Tech advocate: Careful planning key to avoiding electric truck pitfalls
The future of long-haul trucking could include more fuel cell and hydrogen-powered vehicles, experts said during FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit on Thursday.
The future of long-haul trucking could include more fuel cell and hydrogen-powered vehicles, experts said during FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit on Thursday.
Covenant Logistics Group’s Matt McLelland said at FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit on Thursday that his company’s sustainability plan includes fleet initiatives to reduce idle percentage and increase miles per gallon.
A report published Tuesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) must make its complaint database more transparent and publicly available.
Texas-run truck inspections at the Mexican border are causing hourslong waits for cargo truckers.
Mexican railway operator Ferromex has halted key northbound freight trains due to migrants hopping aboard and being injured or killed.
A federal judge has ordered a Mississippi trucking company and its owner, Xavier Bailey, to pay more than $482,000 after finding Bailey made false statements in order to obtain funds through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
The Yellow bankruptcy represents one of the biggest industry shakeups of the past two decades. Remaining less-than-truckload carriers and shippers alike continue to feel the impacts of the company’s shutdown.
The former Emerge senior vice president of customer success plans to leverage customer voices in his new role leading Princeton TMX.
Cargo operations at a Texas border port have been temporarily suspended due an influx of migrants from Mexico.
This week in Borderlands: Mexico remained the top U.S. trade partner in July and Laredo was the No. 1 gateway; production and exports of Mexican-built trucks slipped in August; Maersk has teamed up with Fabric to open a Dallas e-commerce center; and a cargo checkpoint opens at a Texas border port of entry.
Amid the historic UAW strike, we’re seeing more militant labor leadership than ever. It’s a sign that the American economy is healthy.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association started out of necessity. Read more about the story of its beginning.
At a Morgan Stanley investor conference Tuesday, trucking executives predicted a muted peak season after acknowledging the industry is in the midst bottom of the freight cycle while hoping for some improvement in 2024.
Integrations solutions provider Kleinschmidt plans to help insurance tech vendor meshVI build out its future technology stack and will provide application programming interface support.
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TFI International has acquired food-grade tanker carrier Vedder Transportation Group.
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GXO Logistics has ceased operations and laid off 378 workers at several locations across the country in recent months.
On the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, truck driver Russell Vereen reflects on the 205 days he spent working at a refrigerated trailer morgue at ground zero, ensuring the trailers were fueled and running and storing the remains that medical personnel worked tirelessly to identify.
Truck driver Tim Philmon, along with millions of Americans, marked the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Monday by remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died that day.