Shippo’s 35,000 businesses can now easily create an account with UPS and those customers can receive its discounted daily shipping rates of up to 55%.
UPS will add 6,000 natural gas vehicles over the next three years as part of an agreement with Agility Fuel Solutions, which will supply the natural gas systems and infrastructure. The vehicles will include heavy-duty trucks, terminal tractors and package cars.
Third quarter 2019 is likely to see another step down in earnings expectations for the year. Equity analysts have been busy lowering estimates on many publicly traded transportation companies.
At one point, if companies wanted goods to move, they had to either invest in an expensive transportation management system, or turn over their operation to an outside provider. Thanks to managed transportation providers, that is no longer a necessary choice.
New pipelines are proving bad news for truckers, according to this RBN Energy report.
Brokers will be able to offer core carriers guaranteed freight and rates at the click of a button.
The Chinese city of Yiwu has announced a new freight train route to Belgium’s Liege, with trains expected to finish the journey in about 20 days.
Continental AG released its strategy to ensure its sustainability for future generations, and it involves closing several plants over the next six years, as it turns away from producing products for gasoline and diesel engines and looks to develop products for e-mobility.
Prologis, the global leader in logistics real estate, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
AGT Global Logistics founder Angela Eliacostas credits the success of her company to values ingrained in childhood.
Rush Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: RUSHA) recently announced the appointment of Elaine Mendoza as a new independent member of its board of directors. Mendoza becomes the first woman to be on Rush Enterprises’ board since it became publicly traded in 1997. New Braunfels, Texas-based Rush Enterprises operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North […]
Users of Axele by Optym now have access to Truckstop.com’s loadboard within the Axele system thanks to a new integration.
Volvo Trucks North America and its Mack Trucks sibling are partnering with connected transportation company Geotab to send electronic logging device data to the cloud and back for interference-free reporting.
The American Trucking Associations is working with UrbanVolt to sustainably makeover member facilities in a cash-free affinity deal in which companies would pay UrbanVolt about 30% of the money they save on energy bills.
FedEx, Walgreens add returns services to portfolio
New third-party logistics firm to take over yard and warehouse that handles ‘considerable’ freight.
YRC Worldwide morphs into four U.S. divisions, 17 operating areas in effort to streamline operating structure
Plus.ai partners with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to see how its self-driving trucks perform in cold weather.
“This new module will make it easier for Commerce and CBP to monitor and uphold our trade laws,” Executive Assistant Commissioner Brenda Smith of CBP’s Office of Trade said.
The Indian economy is crumbling on the back of an engineered crisis brought on by current government through measures like demonetization, a botched attempt at unifying the country’s tax system, and economic reforms that stifled consumerism.
