The Wuhan coronavirus has forced several Chinese cities into a state of lockdown, severely affecting manufacturing hubs and constricting global supply chains.
Companies may be creating unnecessary risk in their operations if they have an out-of-date policy and procedure manual, or worse, aren’t following it.
The proposal is part of a 10-year, $19.4 billion infrastructure plan to improve roads, bridges, airports, rail and bus service.
Big investors like Carl Icahn will have a say in whether Volkswagen’s truck group buys the 83% of Navistar it does not already own, but CEO Troy Clarke’s expected age-related departure this year seems more than a coincidence in TRATON’s $2.9 billion bid.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: CFI Logistica expands cross-border operations; Laredo mayor Saenz hails signing of USMCA; jury convicts trafficker using commercial trucks to smuggle drugs; Laredo CBP office gets new director of field operations. CFI Logistica expands cross-border operations with […]
Parts of northbound Interstate outside of Atlanta reopen after fiery crash shuts all lanes for most of Saturday
Raising tax by 15 cents a gallon is needed before transitioning to mileage-based fee, according to lobbying group.
A Texas jury recently awarded nearly $7.4 million to a man who was seriously injured when a truck driver hauling an oversized load veered off route and struck a bridge, sending metal debris into his vehicle.
Kayla Matthews writes about options if you are interested in starting your own trucking company.
Australian logistics giant
Toll Group possible cyber attack victim
FreightWaves SONAR has new information for subscribers.
Flat volumes, excess capacity persist.
Agency confirms it will credit ‘query’ balances in certain cases.
ArcBest posts down q4 results and January didn’t look much better
USA Truck’s shares fall after another earnings disappointment. New turnaround initiatives were quantified on the company’s conference call.
The ramifications of 2019 will come in the form of shrinking capacity, pushing rates up as supply falls to meet demand instead of dwarfing it.
Mack likes the stability of the medium-duty truck market, where it can sell small trucks to current customers without the dizzying ups and downs of the Class 8 market.
Substantial point-of-sale incentives are available through a new voucher program funded by cap-and-trade fees.
Electronic gadgets like smartphones in the cab lead to driver distraction, and driver assistance technologies like ADAS appear to add a new dimension to that behavior.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Much of the discourse and sentiment surrounding the application of blockchain, and other distributed ledger technologies, in enterprise supply chains has taken a decidedly pessimistic turn. This is evident on Meetup.com where blockchain […]
