Toyota subsidiary Hino Trucks is recalling 13,700 conventional body trucks because the negative battery cable is too short, preventing one in five trucks from restarting after being turned off.
The current focus on the rate war distracts from the real issue at hand: how to build a profitable trucking business and control your own future.
The biggest loss before that in the past seven years: not even 10,000 jobs.
vHub, which connects owners of underutilized trailers with those looking for short-term trailer usage, has opened its platform to integration with most telematics systems. Also, China trade deal in doubt, retail imports fall and road funding drops.
First female judge advocate general and chief counsel, a returning business development leader and a service center manager are announced.
Union Pacific shutters Cold Connect, citing low freight rates and consumers purchasing shelf-stable items instead of fresh produce amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: U.S. supply chains’ future could be tied to Mexico and USMCA; Forager celebrates Laredo’s history as an international port; CBP aims to keep Mother’s Day flowers pest-free; Dachser Mexico offers new customs house brokerage services.
Officials with Cardone said the layoffs were part of the “dramatic, sudden and unforeseeable negative business circumstances the company is suffering due to COVID-19 pandemic.”
It got $10 million that Clyburn maintains is for smaller firms
Motel 6 is offering a 12% discount to truck drivers who book a room at one of its 1,400 hotels through the Trucker Path app.
The timing of the law is perfect for an industry that needs help.
Outbound tender volumes inch upward
The Department of Transportation issued a call for industry stakeholders to commit to raising awareness over human trafficking, and the agency received twice as many commitments as it was seeking.
President’s options limited without sufficient evidence, according to former DOJ antitrust chief.
Navistar extended CEO Troy Clarke’s contract until July as a buyout offer by Volkswagen subsidiary TRATON Group is on hold amid the cash-devouring coronavirus pandemic.
Even as volumes slowly begin to return, carriers are still not in an advantageous position when it comes to pricing, although there is some positive momentum developing.
The transportation and warehousing sector sheds 10.4% of employees in April as Canadian Trucking Alliance calls for additional federal aid.
The number of employed is down to 2014 levels.
Plus: California Trucking Association, CERES, release report on path to electrification
“Substantial” federal funding needed to maintain service, board chairman warns.
