Trucking news and briefs for Monday, Oct. 17, 2022:Kroger to acquire AlbertsonsKroger and Albertsons on Friday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the companies will…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration quietly let lapse a national hours-of-service exemption in place for over two years, a move supported by both major trucking companies and truck safety…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Texas fleets seek foreign drivers to solve labor shortage; Nuvocargo names…
“It’s the lure of easy money, it’s got a very strong appeal.” — Smuggler’s’ Blues by Glenn Frey After convicting SPAC-sponsored Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton of defrauding investors, who…
The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: J.B. Hunt launches a scholarship program for employee dependents and grandchildren, Maersk’s rainbow…
A Manhattan jury on Friday found Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton guilty of illegally inflating the stock value of his hydrogen and electric truck startup, concluding a trial that lasted…
The chicken and egg analogy to describe grid preparedness versus zero-emission truck availability has grown irrelevant. It is an overly simplistic characterization of a very complex interaction of forces.Customers create…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will pursue a number of rulemaking proposals in 2023, including speed limiters, according to the Department of Transportation’s latest Significant Rulemaking Report.The agency…
Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton was found guilty of three federal counts of fraud on Friday following a 3 1/2-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District…
The good news is that there were fewer than 100 container ships stuck waiting off North American ports on Friday. The bad news is that there were still 99 container…