Trucking

OOIDA opposes FMCSA’s approval for motion picture group.

Railroad volumes continue to drop. What might they do to increase volumes? Where are the volume increases going to come from?

Escalating airfreight transportation rates and capacity shortages from China due to the global pandemic have encouraged some shippers to split supply chain shipments between ocean and air pallets.

Mullen not expecting the issue to “go away any time soon”

State Attorney General used new price gouging law to go after A1

FedEx is experimenting with combining some elements of its Express and Ground units. Read about how that might affect the company.

Donations to the St. Christopher’s Driver Development and Relief Fund continues to pour in as recognition of the driver’s role in delivering critical supplies during COVID-19 pandemic attracts new donors.

Tolls on bridges, tunnels and roads are plummeting in the wake of the pandemic. Unlike the broader system of highways whose upkeep is paid for by the rapidly depleting Highway Trust Fund, infrastructure funded by tolls generally has a steady stream of income to keep it in working condition. But that is now threatened by […]

15.6 million masks from FEMA going out to trucking, maritime, rail sectors.

Ashley Hammonds of Reliance Partners cautions that buying a cheap older truck may have an inverse effect on insurance rates.

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.  News reports that Uber is re-evaluating non-core units like Uber Freight did not take me by surprise.  To learn more about what’s happening, you can read JP Hampstead’s Uber ‘re-evaluating’ non-core units like […]

Litigious society wants someone to pay for coronavirus-related business losses

Mundi seeks to finance exporters by offering their clients the option to pay locally in 100 countries and 65 currencies.

Growing competition leads Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. to decide against selling medium-duty trucks in the U.S. and Canada after current inventory is sold. Parts and service pledged through 2028.

The numbers game is intensifying as falling used truck prices and swelling inventories persuade fleets to hang on to younger equipment until they can break even.

As the first recipients face the end of the Paycheck Protection Program, the Small Business Administration has issued long-sought guidance on the program, including information on forgiveness.

The courier and less-than-truckload subsidiary of Canada’s postal carrier had a decent first quarter considering the impacts of COVID-19 and C$1 billion expansion of its network.

Love’s faces opposition in Arizona; ODFL likely to get tax breaks in Ohio.

The retail apparel sector has been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how international trade, supply chains and tariffs complicate things further.

The 2020 International Trade Impact and Outlook survey from DHL compiled responses from more than 2,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the U.S.