Trucking

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: FREIGHTWAVES STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER AT THE 2017 MID AMERICA TRUCKING SHOW) During part one of this two-part series, Omnitracs Senior Data Scientist Emilie Worsham made the case for women drivers using performance and turnover data. In the second installment, P&S Transportation Vice President of Human Resources Kim Daigle will provide carriers with practical […]

Suit alleging millions in DoD overcharges centers on proper reweighing.

Two-axle vehicles without a special pass will rack up a $3.92 toll if it travels the entire stretch of road. That number climb to $7.84 for three-axle vehicles and $15.68 for four-axle vehicles, according to rates posted by North Carolina Turnpike Authority.

The charges are growing but there are signs that this lengthy dispute may be coming to an end.

“The biggest takeaway is we’ve got a systemic labor problem. We don’t see a simple solution.”

EBE Technologies demonstrated their latest application at MarketWaves18 for capturing document images on-the-road and integrating it with a trucking company’s systems for enhanced data and document processing.

The Nikola Motor tractor is powered by a hydrogen-electric engine and has earned the company Number 24 on the FreightWaves’ Research Institute Freight.Tech 25.

Will the mailbox monopoly be loosened to let the big boys in?

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA) North Carolina’s second toll road, the first in the Charlotte area, opened to traffic late last month. The 18-mile Monroe Expressway has been over three years in the making, and it is the latest in a series of turnpike authority projects projects being planned across the state. The […]

Vector helps streamline trucking operations by digitizing paperwork and assists carriers and shippers in expediting workflow communication.

YRC inflated shipment weights, billed improperly, and covered up actions, suit alleges.

Information about that data is more needed; box moves strong at Port of Los Angeles, but peak season in rearview mirror.

A number of analysts have stepped forward and issued counterarguments to a negative report on Thursday about XPO, and the company itself has announced a share buyback program.

Jack Levis, the father of UPS’ ORION software

Ashley Coker FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller interviewed Chris Henry, program manager of the TCA Profitability Program, about TPP and Truckload Indexes during Henry’s recent visit to FreightWaves’ Chattanooga, Tennessee headquarters. The pair hit on everything from data sharing to editorial collaboration. TPP was created to be a performance improvement solution for the trucking […]

XPO Logistics has disputed the content of a report from Spruce Point Capital Management, a noted short-seller of stocks, that claims XPO has “perpetuated a massive financial scheme on the public.”

This week’s events in the UK Parliament have left freight transport operators confused as to the regime that they will face in both Ireland and the UK. As a consequence the community has decided to prepare for the UK without a deal in place with the EU.

EchoShip is one of four parts of an integrated offering for the leading 3PL.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — A truck sales boom in Australia may have peaked this year. Although the year-to-date sales figures are up, the forward indicators are pointing toward a slowdown in 2019.

TRUX believes it has built the solution that will disrupt the construction trades and give these underserved markets the transparency and efficiency they are lacking.