Despite challenges, the trucking industry has seen improvements in operational efficiencies and enhanced driver safety through technology adoption. However, insurance costs are rising as a result of nuclear verdicts and…
More than a year after it was first proposed, the Department of Labor has formally released its final independent contractor rule that one leading analyst said was “little … changed substantively in comparison to the…
Why don’t you gaze upon your IKEA table with wonder? This is a piece of furniture that couldn’t have existed a few decades ago. One such table could be imagined in Sweden and manufactured in China with trees from…
An end to a prolonged freight recession could be approaching sooner than some investors may think, one equities analyst said Monday. The bullish call was largely centered on the need for inventories to be replenished…
On the day when the benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges fell for the 13th time in 16 weeks, the futures market suggested this decline may have more room to run. The weekly Department of Energy/Energy…
Kodiak and Aurora take different approaches to driverless rollout Mountain View, California-based Kodiak and Pittsburgh-based rival Aurora Innovation both plan commercial driverless operations from Houston to Dallas this…
Less-than-truckload carrier Pitt Ohio announced it has expanded its next-day service in and out of New England, a Monday news release said. The Pittsburgh-based carrier, which primarily provides regional service in the…
With all the headlines on trade disruptions, you might have expected U.S. imports to fall in December. They didn’t, according to new data from Descartes. The U.S. imported 2,107,012 twenty-foot equivalent units of…
Chart of the Week: Freightos Baltic Daily Index – China to North American west and east coasts, Panama Spread SONAR: FBXD.CNAW, FBXD.CNAE, FBXD.PANA Disproportionate shipping rate increases resulting from the Red Sea…
Just when oil and diesel prices seemed like they were going to be an endless headwind for the trucking and transportation industry, the oil sectors of a few countries rose to the rescue. The end result: When the average…
Truck transportation jobs continued a slow recovery from the depths of the freight recession and the job losses created when Yellow Corp. went out of business in 2023. The December figures released by the Bureau of Labor…
Bill Hall left his job as a senior marine engineer at age 59, earned his CDL and started Coyote Container with two trucks and one trailer in Northern California. Now he is among the first retail purchasers of a…
