Big rigs are limited by federal regulation to a maximum loaded weight of 80,000 pounds including cargo, so the actual amount of cargo a big rig can carry really depends on the type and weight of the truck when empty.
Two industry groups have announced a program to prevent the accidental release of pre-production plastic pellets.
While the truckload carriers are happy to turn the page on 2019, investors in truckload stocks may be hoping for more.
High-profile accident leads to database aimed at keeping drug users off the road.
The restraining order suggests the court looks kindly on the argument that a federal law preempts AB5.
The flatbed and oil field service carrier was subject to a class action lawsuit for not paying overtime.
The carrier operated in two markets that have suffered in 2019: flatbed and oil service.
The 2010s started with logistics in its traditional place toward the back of the bus. The decade ended with logistics behind the wheel. It began with the sector, like the rest of the U.S. and world economies, digging out from the worst recession in more than 70 years. E-commerce existed but was hardly mainstream. Amazon.com […]
Ohio-based GDS Express Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection after stranding drivers just days before Christmas.
Freight load board is back in service after ransomware, which was more frequent in 2019.
The World Food Program says it has the trucking and logistics capacity to face growing hunger crisis in African nation, but needs millions of dollars in funding.
New group will be the first of it’s kind in transportation The TCA Profitability Program (TPP), an exclusive business performance improvement initiative provided by the Truckload Carriers Association, is pleased to announce the formation of the TPP Data Analytics Group. This unique group will be sponsored by McLeod Software, and meetings will be held semi-annually […]
Market Expert Anthony Smith writes about the factors that will affect the U.S. economy in 2020 and what that willl mean for business.
Founded by brothers Michael and Andrew Leto, Emerge uses its FreightTech 25 award-winning technology to break down traditional barriers to how shippers find reliable truck capacity at competitive rates.
FreightWaves Market Expert Chris Henry provides a look into truckload’s year that was and commentary on a possible path toward consistent profitability.
The top articles of the year generated five key trucking issues of 2019.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is trying to take its so-far-unsuccessful battle over Pennsylvania tolls to the U.S. Supreme Court. At the heart of the effort by the OOIDA and several other plaintiffs in the case is the question of whether there is legally such a thing as an excessive toll. The definition of […]
Some California truckers exit state or weight options before AB5 labor law takes effect.
The operating realities of long-haul, for-hire trucking translates into working conditions that require both employee and independent contractor drivers to be away from home, and alone for days and sometimes weeks at a time. This combined with transit delays (both on the road and at customer facilities), and lifestyle-related health pressures (sleep deprivation and poor eating choices) are the primary causes of both short and long-term turnover.
IMO2020 is an environmental rule effective January 1, 2020 that regulates how much sulfur a ship can give out in its exhaust.
Albany, Georgia-based Commercial Shuttle Service (CSS) ceased operations in mid-December, citing a mix of market conditions, insurance costs and aging ownership. The company had 55 total employees, including 41 drivers, and 41 power units, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s SAFER database. “My dad, AJ Collins, the company’s CEO, he’s in his 80s, […]
