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FMCSA denies requests to alter accident reporting procedures
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is moving ahead with changes proposed last year to its Crash Preventability Determination Program (CPDP) but has declined to make changes that motor carriers assert…
GXO Logistics CEO Malcom Wilson to retire
GXO Logistics CEO Malcolm Wilson will retire next year after leading the company since 2021, GXO announced Tuesday. Wilson informed GXO’s board of directors that he plans to retire in 2025 but will continue to lead the…
GXO CEO Wilson to Step Down as Company Spurns Offers
GXO announced Dec. 3 that CEO Malcolm Wilson plans to retire in 2025. He will continue to lead the company during the search for a successor.
Texas Supreme Court Hears Werner’s $100M Verdict Appeal
Werner attorney Thomas Wright told the court that driver Shiraz Ali could not have foreseen that a pickup truck would suddenly cross an icy divided highway and strike the carrier’s truck.
Werner case at Texas Supreme Court: Did driver fail to perform a legal ‘duty’?
Arguments in briefs submitted in the ongoing Werner Enterprises nuclear verdict case in Texas have tended thus far to focus on legal questions such as whether various precedents should have done more to protect the truckload…
There’s no substitute for the right cross-border insurance
In 2023, the U.S.’s top trading partner was Mexico. That trend is continuing well into 2024, with the increased volume resulting in growing pains that have been thrust front and center on both sides of the border. Some of…
Cargo airline Atlas Air names veteran passenger exec as COO
Atlas Air Worldwide, the parent company for major all-cargo airline Atlas Air and aircraft leasing company Titan Aviation, announced Tuesday the appointment of Klaus Goersch as chief operating officer. He will take…
Container rates buoyed by tariff, strike threats
The dual threats of tariff hikes and port strikes continue to buttress ocean freight rates through what is historically a post-peak trough. Asia to U.S. West Coast rates fell 4% to $4,905 per forty-foot equivalent unit while…
Exxon Taps Low Carbon Chief to Lead Key Oil and Gas Division
Exxon Mobil Corp. named Dan Ammann as head of its upstream oil and gas business, putting its low carbon president in charge of its most profitable division.
FMCSA looks to ease regulations for jet fuel haulers
WASHINGTON — Truck drivers and aviation companies could both see cost savings benefits from a new CDL exemption proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The proposed exemption, posted on Tuesday, would…
