lacks a formal office that the need for insurance diminishes.

FreightWaves’ Mark Solomon, who has been covering the service for years, gives his take on the latest crisis.

A new report commissioned by Prologis reveals the company’s logistics warehouse footprint encompasses $2.2 trillion of goods annually. Logistics real estate demand continues to see green shoots.

Kenworth is retiring its off-highway severe-service K500 cabover model after 14 years and just 283 units – all of them exports.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize $8 million of marijuana from a commercial shipment at the Canadian border in the latest major drug bust at the Peace Bridge crossing in Buffalo.

Cargo Chief has added new functionality for brokers using its C4 platform, allowing them to identify potential load opportunities.

Many shippers have encountered fulfillment issues and transportation breakdowns as consumer demand for their products surged.

The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t move the mail by itself. It relies on many transportation and logistics contractors. Cargo Forceis expanding operations to assist with express mail that is transported from airport-to-airport by another contractor – FedEx.

OOIDA and Teamsters officials are concerned about violations of cabotage regulations that restrict Mexican trucking companies from making point-to-point deliveries within the United States.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a group has studied mileage-based user fees and found some unexpected results, plus more HOS exemptions and a better way to price insurance.

Workhorse Group is perfecting technology for its HorseFly truck-mounted drone that could distinguish it from last-mile delivery competitors.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized almost 600 packages of methamphetamine and 14,880 pounds of marijuana at the Otay Mesa border crossing.

The country’s largest brewer is transitioning more than 180 trucks in its Houston and St. Louis fleets to renewable natural gas to help reduce its carbon footprint.