Silk Way West Airlines is a nine-year-old cargo airline in Baku, Azerbaijan, that operates a fleet of five Boeing 747-8 and seven 747-400 freighters. Based at Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the airline operates about 350 monthly scheduled flights moving about…
The stock market has boomed in the COVID era, driven by fiscal and monetary policy and surging retail-investor interest. Many ocean shipping stocks — with the glaring exception of tanker equities — have followed suit. Which U.S.-listed shipping stocks rose…
Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) is recalling certain LT and RH Class 8 trucks from the 2018-2020 model years for a second time and adding 2021 models because a connector rod defect could lead to an unintended engine stall. No…
Self-driving truck software startup Plus is reportedly in talks to merge with the same investor group that brought public electric vehicle startup Canoo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOEV), school bus maker Blue Bird Corp. (NASDAQ: BLBD) and flatbed logistics specialist Daseke Inc.…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Is sureshoring the next big thing in cross-border trade?; Growers Express adds border facility; MasAir expands with two A330 cargo planes;…
Chart of the Week: ACT Research Equipment Orders – Class 8 Trucks, Outbound Tender Reject Index – USA SONAR: ORDERS.CL8, OTRI.USA Class 8 truck orders are trending lower as national tender rejection rates remain above 25% — a characteristic of an extremely…
Container and bulk terminals at the Port of Montreal will open for business Monday at 7 A.M. after the Canadian government forced an end to a strike by longshoremen, but it could take several days to work through freight backlogs…
This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 70 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics…
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is partnering with Macy’s (NYSE:M) and UPS (NYSE:UPS) to make a young boy’s wish to be a delivery person come true. Mateo, 6, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2017. After going through years of chemotherapy, he is…
Understanding new trends in tolling in 2021, and how tolling will evolve into the future, is critical for most commercial fleets, especially those with large regional or national footprints. By learning more about tolling trends and evaluating the cost and…
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