Trucking

A U.S. House appropriations bill includes $200 million to address the truck parking shortage, a problem plaguing most truck drivers.

Because insurers will be insulated from direct legal action under Georgia Senate Bill 426, the law may reduce their financial incentives to properly vet the trucking firms they insure.

US, Mexican truckers unite for a protest caravan in West Texas to highlight low wages, poor working conditions in both countries.

This week in Borderlands: ImportYeti launches tool to help brands source Mexico-made goods; Pharr bridge construction expansion project set to begin in August; Hammond Power Solutions opens fourth plant in Mexico; and United Kingdom-based logistics company opens Dallas office.

Tony Kirik operated Dallas Logistics, based in Rochester, New York, but concealed ownership and affiliation with another company to hide negative safety ratings.

Widespread inflation, growing interest rates and a tight labor market will keep freight service demand low, with excess capacity and low freight rates for the rest of the year. Here’s what to do.

Federal investigators in California recently ordered three logistics operators to pay more than $840,000 in back wages and penalties to Mexico-based warehouse workers.

President and founder of Seated Social, Alex Carpenter, explains his philosophy of targeted advertising to passive drivers and how that leads to better retention and a more efficient use of recruitment resources.

ATRI has released a June update to its operational cost of trucking report, which saw significant increases in insurance premiums and truck and trailer payments during 2023.

U.S. Rep. David G. Valadao, R-Calif., this week introduced the Safeguarding our Supply Chains Act, which aims to stop “the rampant theft within our nation’s supply chains.”

At Samsara’s user conference in Chicago, the company unveiled its latest tracking tool.

A Montreal-based 3PL has launched a sustainability campaign by planting urban forests and using oxygen-producing paint on tractor-trailers.

Wheeler Trucking will pay $65,000 to an employee who faced religious discrimination at the company’s Ohio location.

A packaging provider in Houston and a Dallas food supplier have announced facilities closures resulting in 285 layoffs.

Texas-based U.S. Logistics Solutions has filed for Chapter 7, stating that its lender pulled the plug on its funding, forcing the company to shutter operations Thursday.

Authorities recently ruled that the death of Iowa truck driver David Schultz, who had been missing about five months before being discovered in April, was accidental.

Uber Freight and Aurora Innovation have launched a subscription program making it easier for carriers in the Uber Freight network to invest in autonomous assets.

Insurance rates continue to rise despite a down freight market. What does the future of mitigating insurance rates look like?

Judge Lewis J. Liman issued a 113-page ruling outlining his opinion of legal arguments brought against congestion pricing in Manhattan, which would charge truck drivers up to $36 for entering certain parts of the city.

Avocado inspections and shipments have resumed a week after being interrupted by protests in Mexico.