Water rising on Mississippi, barges moving more freely south of Memphis
Shipping conditions on the lower Mississippi River are starting to return to normal as rain has picked up and water levels have improved. Measured at the key point of Memphis,…
Shipping conditions on the lower Mississippi River are starting to return to normal as rain has picked up and water levels have improved. Measured at the key point of Memphis,…
FedEx Corp.’s ground delivery unit, FedEx Ground, spent several years shifting last-mile delivery traffic from a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Postal Service to its own network. The idea was…
Electrifying just the long-haul portion of the U.S. trucking fleet would gobble 10% of the nation’s electric power generation, according to a study from the American Transportation Research Institute. And…
Averitt Express was recently honored by Coca-Cola’s Parts and Equipment division as its 2022 Supply Chain LTL Carrier of the Year. Averitt handles Coca-Cola’s inbound equipment for its various soda dispensing…
The prospect of converting the nation's trucking fleet from diesel to battery-electric power in order to meet carbon emissions reduction goals presents several major challenges, according to newly released research.The…
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TuSimple and Navistar are ending to their autonomous truck co-development partnership after just two years, the companies said in a joint announcement Monday. However, the decision to end the development agreement…
Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022: J.B. Hunt, Convoy, Uber Freight call for standardized freight scheduling standardsConvoy, J.B. Hunt Transport (CCJ Top 250, No. 3) and Uber…
Interest rates are rising, and all indications point toward that being an ongoing trend, but the absence of cheap loans and overall economic weakness haven't dampened motor carriers' interest in…
Class 8 truck orders posted a respectable 33,000 units in November. But they fell for a second consecutive month after record bookings in September. Supply chain issues, growing backlogs and…