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.
“We could make carriers’ lives easier by giving them a single tool that they can use to make sure that they are not missing any hiring steps,” said LogRock co-founder and CEO Hunter Yaw.
The Q2 Freight Sentiment Indexes show carriers lower, brokers higher and shippers about the same despite ample pricing power.
FreightWaves will host the Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit on Wednesday with a full day of industry insights.
This week in Borderlands: $102M cold storage warehouse planned for Houston area; auto parts supplier opens $34M plant in Mexico; steel manufacturer, distributor expands Texas operations; and CBP seizes $21M worth of fentanyl in green beans shipment.
