The U.S. fireworks supply comes primarily from China, and one company controls most of that trade. Read Market Expert Henry Byers’ fascinating article about fireworks!
Eliminating delays is source of pride for the beef processor and retailer
It may have gotten lost in the United States’ trade war with China and immigration battle with Mexico, but President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on all imported steel and aluminum were lifted on May 17. With the change in the Trump Administration’s policy, Canada and Mexico received a reprieve on steel and aluminum coming from […]
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Guest post by FreightWaves’ Alan Adler Class 8 new truck orders rose in June from a three-year low a month ago, but the first six months of the year accounted for the slowest first half since 2010. June orders of 13,100 were 69 percent below one of the peak months of a 2018 ordering spree, […]
Rail union workers are at odds with other members of the freight rail industry over how cross-border rail operations are run at Laredo, Texas.
Gemini Shippers Group, a non-profit shippers association that is nearly 100 years old, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about Gemini and why it has joined BiTA.
The growth of ecommerce is putting excessive pressure on transport networks, and cities need to look at better utilizing and charging for curbside parking and time spent delivering goods.
Class 8 truck orders rose sightly in June from May’s figures, but posted their worst first six months of the year since 2010.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) levied a $500,000 fine against Anheuser-Busch for violating the state’s air pollution laws, the agency announced on July 1. The brewing company’s California fleet is based in San Diego. Half of the fine will support the state’s research on air pollution and the other half will be used for […]
Proposal estimates millions saved for manufacturers such as Boeing
Big industrial project slated for area south of Atlanta, but long development timeline means that region’s supply won’t be heavily affected
4PL MonarchFx adds same-day delivery by bringing DeliveryCircle into its circle
IMAGE: TCA Professional truck drivers Scott Wagner of Spartan Direct, based in Pevely, Missouri, and Robert Barnette of Swift Transportation Company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, have each been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). They are being recognized for their willingness to drive nearly an hour to rescue a colleague stranded […]
Charley Dehoney has written about the growth of digital freight brokerages and what they bring to the market and the industry.
Halliburton, Schlumberger Limited, and Basic Energy Services have seen their stock prices decimated by weak demand and a fierce price war.
Over 90 percent of small carriers that have not made the switch to electronic logging devices (ELDs) yet plan to stick with their old devices until the last quarter of 2019.
After the threat of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Mexican freight transporters are now facing a new challenge with an anti-immigration checkpoint in Ciudad Juarez that is stretching wait times up to three hours near the border. Trucks and passenger vehicles traveling on the Chihuahua-Juárez highway heading north to El Paso are being delayed at a […]
Flipkart is phasing out its conventional vehicles and introducing electric last-mile vehicles, which is expected to lower its carbon emissions by 50 percent.
While shoppers are flocking to e-commerce sites, that is not the case for grocery shoppers, who remain more interested in seeing and feeling their produce before buying.
