The rise and fall of interest in natural gas trucks typically depends on the price of oil. Now, the availability of clean energy credits in California and tougher NOx rules expected from the California Air Resources Board are additional reasons for purchase.
In Australia this week… new tunnels and roads to eliminate trucks; cattle and driver nearly burned alive; human remains found after truck explodes; controversial logistics software company vows to fight class action and the regulator; I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow… you off the road!
How high will rates out of Los Angeles go in October and November?
July heavy-duty truck orders were the lowest since 2010, more evidence of a trucking sector recession taking hold.
XPO second-quarter results allays analyst concerns as it navigates through a tough top-line
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the U.S. plans to drop trade sanctions against Venezuela once embattled President Nicolás Maduro is out of office.
Schneider’s move to shut final-mile unit leaves furniture retailers seeking last-mile delivery options
A pair of enormous crates carrying parts of a South Korea-bound drilling ship will be transported along highways through the Houston area over the next four days. According to Ronnie Smith, owner of Smith Specialized Logistics, it is one of the biggest moves by tractor-trailers ever in the Houston area, requiring a caravan of more […]
The FreightWaves basket of top freight markets all posted positive numbers this week.
TCA Vice President of Government Affairs, Dave Heller and TCA Manager of Government Affairs, Kathryn Sanner The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has been in high gear in recent weeks. The Agency has several pending regulations which are currently open for public comment and which could dramatically impact the truckload segment of the trucking […]
Goods like clothes and toys are on the proposed tariff list.
Japan’s Cabinet on Aug. 2 approved a measure that will allow the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to impose new licensing policies and procedures on exports and transfers of controlled items to South Korea.
The U.S.-China trade war has dropped trade volumes between the two countries to date in 2019. One result – Mexico is now the #1 trade partner of the U.S.
A federal jury ordered Swift Transportation to pay long-haul trucking rival CRST Expedited more than $15 million for allegedly poaching drivers who were under contract to CRST, which is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
As with other industries. the transportation and logistics industry is undergoing a digital transformation. The advent of the cloud and the adoption of new mobile and digital technologies has us in uncharted digital territory.
Leaders of a farmers’ protest in Mexico said if negotiations don’t progress with the government of President Andres Manuel López Obrador, the “next blockade” will be twice as large as the first one that blocked 42 locations in some 23 Mexican states. Farmers are protesting the national budget produced by Obrador, which cut financial aid […]
Kenworth Truck Co. stayed with its approach to promoting general managers from the engineering ranks.
U.S. Xpress sees a tough second quarter, but expects industry fundamentals to firm as excess capacity exits the market.
“I think we’re at a critical juncture. Six months from now I think we’ll be able to take a closer pulse to where things are.”
XPO Logistics posts flat second-quarter revenue, exceeds estimates on EPS, cash flow
