With the 2024 Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit revving up next week, here are four things to check out during this year’s virtual trucking program. 1. Where to watch FreightWavesTV will livestream the event starting…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services missed first-quarter expectations Tuesday, reporting earnings per share of $1.22 compared to the consensus estimate of $1.50. A higher tax rate was a 7-cent headwind in the quarter…
Knight-Swift Transportation cut earnings expectations by 58% for the first half of the year on Wednesday, citing an oversupplied truck market, poor weather in January and a tough start to bid season. The company said…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services said it would stay the course, increasing intermodal capacity ahead of demand to avoid the service failures the industry experienced during the pandemic. That means carrying a higher cost…
On the West African coast, competition is tough. The main ports are not skimping on the means to become reference platforms on the continent. African ports have gained popularity…
Chart of the Week: Reefer Tender Reject Index, Reefer Truckload Index – USA SONAR: ROTRI.USA, RTI.USA The refrigerated (reefer) truckload market has settled after showing signs of destabilizing in front of the broader…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Samsara opens new office to focus on expanding cross-border trade; TriumphPay expands…
The end of Panama’s dry season is in sight, and the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) plans to welcome more vessels in the coming weeks. Over six months since the Panama Canal’s reservoir system suffered from the driest…
Sweden’s Volvo Group announced Thursday that it will construct a heavy-duty truck manufacturing plant in Mexico. The plant will supplement the company’s U.S. production. The facility will support the company’s growth…
The Shanghai port is the first in the world to utilize the fifth generation of fixed network technology in dock cooperation. The technology is a great improvement in bandwidth…
Porto Itapoá has received the widest vessel to dock at its terminal in almost 13 years of operation after welcoming the CMA CGM Búzios ship. The vessel has a length of 336 metres and a beam width of 51 metres. The…
The Port of Gothenburg has begun its quay reinforcement and fairway deepening project, which plans to expand the draught at the terminal up to 17.5 metres from 13.5 metres. Quay reinforcement has started at the terminal…
Truck transportation jobs in March grew by the second-largest amount in the 15-month period starting in 2023 that has seen jobs in the sector decline overall, according to the monthly report by the Bureau of Labor…
As the days add up after the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, companies that gather data from trucks and supply chains are beginning to get an idea of where trucks are rerouting in the catastrophe’s…
Yangshan Port (Chinese: 洋山港, p Yángshān Gǎng, Wu Yan-se Kaon), formally the Yangshan Deep-Water Port (洋山深水港, p Yángshān Shēnshuǐ Gǎng, Wu Yan-se Sen-sy Kaon), is a deep water port…
