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Third busiest U.S. port prods carriers and owner-operators to use low- and zero-emissions trucks.

The seventh annual Games were the biggest yet.

All flights into and out of Hong Kong have been shut down by the Hong Kong Airport Authority owing to the occupation of the airport by protestors.

Pullback in Ontario, British Columbia and Manitoba appears to normal correction following hiring uptick, economist says.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: new FAST lane in Laredo, Pharr Bridge sees mixed results, sales of heavy duty trucks plunge in Mexico, Doggett Industries acquires trailer business and Border Patrol talks “Operation Big Rig.” New FAST Lane at World Trade Bridge […]

Bill being drafted by Kansas Senator Jerry Moran would create a Women in Trucking Advisory Board within FMCSA.

Port Laredo and the Port of El Paso reported declines in total trade volumes for the first six months of 2019, compared to the same period last year.  Laredo’s trade with the world fell slightly – 0.39 percent – from $116.6 billion to $116.15 billion through the first six months of 2019, according to WorldCity […]

In Australia this last week: police criticized two truckers who died in very adverse visibility conditions; a serial trucking offender was hit with a big fine plus legal costs for numerous legal infringements; more electric vehicles on the road; trucking association wants electric vehicles to be taxed; advanced brakes company wins big order; toll road operator raises half a billion dollars but analysts are unimpressed.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has started making examples of companies that did not take its administrative subpoenas for information involving alleged sanctions violations seriously.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Justin Rockcastle, a professional truck driver with Melton Truck Lines, a Highway Angel for stopping and rendering assistance when a vehicle filled with minors veered off the road and rolled. It was a miserable day to be on the road. It was May 23, and it was raining and […]

The ultimate guide to putting your money towards the most efficient trucks in the industry

If YRC Worldwide, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:YRCW) second-quarter results could talk, they would tell investors and shippers to give them the benefit of the doubt. But after a disappointing quarter, an equity price that’s down nearly 80 percent in the past 12 months, and a model that has destroyed untold amounts of wealth in the past 14 […]

Last-mile delivery is critically important to both consumers and the companies that sell to them. Read about six challenges and changes in last-mile delivery.

The Defense Department (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to support the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) policy of including overseas contracts in agency small business contracting goals, the agencies announced in a proposed rule. The proposed FAR changes are consistent […]

Trucks are omitted from a study analyzing congestion pricing options; YRC scraps satellite radio in cabs; FedEx drops Amazon in dollars-and-sense decision

Customs and Border Protection has adjusted the amounts for its merchandise processing fees for fiscal year 2020 to reflect changes due to inflation.

With their vast knowledge of imports, customs brokers see themselves playing an important role in the battle against counterfeit goods.

The blockchain project is in collaboration with Daimler Trucks and seeks to secure and automate machine-to-machine payment processes.

Shipping and packages remained lone financial bright spot in latest quarter.

Parking and technology will both be featured on this weekend’s edition of FreightWaves Radio on SiriusXM Road Dog Trucking.  Co-hosts John Kingston and Timothy Dooner will be joined by Sarah Hernandez, an assistant professor in the engineering school of the University of Arkansas who just completed a study on truck parking. She’ll discuss how getting […]