The Truckload Carriers Association has named Brian Smith of Madisonville, Tennessee, a professional truck driver leased to Mercer Transportation Company of Louisville, Kentucky, a Highway Angel. He is being recognized for helping at the scene of a fiery crash that killed four people. On March 25, Smith was driving his flatbed near Lordsburg, New Mexico […]
Freight shipments and expenditures declined on a year-over-year basis again in September according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report. The firm now believes that the index is “signaling an economic contraction.”
The amount paid by Uber for majority ownership of Cornership has not been disclosed.
Saudi Arabia eyes multi-billion dollar logistics project; a pot warehouse in ruin; China logistics activity rebounds
NCBFAA generally supports Customs and Border Protection’s goal to protect against illicit importers but said the agency’s proposed importer verification rule has “grossly miscalculated the cost” to customs brokers.
Now Goldman thinks that ISM data won’t turn positive until Q2 2020.
American Cross-Dock & Storage recently announced it was doubling its warehouse space near the Port of Houston, one of the fastest growing U.S. container ports. The company has entered into a deal to lease 102,863 square feet of warehouse space at the Bayport North Logistics Center I, as well as a sublease for another 44,000 […]
More companies are making the shift from on-premise Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) to a cloud-based OTM, because it helps reduce IT infrastructure and support costs.
The trucking industry and its supply chain rank fifth among all businesses at risk of cybersecurity attacks as the number of possible threats against the transportation sector has grown 100-fold in just four years.
Freight volumes in and out of Japan’s busiest port, the Port of Tokyo, have declined in the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018, new comprehensive data shows.
A United Auto Workers strike against Mack Trucks could soon impact its sibling Volvo Trucks because both get engines and transmissions from the same plant in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Halliburton lays off 650 oil and gas workers; DHL expands cross-border operations; Carrier partners with Fr8Hub to expand Mexico shipping; Logistics firm opens new warehouses in South Texas. Halliburton lays off 650 oil and gas workers […]
Law firm Benesch warns legislation will likely raise costs but carriers have options.
The United Auto Workers plans its first strike against Mack Trucks in 35 years for Sunday, Oct. 13. A total of 3,500 union-represented workers at plants in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida would be affected.
An influx of new container ships has hiked the average size of vessels deployed on the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe trades, reports Alphaliner.
It has been a dramatic week in Australian trucking: strip club bus-truck crash; nine months of jail; massive infrastructure works; trucker death; call for mandatory brakes; beer crates. And more!
The company employed 540 drivers and was Camping World’s primary delivery service for RVs
Amazon ramps up truckload business by going all-in on power unit investment
Letter Ride LLC, a delivery service provider for Amazon, is cutting 423 positions at facilities across Texas. The company is eliminating jobs at its facilities in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, according to recent documents provided by the Texas Workforce Commission. The layoffs are set to begin on December 4 in Dallas, and are […]
A federal appeals court overturned a nearly $800,000 damage award won by student drivers in a class action lawsuit against Werner after a jury found the carrier and its subsidiary violated federal labor and state wage laws for failing to pay for rest breaks.
