Hurricane season heats up – responding to a big one
While hurricanes produce an abundance of freight-hauling opportunities, truckers should understand it’s best to hunker down before hitting the load boards.
While hurricanes produce an abundance of freight-hauling opportunities, truckers should understand it’s best to hunker down before hitting the load boards.
Warehousing jobs soar, rail jobs sliced again
On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, David Roush of KSM Transport Advisors, who has a wealth of experience in the sector, tackles several issues on the minds of truckers everywhere. Why do some companies take freight with a lousy price? What does it mean to get ready for a post-COVID-19 world? And what does capacity […]
Also: warehouse jobs soared by 60k
Separately, the truck stop operator also extended extra pay and benefits for its workers
YRC’s $700 million loan from the Treasury Department raises concerns from industry experts about the survival of the company and whether the deal is worth it.
Truck driver charged with attempting to smuggle $20 million of marijuana from Canada to the U.S. told investigators he didn’t know about the drugs in his trailer, court document shows.
The Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) new regulations will see an increase in international inbound package rates across the U.S.
The family-owned company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has been in business since 1994 and has 23 employees.
$1.5 trillion infrastructure bill passes U.S. House along party lines; includes truck insurance hike.
After cutting the price by more than a third from a new stock offering of $75 million, TravelCenters of America shares fell below the revised asking price Wednesday.
Tesla’s six-month stock price runup helped the company eclipse Toyota as the world’s most valuable transportation company. Reported orders for 650,000 CyberTruck pickups match 2018 and 2019 deliveries of all Tesla electric-powered models.
Pilot Freight Services, which operated under a national franchise network for decades, now owns 90% of its offices and monitors for future acquisitions.
It’s a bargain hunter’s market for used trucks, especially sleeper cabs, as prices come off the floor but demand for one-owner equipment remained slack in May.
$3.8 billion in U.S. trucking revenue at stake in U.S.-Mexico cross-border freight.
With upcoming changes to hours-of-service rules, drivers and fleets could see improved productivity, safer operation and fewer violations.
YRC gives the Treasury Department a 30% equity stake in exchange for a $700 million lifeline.
Extension of paycheck protection needs House OK, Trump signature
Etailers and online marketplaces are facing higher postal rates to import packages to the U.S. Find out what businesses can do.
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact goes into effect Wednesday during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.