Trucking

Kenworth Truck Co. is finally satisfied that over-the-air software updates are safe for its trucks.

Austin, Texas-based centralized freight platform Shipwell raised $35 million of venture capital funding from a consortium of investors led by Georgian Partners of Toronto, Canada.

The transaction is worth approximately $12.6 billion.

CEO Alain Bedard says company may buy more firms in the United States as it looks to bolster underperforming logistics and final mile units and clean up market.

Dana is supplying its electrified powertrain to a terminal tractor designed by Lonestar Specialty Vehicles, offering a new chance for fleets to electrify their operations. The tractor has up to 22 hours of continuous charge and can be recharged in just two hours.

Ten trucks participated in NACFE’s Run on Less Regional event, showcasing the fuel efficiency opportunity that awaits regional haul fleets. The trucks achieved an overall 8.3 miles per gallon during the 18-day event, far ahead of the national fleet average of about 6 mpg for regional trucks, Mike Roeth, executive director of NACFE, said.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico’s government nears legalizing marijuana; U.S.-Mexico sugar trade agreement in limbo; Texas-Mexico border gets new bridge for commercial trucks; and $650,000 worth of marijuana found in shipment of Thai bananas Mexico is set to legalize recreational […]

Camera monitoring systems could eventually replace bulky exterior mirrors on Class 8 trucks. Stoneridge Inc. and Robert Bosch are the only two suppliers deep into the safety and fuel-saving technology so far.

Officials in Mexico recently authorized the transport of non-radioactive hazardous materials across the World Trade Bridge between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and Laredo, Texas. The approval applies to low-risk hazmat waste products, such as used batteries, nickel residues, used brake oil, clinical waste, lamp ballast waste, glass waste, antifreeze liquid, barrels and drums, and waste from […]

Engines in Australian trucks may have been modified to allow them to break speed limits. Australian police have been reading premises across the country. In other Down Under News: APE eats up AHG; new boss for Orcoda; mobile phone driving surveillance laws; broken bridges; accident black spots; corporate debt.

Amazon looks to boost value proposition for big shippers with customized delivery service at rock-bottom rates

“This new humanitarian mechanism will help international companies that seek to engage in permissible humanitarian trade with Iran to ensure that they do not run afoul of sanctions,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

Offshore energy operations could get competition from foreign ships.

Volumes slow but steady heading into peak season

by Ray Haight, TPP Retention Coach The issue of driver turnover has plagued the industry for decades and, it seems to me, that trucking companies should have made better progress in bringing it under control. The fact is that many trucking companies see the published numbers on driver turnover coming from industry groups, and as […]

Merchandise of almost any kind is valuable. Packaging it correctly is one key to making sure it arrives at its destination undamaged. Learn some tips about how to package correctly.

CEO of Canada’s largest transportation and logistics company pushes for crackdown as carriers with dubious labor practices place unprecedented pressure on truckload business

Canadian national Alexis Vlachos, who was sentenced to prison last September, will not be able to export or receive anything from the U.S. for the next seven years, the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security said.

The impact of IMO 2020 on diesel prices will be the subject of the lead interview this weekend on FreightWaves Radio. Co-host John Kingston attended the Argus Fuel Oil conference in Miami during the past week and sat down with two of the company’s leading analysts, Stephen Jones and Ed Arnold. Jones is the senior […]

Global logistics software developer WiseTech (ASX: WTC) has come under renewed attack from investment advisor company J Capital. WiseTech continues to reject all claims of impropriety and asserts J Capital is simply “wrong.”