Trucking

The Biden administration will drop its COVID-19 vaccine mandate at U.S. borders on Friday.

This week in Borderlands: AI’s rising impact on cross-border trade focus of new report; Mexican authorities recorded 142 tractor-trailer thefts in April; Texas logistics firm opens Phoenix location; and South Texas college launching CDL program.

Alaskan trucking companies are betting that six-figure salaries could lure truck drivers to haul freight in the frigid Arctic.

SONAR ocean container booking data suggests that the predicted freight rebound in the second half of 2023 may be increasingly unlikely. Import and ocean container booking data is typically used as a leading indicator for future truckload volumes, as containers are offloaded in ports and transferred into intermodal or truckload orders.

Wait times of eight hours are being blamed on state-run inspections of commercial trucks arriving from Mexico in South Texas.

Werner Enterprises reported first quarter revenue of $832.7 million, up 9% year over year compared to the same period last year.

U.S. truck engine maker Cummins on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue of $8.5 billion, boosted by strong global demand for its products.

Arizona, Texas and other states aim to reconfigure the global supply chain for makers of electric vehicles, batteries and semiconductors.

This report shares an in-depth overview across the trucking, maritime and intermodal markets.

This week Borderlands: Nearshoring draws more U.S. logistics investment to Mexico; Volkswagen issues temporary work stoppage at plant in Mexico; commercial auto supplier TitanX expands Mexican factory; and a truck driver in Texas dies in a collision with a freight train.

The recent explosion of freight technologies has benefited companies of all shapes and sizes, but these solutions have had an outsized effect on small and mid-sized operations. 

Universal Logistics Holdings saw revenue declines in its trucking, brokerage and intermodal segments in the first quarter.

Reward and incentive programs are often thought of as financial expenditures. When executed well, however, these programs can garner serious savings thanks to improved driver behavior, allowing carriers to free up cash without making sacrifices.

Hub Group had year-over-year revenue declines in its intermodal and logistics segments during the first quarter.

The demand for skilled technicians to keep shops and maintenance terminals running continues to challenge recruiters due to high demand. A major source of lost utilization for fleets on the road is getting their vehicles repaired in a timely manner. A lack of technicians continues to plague shops, creating extra downtime and work order backlogs.

Carriers will now be able to handle their fuel expenses on Uber Freight’s app with no annual fees, according to the freight marketplace.

“Trucking as a business is not about what you make, it’s about what you don’t spend,” industry expert Adam Wingfield said at FreightWaves’ Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit.

Uber Freight’s head of product shares simple ways to improve decision-making and reduce costs while improving customers’ shipping experiences.

Download this freight market report and learn why FreightWaves experts are seeing a fairly bleak outlook for the rest of 2023.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad announced a deal with Knight-Swift Transportation to provide intermodal capacity for a Mexico-to-Chicago train.