Trucking

WABCO announced that its shareholders have approved the proposed acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen.

The Port of Brownsville recently received a key permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the 17-mile Brownsville Ship Channel. Dredging on the $350 million project could start in 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) permit issued June 6 is the latest step in the port’s effort to deepen the […]

PHOTO COURTESY OF OTAY MESA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Post by FreightWaves’ Noi Mahoney Business is good at the Otay Mesa port of entry, California’s largest commercial land port of entry, which tallied a record $50 billion in two-way trade with Mexico during the last fiscal year. For June, the latest SONAR data shows outbound tender […]

Florida International Terminal (FIT) deployed a new appointment system in a bid to improve turnaround times for reefer drivers. The appointment system is part of a previously announced expansion at the 41-acre marine terminal in Port Everglades. The expansion saw the terminal add 12 acres from an adjacent site and install  350 reefer plugs to […]

Integrating training and coaching programs into the driver experience can save a company significant money and minimize the risk of serious accidents.

Agency wants to reduce time and costs for driving schools and applicants

Sales of used trucks in the Class 8 market plummeted 22 percent in May compared with the same month a year earlier, and dropped 8 percent from the previous month.

Many companies still do not have cyber insurance and are vulnerable to the costs associated with a data breach.

Donald Broughton writes the second part of his look at the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how transportation professionals can tweak GDP numbers to better understand and forecast the business environment they are competing in.

When Democrats took the stage for their first debate, infrastructure was hardly mentioned, and doesn’t appear to be a priority in this election cycle.

Air cargo wait times really vary between airports

Convoy’s Automated Reloads feature allows carriers to book loads from a pre-planned combination of loads designed to minimize empty miles.

The American Trucking Associations will steer clear of the fight over longer-combination vehicles

Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) moves about 10,000 loads per week in the United States. Drivers picking up those shipments – whether they’re beverage bases destined for bottlers or ice tea for retailers – can expect can expect free refreshments, but more importantly, short dwell times.  “We want to provide quality service and hospitality to the drivers who […]

Provision in Coast Guard bill tightens foreign-ship waiver process

W.M “Rusty” Rush III and his stepmother, Barbara Rush, continue to fight in a Texas court over the late W. Marvin Rush II’s estate. The death of 79-year-old W. Marvin Rush II (known as Marvin) – the founder of Rush Enterprises, one of the largest commercial truck dealership chains in North America – sparked a […]

This article brought to you courtesy of NEXT Trucking U.S. West Coast ports want to boost drayage efficiency for the upcoming 2019 peak season. They aim to do so through greater use of appointment systems, extending gate hours and other changes to improve cargo and turn-time visibility. The moves are a preemptive strike against the […]

The FreightWaves Freight Intel Group has released another study – this one on autonomous trucking. Read what they foresee for the trucking industry and drivers in the years ahead.

NEXT Trucking is opening a new drayage facility in a bid to speed up truck efficiency at the busiest seaport in the United States. The 18-acre facility, which is about 10 miles from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, increases container capacity for NEXT’s Relay program, which is designed to maximize drayage efficiency, […]

Scott Case explores the reasons behind the recent FedEx lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce.