Trucking

Last local ratifies rider, paving way for contract implementation.

Former truck drivers and employees of Falcon Transport of Youngtown, Ohio, admit there were warning signs that the company was experiencing financial problems, but few said they expected the company to cease operations abruptly on Saturday, April 27, stranding truckers hauling loads without working fuel cards or further instructions.

Urbain to leave as CEO June 1, become top aide to new chairman Saade.

Eight years since he burst on the scene with a $150 million acquisition of a then 22-year-old company called Express-1 Expedited Solutions, Brad Jacobs today sits astride a $17 billion per year multi-national behemoth.

Each year, truck drivers and fleets face both announced and unannounced inspections or enforcement blitzes.

Building a small business is difficult if you don’t have access to the same powerful tools that larger competitors do. Uber Freight, with its growing suite of tools, has been trying to empower small fleets and owner-operators to allow them to compete on an even playing field.

Putting export-import documents online may make a difference between container arriving to customer on time or sitting in a warehouse.

A few years ago the idea of using drones for last-mile delivery were just an idea. But the idea is becoming a reality in China, Indonesia and now the USA. Read Market Expert Cathy Roberson’s views on the use of drones for last-mile delivery.

Tokyo, Japan-based ocean carrier, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha https://kline.com/ (TYO:9107) has recorded a fall in revenues of Japanese Yen of 325,293 million down to JPY 836,731 million (US$7.5 billion) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. Several board members have been removed.

Chillicothe has a long history in the state, but in the past 45 years, it is the local Kenworth factory that has become an identifying centerpiece of this central Ohio town.

Truck drivers for the flatbed truckload carrier, Falcon Transport of Youngstown, Ohio, said they received emails late April 27 stating the company was shuttering operations effective immediately.

Canadian trucking company Bison Transport acquired all of the intermodal assets of Indianapolis, Indiana-based Celadon Group Inc. on April 26.

It was a truly shocking Easter on Australian roads with an appalling double-fatality in which a truck driver was incinerated in a head-on crash. Elsewhere, a drunk big rig driver faced an Australian court after driving backwards down a motorway and then jack-knifing his double-B into a gas station. Meanwhile, following a two-year study, Australian sleep scientists warned truckers that prolonged eye closure is a sign of drowsiness. And, finally, trucking corporations have been introducing new products, buying out shareholders and attempting hostile takeovers. It’s another week in Down Under Trucking.

The consensus at a panel in Houston is that marine gasoil will be the first fuel to get a big boost in demand as IMO2020 approaches. That’s not good news if you’re a diesel buyer.

Results of two audits could affect current quotas of glider truck kits.

No stakeholder will be spared the consequences of the move.

Though blockchain looks to be promising, companies are still not convinced on the trustability of a blockchain network and it would take more than a few pilots to persuade stakeholders to join together on a single common decentralized ledger.

Amazon.com, Inc.(NASDAQ:AMZN) has launched a program to offer free one-day delivery to users of its popular “Prime” service, cutting its current delivery window in half and throwing down another gauntlet to retailers and logisticians across the country.

Despite lower net income and revenue in the first quarter of 2019, Daimler AG (DAI.XE) reported on April 26 that it expects to see slight earnings and revenue growth for the year.

Donald Broughton, FreightWaves’ chief market strategist, helps explain the U.S. economy in a multi-part series. This article focuses on the industrial economy of the U.S., which is critical to the overall health of the nation.