Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged the lack of sustainable transportation financing sources, but suggested an increase to the federal fuel tax rate would not offer a long-term solution. Buttigieg…
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Contract rates exceeded spot rates for the first time in seven months during the last week in January, according to DAT, breaking a remarkable run for the spot truckload market….
COVID-19 infection rates are falling across the country more than a year after the first case of the novel coronavirus was detected in the U.S. But supply chain difficulties continue…
The formation of maquiladoras, factories mostly located in areas close to the U.S. border, kicked off an era of vibrant manufacturing activity in Mexico in the 1960s. For years afterward, they…
With tens of millions of doses already delivered and millions of doses waiting in the wings for delivery, we reached out to a few industry onlookers to see what the…
Data released Thursday by Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ: CASS) highlighted advances in the company’s shipments and expenditures indexes during January. The shipments component increased 8.6% year-over-year with the expenditures index…
A fresh winter storm pounded large parts of the U.S. with snow, freezing rain and extreme temperatures Thursday, as hundreds of thousands of Americans remained without power and millions of…
Advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) such as collision mitigation, anti-rollover and lane keeping systems are required on new passenger vehicles. While not mandated on heavy-duty trucks, motor carriers are spec’ing…
The trucking market is benefiting, as is every other freight mode, from the high demand for consumer goods in recent months that has led to an impressive surge in imports…
The storyline of 2020 for e-commerce was one of high demand overwhelming logistics and fulfillment capacity. Amazon wasn’t alone here. UPS executives spoke of a similar struggle in their earnings call this…