The Port of Long Beach can be a challenge for truckers, even during the slow season. But the port and its tenant marine terminals are looking to software to ease the fraught process of returning and picking containers. Drayage drivers that navigate the 3,200-acre facility juggle different websites, appointment systems, and changing instructions on […]
The first Uber Freight European load has been moved in the Netherlands. The cargo was for Heineken.
A.L.A. Trucking’s 41 drivers and 15 other employees will lose their jobs in the layoff, owner Alan Adams confirmed late Wednesday night.
Amazon rolls out new hybrid drone design with independent sensors for enhanced safety
Business groups may also look to courts as potential way out
Pepsi Beverages is the latest company to join the Urban Freight Lab, a group that aims to streamline the delivery process.
Purchase of fellow New Brunswick carrier adds a long-haul open-deck business that serves Canada and the United States
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Justin Hall has left the chief customer officer post at YRC almost 3 years to the day that he took the newly created job.
CharterSync provides freight forwarders a quick way to source aircraft within the air cargo charter market.
“June is a big month in the second quarter historically…and if we don’t see it here in the month of June you really have to question what we are going to see in July and August,” said Rourke.
Class 8 truck orders posted their worst month since July 2016, according to ACT Research, barely topping 10,000 units in May. Class 5-7 medium-duty orders followed suit
Saia’s interim report also showed a slowdown in LTL activity.
Michelin Group announced it will partner with Swedish-based self-driving startup company Einride this week at the Movin’On Summit for sustainable mobility in Montreal.
Market expert Henry Byers examines the U.S.-Chinese trade war and its impact on imports and the broader economy.
Executives from Redwood Logistics, Forager Logistics, and Transplace discussed the risks posed by new tariffs on Mexican imports.
Trade growth, demography and land use changes in the city of Melbourne, Australia, have made necessary a shift of freight from truck to rail, according to an analysis by Melissa Horne, Victorian Minister for Ports and Freight.
RIO aims to connect different stakeholders within the transport logistics segment and push the industry towards digitalization.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case again about whether Amtrak can have a role in crafting the on-time performance metrics and standards for the freight railroads. The Court’s June 3 action paves the way for Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration to finish establishing those metrics and standards.
FreightWaves, the leading data and content source for the freight markets, has acquired StakUp Inc., as part of a multi-faceted partnership with the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) that will build on a previously announced data and marketing agreement, established in November 2018. StakUp is the developer of the ‘inGauge’ online benchmarking platform, used exclusively by […]
