Trucking

The gig economy is one more challenge for truck drivers.

Canada’s federal postal carrier asks Canadian producers to stop shipping cannabis to Campobello Island — because of the troublesome transit through Maine.

The key metric “net revenue per truck per week” is explained by Chris Henry.

Truck drivers using EFS fuel cards have been unable to fuel their vehicles as a systems outage has shut down the cards, according to multiple reports.

The startup plans to triple its team size by the end of 2020.

Year-over-year truck orders rose 10% to 17,700 in January, but bookings remain anemic as fleets place only critical equipment replacement orders.

Economist Noel Perry joins the podcast as a guest this week.

Dana Inc. (NYSE: DAN) recently announced it will use Transplace’s transportation management system (TMS) to manage its North American supply chain. Maumee, Ohio-based Dana is a supplier of axles, drive shafts, sealing products, thermal-management technologies and universal joints for the light vehicle and commercial truck market. “We chose Transplace based on the unique value and […]

Despite its efforts to reorganize, it appears Cold Carriers Logistics and its entities plan to cease operations on Feb. 21.


A federal judge recently ordered Zach and Garrett Barber to forfeit more than $1.3 million in funds they derived in an elaborate 11-year “chameleon carrier” scheme.

Dedicated carriers serving the Co-op Refinery in Saskatchewan stuck in the middle as a labor dispute cuts off their livelihood.

YRC posts weak fourth-quarter, hampered by bad economy

Opposition from safety advocates could mean rough road to inclusion in highway bill.

Engine maker Cummins already was predicting a difficult 2020 before the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, where Cummins’ manufacturing operations are shuttered.

Supply chain digitization is helping drive trust and security while lowering obstacles to moving goods.

Known on northeastern highways for its iconic orange and white trucks, Preston 151 was founded in 1932 in the Chesapeake Bay area of the United States. The company was started by a canned goods wholesaler, Albert W. Sisk and his sons, who had difficulty shipping small amounts of their product via rail routes. One of […]

President Donald Trump singled out a new steel mill project in Texas during the signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact last Wednesday. Trump cited the Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) project in Sinton as an example of more manufacturing jobs returning to the U.S. “Steel Dynamics is building a $1.9 billion flat roll […]

Spartan Motors has sold its emergency vehicle manufacturing division so it can focus on growth opportunities in commercial and last-mile vehicle development. Plus, Connecticut plans a toll vote, a startup wants to move freight transport underground, and Oregon truckers are ready to protest.

Power management company Eaton Corp. missed analyst estimates in the fourth quarter, partially because of weakness in the automotive sector and a $50 million warranty charge.

Startup XStream Trucking is in early talks with two major truck manufacturers about its aerodynamic drag-reducing TruckWings, but its first distribution deal makes them optional on compressed natural gas conversions by Agility Fuel Solutions.