Trucking

Fifth largest global carrier is responding to customer interest in greater container visibility.

R. Eddie Wayland, TCA Legal Counsel Employers may be well aware of the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in situations where an employee or applicant is “disabled” as that term is defined under the ADA. What about a situation in which an employer purportedly discriminates against an applicant because the employer believes […]

Assembly Bill 5 limits companies from classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees to save operational expenses.

Delay to provide more time to develop proper IT platform.

Celadon Group’s (OTC: CGIP) shutdown comes after cross-border shipping had already lost several other full truckload (TL) carriers this year that provided Mexico service. Matt Silver, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Forager, said Celadon’s closure will affect freight capacity in the U.S. and Mexico alike. “Celadon is one of the largest cross-border providers in North […]

YRC swaps CFOs, names new chair as traffic levels weaken

Lyboldt urges Washington to take action to repair subpar roadways.

President and chief operating officer, Michael Gettle, who assisted in the corporate restructuring is leaving the company.

Bad weather drives down delivery performance during second week of peak

225 employers have posted close to 500 jobs and counting.

MODE Transportation announces that it has completed the acquisition of SunteckTTS.

Latest round of DERA grants allots up to $4 million per project.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) has announced The Wall That Heals national tour schedule for 2020. The Wall That Heals exhibit includes a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center. The 25th season of The Wall That Heals will begin on February 20, 2020 in Marco Island, Florida and […]

Super Bowl Sunday is the No. 1 avocado consumption day of the year, according to the Dallas-based trade group Avocados from Mexico (AFM).  Football fans consume an astounding 105 million pounds of pounds of avocados — mostly in the form of guacamole — during the big game, AFM said. As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, guacamole […]

Freight forwarding giant details innovation required to balance sustainable packaging with customer satisfaction and product safety.

Landstar’s strong cash flow generation and enviable balance sheet allow it to pay large special dividends even in down market years.

While trucking companies stand to gain from a competitor’s collapse, they lament the loss of an industry stalwart.

It’s taken nearly a year for someone to publicly acknowledge that their company has benefited from the February bankruptcy and subsequent shutdown of less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier New England Motor Freight Inc. (NEMF). That someone is Peter Latta. Latta is chairman and CEO of A. Duie Pyle Inc., a privately held carrier founded in 1924 by […]

A plaintiff’s attorney in the case of a vehicular accident may sic the trucking company for allowing Fido to ride along.

Mexican carrier Jaguar Transportation stopped its trucking services this morning (Dec. 10) and could be shutting down as part of Celadon’s Chapter 11 filing Dec. 9. Several freight and logistics professionals confirmed to FreightWaves that cross-border account representatives for Jaguar Transportation said they had ceased services. At one of the company’s locations, the news prompted […]