Trucking

Tech-enabled last mile is still in early innings, and there are a number of competing strategies.

While Hyundai’s HDC-6 Neptune hydrogen truck concept garnered most of the attention on Monday at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta, it was not the only innovative product the global automaker showed off. Hyundai Translead, the company’s trailer division, showcased a refrigerated trailer concept that utilizes liquid nitrogen for refrigeration. Unlike the hydrogen […]

The door to TRATON Group selling trucks in North American opened a crack with a memo of understanding between Navistar and TRATON to sell Scania mining trucks in Canada.

Freight railroads need push to ensure Amtrak’s trains are on time, Durbin says.

VeriTread Founder and CEO Jeff Cox has made it his mission to lighten the load of heavy-haul transport.

UPS to expand US health care distribution center network by 30% through 2020.

XPO Logistics stays ahead of macro weakness as net income, EPS jump in q3

Hyundai has unveiled a fuel-cell powered Class 8 truck, the HDC-6 Neptune, that it plans to launch at an undisclosed time in the future. It will be a global truck for multiple markets, including the U.S.

Volvo Trucks North America unveiled its new VNR 660 truck, expanding its offerings for regional-haul applications, on Oct. 28 at the North American Commercial Vehicle (NACV) Show in Atlanta, Georgia.

Werner, UPS Freight among initial companies participating in pilot.

Mack Trucks is well on its way to making up lost production from a 12-day United Auto Workers’ strike and sees state-level infrastructure spending buoying its off-highway vocational truck business in 2020.

The transportation industry is in a constant state of flux, experiencing market changes influenced by everything from macroeconomic conditions to hurricane season. Understanding data, learning to benchmark and knowing how to take advantage of any market can help carriers stay profitable during downswings. TCA Profitability Program’s first annual Truckload Live Summit is designed to help […]

The U.K. was scheduled to leave the EU on October 31, but now has until January 31, 2020 to get a deal approved by Parliament.

Forager, a Chicago-based cross-border freight brokerage, announced the official launch of its new technology, SCOUT.  The instant pricing and booking technology brings on-demand pricing and capacity to the United States-Mexico-Canada cross-border space. “The purpose of the new technology is to make it easier for shippers to get access to cross-border pricing and capacity instantly for […]

Francis Alvarez, who operated a forwarding service in Houston, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for violating the Sherman Act.

While technology helps improve fuel economy, the truck drivers (pictured here) that participated in the NACFE Run on Less Regional demonstration pointed out the important role drivers still play.

Roadside inspections can be a scary proposition for drivers, and it’s obvious why. Even simply mistakes or misinterpretations of regulations can lead to drivers and fleets being penalized. Because of this, it’s more important than ever to provide proper training and coaching for drivers.

ZF is moving full speed ahead as it builds out its electrification and e-mobility platforms and believes its proposed acquisition of Wabco will allow it to offer full-system solutions to commercial vehicle operators.

When Jim Handoush was growing up, he thought he was destined to work for Apple, which was in its infancy at the time. Today, Handoush doesn’t work at Apple, but is now helping guide the ship for another startup that is hoping to be just as disruptive.

Great Dane is gathering all the key issues trailers can have into an integrated platform to make it easier for drivers and fleets to see when something is amiss.