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Trucking Highlights Access to Military Bases in Defense Bill
Freight stakeholders are calling on congressional policymakers to further facilitate access to military bases and installations.
Supercharging driver coaching with insights powered by machine learning — Taking The Hire Road
Jeremy Reymer, CEO and founder of DriverReach, is joined on this episode of Taking The Hire Road by an industry friend, Hayden Cardiff, chief innovation officer and founder of Idelic, who happens to be one of DriverReach’s…
TForce, Teamsters reach tentative 5-year contract
TForce Freight Inc., an operating less-than-truckload company of TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII) and formerly known as UPS Freight, said Thursday it has reached a tentative five-year contract with the Teamsters…
Company Targets Old Drive-In Theaters for Truck Parking
Frank Sonzala’s company is developing plans to convert abandoned drive-in movie locations and other similar sites into truck parking places.
Anxiety Grows as UPS Strike Deadline Nears
UPS on July 11 pushed to Aug. 8 the release date for its second-quarter financial report, a week after its labor contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is set to expire.
Amazon Prime Day Drives All Online Sales Up 6.1%
U.S. shoppers spent $12.7 billion online during Amazon.com Inc.’s 48-hour Prime Day, up 6.1% from a year ago but short of estimates for 9.5% growth, according to Adobe Inc.
Delta Air Lines’ cargo revenue falls $100M in past year
Delta Air Lines delivered sharply lower cargo revenue in the second quarter, reflecting the prolonged downturn in shipping demand that has engulfed all air logistics providers, even as overall revenue and profits soared to…
Daimler Cites Flexibility as Key to Zero-Emission Future
BOSTON — Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum said flexibility is the key to his company’s preparation for the zero-emission future that is broadly envisioned for trucking.
Uber Freight lays off as many as 50 brokerage employees
Uber Freight has implemented layoffs in its legacy digital brokerage operations in the second round of cuts this year. A spokesman for Uber Freight (NYSE: UBER) on Thursday confirmed the layoffs, which sources said totaled…
Carload traffic grows at ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert
While intermodal shipments to the Canadian ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert have stalled since the start of a strike on July 1, coal and grain movements have increased significantly amid unrelated mitigating factors,…
