Trucking

IMO 2020 is will increase demand for distillates and put upward pressure on diesel. How should truckers prepare?

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will put into operation a battery-electric vehicle (BEV) built by Mack Trucks in 2020. The vehicle is an LR model refuse truck. The announcement was made on May 8, 2019, at Waste Expo in Las Vegas. The Mack LR BEV is powered by Mack’s integrated electric powertrain […]

YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) reported a $31.7 million consolidated operating loss on first quarter 2019 revenue of $1.182 billion. The loss widened from a year ago and revenue fell slightly, down from $1.215 billion in the first quarter of 2018. CEO Darren Hawkins placed the blame for the revenue decline on labor uncertainty and severe […]

KeepTruckin Chief Executive Shoaib Makani laid out the company’s ambitious plans to move beyond its core electronic logging device (ELD) market to becoming an end-to-end provider of truck technology. The San Francisco-based company has already detailed plans to add in-cab safety cameras and create a load board for drivers. But the six-year old company is […]

If lab-grown meat substitutes for farm-grown meat and is commercially successful, it will lead to a drastic reduction in freight ton-miles.

Seeking to strengthen its portfolio of off-highway, defense and aftermarket business, Meritor (NYSE: MTOR) is acquiring AxleTech from the investment firm The Carlyle Group. Meritor will pay approximately $175 million in cash, adjusted for changes in working capital at closing. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. AxleTech’s offerings include a […]

YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) posted a $31.7 million consolidated operating loss on first-quarter revenue of $1.182 billion, which declined slightly from first-quarter 2018 revenues of $1.215 billion. In first quarter 2019, net loss was $49.1 million compared to a net loss of $14.6 million in first quarter 2018. Zacks Consensus estimate was for an earnings per share (EPS) loss […]

Over the last decade, J.B. Hunt has not only tripled in size, but has evolved from a big truckload and intermodal operator to offering dedicated services and what has turned into a billion-dollar brokerage and third-party logistics provider (3PL). The next stage, according to Shelley Simpson, the company’s chief commercial officer, executive vice president and […]

Uber and Lyft drivers are planning to strike on May 8 at 10 locations in the U.S. to protest low wages among other concerns. Organizer Rideshare Drivers United is planning a “National Day of Action” and has been joined in its efforts by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), which represents 21,000 yellow taxi, […]

Getting better use from your logistics assets, whether it be drivers, trucks, trailers, or general staff, is a major theme of Transparency19. And the Rapid-Fire Demonstrations on the second day of the event illustrated the many ways up-and-coming companies are doing just that. Emerge Tech Grant Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of Emerge Tech, said the […]

Convey, the six-year-old company trying to reinvent supply chains, has announced a partnership with MercuryGate that it said will improve the last-mile delivery experience for shippers and end customers. Convey’s Delivery Experience Management (DEM) software will be integrated into MercuryGate’s transportation management system (TMS) to provide an end-to-end experience for users seeking to launch DEM […]

XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE:XPO) was prepping late last year for a massive acquisition, one that Chairman and CEO Brad Jacobs said Tuesday would have effectively doubled XPO’s $17 billion a year size “in short order,” before it shifted gears and launched a sizable stock repurchase plan in a bid to capitalize on the equity’s low […]

Energy efficiency is key to the reaching climate change goals and Siemens’ eHighway launched on 7 May 2019 is a step towards cutting air pollution in the future.

Women are underrepresented across the board in transportation and logistics, with just over 20 percent of managers in transportation, storage and distribution identifying as female.

When Paul Svindland took over as CEO of Celadon Group (OTCPink: CGIP) in the summer of 2017, he was stepping into an operation that had been riddled with financial concerns following the company’s auditors, BKD LLP, stating that Celadon’s financials “should no longer be relied upon.” Since that time, Svindland and the management team surrounding […]

TravelCenters of America announced higher fuel volumes and revenue, but one-time charges led to a quarterly loss.

While it posted a decline in sales, Workhorse is optimistic about its future with full production of its electric van set for this fall.

Domino’s Pizza has partnered with SingularityNET, to test decentralized AI services in an attempt to automate portions of its delivery operations.

It’s been busy in Australian trucking. A hostile takeover bid has succeeded, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals. An innovative Aussie manufacturer has invented a new kind of intermodal tanker for dangerous chemicals. This, and more, in Down Under Trucking.

The shadow of obsolescence seems to be hanging over freight brokerages, given the rise of digital load matching apps and other technologies. But industry veteran Andrew Clarke says he is optimistic about the future of freight brokers due to increasing complexity of supply chains. Speaking at Transparency19 in Atlanta, Clarke said the success of his […]