For freight agents attempting to navigate today’s volatile market, partnering with the right company can mean the difference between success and failure.
Doug Marcello joins Taking The Hire Road to discuss the trend of nuclear verdicts in the trucking industry.
On Thursday, self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics and Pilot Co. opened their first truckport for autonomous vehicles at the Pilot Travel Center in Villa Rica, Georgia. According to the news release, the truckport will be used by Kodiak to launch and land its autonomous trucks and serve as a hub for drivers to pick and drop off loads for first- and last-mile deliveries.
OnLine Transport Inc. acquires 90-truck carrier A/T Transportation in Indiana.
The $9 million felony fraud case against Frances Hall, who was convicted of killing her trucking magnate husband in 2016, continues to move through the courts.
The TruckParkingClub.com application now provides real-time reservable parking sites at 143 rest stops and 120 premium locations for overnight, multi-night and up to monthly stays.
Canadian carrier Highlight Motor Group is building a $250 million facility near Toronto that includes offices, warehouse space, a truck yard and a repair shop.
The fleet management ecosystem has undergone a serious technological transformation over the past several years, leading to more data being collected than ever before.
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This week in Borderlands: Lectra sees more manufacturers leave Asia for the Americas; steel wire maker opens $22M logistics hub in South Texas; GrubMarket acquires Pharr, Texas-based London Fruit; and chemical logistics provider to open distribution facility in Arizona.
Some of Tesla’s all-electric Class 8 Semi trucks are running loads 12 hours a day for PepsiCo.
Proposed rulemaking on automatic emergency braking (AEB) introduced in June by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is getting more pushback from a coalition of state law enforcement officials and brake manufacturers that argue more dialogue is needed before moving forward.
While AI technologies have the potential to transform the shipping and logistics industries, their success takes careful and strategic planning.
In the post-pandemic pivot from just-in-case to just-in-time manufacturing, digital freight network Convoy has launched a service to help shippers and carriers manage risk.
Lowe’s has been changing the way it deploys trucks to deliver goods and has garnered a spot on FreightWaves’ annual list honoring shippers.
Atlanta-based FleetCor Technologies reported fuel transaction revenue of $399 million in the second quarter, a 6% year-over-year increase.
“Waterfall tracking” means that a visibility provider, like Trucker Tools, automatically assigns the best available tracking method to each individual load based on information provided when the track was created and what the company already knows about the carrier.
In this edition: breaking down the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the unforeseen side effect of rising demand in Mexico, and Yellow officially declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Cargo operations at a Texas border port were temporarily delayed Tuesday by an influx of migrants.
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