Overall import growth mean more freight all around, but high drayage costs and better service bringing more boxes to rail.
Ashley Coker (PHOTO: JIM ALLEN/FREIGHTWAVES) The Wyoming Department of Transportation is embarking on a mission to improve safety conditions on a stretch of Interstate 80 that is prone to brutal winter conditions and high crash rates. Plans include creating passing lanes and adding truck parking areas. WYDOT will fund the project, dubbed the I-80 Winter […]
Fleets are increasingly turning to video to help exonerate drivers of wrongdoing and finding that a side benefit is the coaching opportunity video provides to improve risky driving behaviors.
The government shutdown is forcing the U.S. Coast Guard to work without pay which could begin affecting freight operations.
Sorting through emails, listening to endless phone calls: these are part of the information overload that the Smart Capacity platform seeks to address.
Will Amazon take more boxes at the expense of FedEx, UPS, USPS?
Sponsored by Redwood LogisticsNo book can accurately define what “company culture” really is. It’s as much feel as it is philosophy. What experts do agree on, though, is that it needs to permeate all facets of the company.
Australian livestock haulers will greatly benefit from a programme of livestock-haulage related road upgrades in Northern Australia. Road investment decisions have been informed a massive transport research and simulation project by the national scientific research agency.
Delivery robots, shifting supply chains due to trade wars, and automation slowing productivity in ports
TriumphPay presented its product to a room of 1,000 transportation, technology and finance executives at MarktWaves18 in Dallas, Texas.
“You don’t want to start a trade war with China for the same reason you don’t fight a land war with Russia: They will ‘out-suffer’ you.”
Ashley Coker (PHOTO: DELDOT) Delaware’s newest toll road, dubbed the U.S. 301 mainline, opened to traffic earlier this week. The existing U.S. 301 has been converted to a local roadway, with truck restrictions in place except local deliveries, according to the Delaware Department of Transportation. The 14-mile stretch of road took just under three […]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue threw down $25,000 for ideas on how to pay for infrastructure. And told Washington to open back up.
Hours of sleep are critical to truck driver safety and to driver retention. The “science of sleep’“ in the context of truck drivers is examined in this article.
The U.S. – China trade war continues to disrupt freight movements into the new year.
Transflo used its slot during the MarketWaves 18 Demo Day to showcase how its app’s new user interface, along with the broader Transflo ecosystem can be used effectively to reduce time during the lifecycle of a load.
R. Eddie Wayland, TCA Legal Counsel (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) In a recent Legal Comment, we considered a situation in which a driver was not hired by a carrier because he was deaf. The driver sued the carrier under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claiming he was discriminated against based on his disability. We discussed how […]
“This is the biggest barrier from going where we are today to commercialization.”
The Teamsters Union is relying on the new Congress to help stave off insolvency of its Central States Pension Fund.
Acquisition of Cory only Hunt’s third deal in nearly three decades.
