Trucking

With trade relations between the U.S. and China strained, the future of global supply chains could be Mexico.

YRC management believes it will take four to six quarters to complete $400 million worth of equipment replacement.

YRC Worldwide’s second-quarter loss came in ahead of expectations. The earnings call is likely to focus on the company’s path forward.

With airfreight capacity squeezed and rates high between China and the U.S., ocean freight consolidators offer the option of fast, cheaper less-than-container load, trans-Pacific services.

Old Dominion Freight Line says it has expanded its network of service centers by nine so far in 2020. The expansion will facilitate the carrier’s efforts to grow market share.

Truck drivers work around-the-clock to deliver essential medical supplies and food as coronavirus cases rose around the country, and it’s time to codify into law their essential status.

Video shot by another motorist shows the driver of a tractor trailer trying to wiggle the unidentified man off its hood as it sped down the highway.

LaQuenta Jacobs promoted to provide cultural leadership and strategic direction.

Startup electric truck maker Lordstown Motors will go public through a reverse merger, a popular tact to raise capital and speed public trading.

With possible permanent loss of some of its retail base, TFI will need to take steps that may include acquisitions, the company’s CEO said.

Mass adoption of electric vehicles will happen when they are comparable in cost and performance to internal combustion vehicles.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Concern for China’s supply dominance of rare earth metals; CEVA Logistics to operate a warehouse for IKEA in Mexico; Coca-Cola FEMSA acquires 45 Kenworth trucks; Nikola’s new factory to rely on cross-border supply chain.

U.K.-based Arkonik Ltd., which restores and improves vintage Land Rover Defenders, has a new facility near the Port of Charleston.

Acquisition for TFI is fourth in the last two months

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Carriers appear to be gaining momentum.

Freightliner’s test fleet of 30 electric trucks has circled the world an equivalent of a dozen times as they make drayage runs and a variety of deliveries in Southern California. Daimler Trucks North America plans regular production of electric trucks in 2022.

OOIDA warns suspending federal excise tax would hit Highway Trust Fund.

While revenue for Universal Logistics Holdings’ truckload, brokerage and intermodal segments all declined during the second quarter, the CEO said he was pleased with the “anticipated direction of our current operations.”

Numbers for the division were far worse than those of peers like Old Dominion and Saia; Deutsche Bank recommends breakup of the company