Terminals, carriers, rates, regulations and the supply-chain stories that affect your day at the port.
The case that first brought the ABC test for determining independent contractor status into New Jersey involved truck drivers hauling bedding. Fourteen years later, the case has been settled out of…
There’s a seeming contradiction in the macroeconomic and trade data coming out of China these days: Despite contracting industrial activity, low consumer confidence and a worsening stock market rout…
Forward Air provided January volume trends on Monday, its first update following a controversial merger with Omni Logistics. It appears the combined company may not include several executives from…
After months of almost steady decline, diesel prices are showing signs of having hit a bottom, at least relative to crude prices. The weekly average retail diesel price published by the Department of…
An emissions-rigging settlement wiped nearly $14 per share from fourth-quarter profits at Cummins Inc. The engine maker pointed to softer results this year as the North American truck equipment market…
Chart of the Week: Spot to contract rate spread (excluding estimated fuel costs above $1.20/gal, Van Outbound Tender Rejection Index – USA SONAR: RATES12.USA, VOTRI.USA The difference (spread) between…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico’s truckers plan nationwide strike against cargo theft; EV maker…
Managed transportation provider Uber Freight announced on Monday that it has taken the first steps in activating an API technical standard produced by the Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC)…
Pam Transportation Services said an auto strike during the fall was to blame for its net loss in the last quarter of the year. Pam (NASDAQ: PTSI) reported a net loss of $2.2 million, or 10 cents per…
A major logistics company filed paperwork this week stating that it plans to cut more than 200 truck driver and warehouse jobs at its facilities in Washington and Oregon by March 31. Penske Logistics…
