Today's Pickup Articles

FreightWaves StaffFriday, June 5, 2020

Today’s Pickup: Clean truck programs may take a hit amid cap-and-trade decline

Plus: Elon Musk wants to break up Amazon; autonomous vehicles no guarantee of safe roads, study says

Saudi Arabia and Russia push for extending oil output cuts (Photo: Shutterstock)

Vishnu RajamanickamThursday, June 4, 2020

Today’s Pickup: Saudi Arabia and Russia push for extending oil output cuts

OPEC+ meeting over oil output cuts; air cargo volumes declined by 7.8% this year for top air freight players; Volkswagen invests $2.6 billion in self-driving…

A firefighter walks by a burnt-out tractor-trailer on Ontario Highway 401 near toronto Canada

Nate Tabak, Border and North America CorrespondentWednesday, June 3, 2020

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Today’s Pickup: More freight, more problems on North America’s busiest highway

A fiery crash briefly shut down Highway 401 near Toronto as trucks contend with recovering freight volumes and more dangers on the roads.

Brian Straight, managing editor, Modern ShipperTuesday, June 2, 2020

Today’s Pickup: Aperia offers tire inflation system with no upfront cost

Tire inflation company Aperia is trying to gain market share by offering its solution with no upfront cost. Plus, movie industry freight haulers have received…

FreightWaves StaffFriday, May 29, 2020

Today’s Pickup: Trimble, Kuebix release next-generation community load match platform

Plus: Rivian re-opens factory; drones deliver PPE

Samsara introduces driver efficiency scores to help improve driving habits (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Vishnu RajamanickamThursday, May 28, 2020

Today’s Pickup: Samsara introduces driver efficiency scores to help improve driving habits

Samsara introduces driver efficiency scores; core capital goods shipments from U.S. drops; Softbank looks to fix U.S. roads.

A Purloator driver making a less-than-truckload delivery

Nate Tabak, Border and North America CorrespondentWednesday, May 27, 2020

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Today’s Pickup: Purolator is doing much better than Canada Post

The courier and less-than-truckload subsidiary of Canada’s postal carrier had a decent first quarter considering the impacts of COVID-19 and C$1 billion expansion of its…

Brian Straight, managing editor, Modern ShipperTuesday, May 26, 2020

Today’s Pickup: OTR Capital to integrate Trucker Tools functionality into customer portal

Trucker Tools’ Book-it-Now and predictive freight matching tools will now be available to users of financial services firm OTR Capital. Plus, major markets showing volume…

Vishnu RajamanickamThursday, May 21, 2020

Today’s Pickup: Ford reopens two facilities, twice in the same week over COVID-19 scare

Ford reopens Dearborn and Chicago facilities; U.S. GDP predicted to slide by 40% in three months to June; Target saw sales rise by 10.8% last…

The U.S.-Canada border crossing at Blue Water Bridge links Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario

Nate Tabak, Border and North America CorrespondentWednesday, May 20, 2020

Today’s Pickup: More trucks continue to cross US-Canada border

Latest Canada Border Services Agency data shows uptick in commercial vehicle traffic in a good sign for cross-border freight.