Trucking

New Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods delivery customers are just going to have to wait.

A new FreightWaves survey highlights how truck drivers are being treated by shippers and receivers, as well as truck stops and rest areas amid coronavirus pandemic

States must submit plan detailing use of technology that supports social distancing.

The coronavirus has strained supply chains of all kinds around the world. Darren Prokop has written an interestng and informative commentary that explains the inherent weaknesses of supply chains and how to improve them.

Amazon is placing new grocery delivery customers onto wait lists as it seeks to shore up orders and deliveries for existing customers. Plus, traffic declines could jeopardize road projects, just-in-time delivery impacts resupply efforts and retail sales face a long slog back to growth.

Two former UPS executives have new roles with Atlanta-based companies and a service center manager is named.

“If you mask your data and someone accesses it, it’s like stealing an empty purse.” — Matt Yeh, senior director of product marketing for Delphix, on cloud data security and the impact it has on remote work.

Shelley Uvanile-Hesch hopes people will think twice about leaving home during the COVID-19 pandemic after seeing her trailer as she moves vital goods between Canada and the United States.

While mobile devices are common in many industries, the use of these devices to manage inventory is still limited.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Researchers find ways to minimize wait-times at border crossings; truck cargo volumes down at Otay Mesa; container volume slows down at Port Houston; and KAL Freight expands into Texas.

After initially being part of Utah’s self-declaration process for anyone entering the state, truck drivers and airline pilots have now been exempted from the order. Also, Kentucky extends emergency orders and Nebraska Trucking Association launches #ThankaTrucker campaign.

Growing awareness of a 12-year-old relief fund for semi-truck drivers is attracting more and bigger donations as the coronavirus pandemic highlights health risks to truckers hauling critical freight.

While staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic, catch up on classic — and not-so-classic — movies prominently featuring modes of transportation.

After peaking at up 30% year-over-year, volumes are now down.

Prologis’ update highlights strength of the logistics real estate market entering pandemic. Some clients are asking for rent relief.

The global logistics giant said its Q1 profits among its five business divisions suffered from the coronavirus upheaval.

Two more significant companies in the trucking and transportation field have implemented layoffs and furloughs. In response to an email query from FreightWaves, Doug Waggoner, the CEO of Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO), said the third-party logistics provider (3PL) had a “small reduction” in staff this week that constitutes less than 5% of the company’s […]

Knowledge test training course no longer needed for third-party examiners.

U.S. logistics real estate operator announces it has reached the 100 million euro cap for its European logistics fund.

Plus: California gives Nuro permission to test autonomous vehicles