Four shipper associations want the Surface Transportation Board to allow demurrage charges to be assessed on privately owned railcars as an incentive for freight railroads to move those railcars more efficiently through their networks. North America Freight Car Association (NAFCA), …
About two weeks ago, thousands of people across the United States took to the streets in protest, hoisting signs with damning statements like “Driving us into poverty” or “32 cents a mile is not enough.” In cities from Los Angeles…
Nikola Corp. is unlikely to sell any battery-electric trucks this year because of semiconductor shortages for critical components, but it will let select customers and dealers use the trucks to build mileage and get retrofits later. The company said Tuesday…
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Due to strong consumer spending, the growth of ecommerce and other factors, transportation companies are incorporating more automation and tech into their operations to streamline administrative tasks and give more visibility to customers. The industry’s digital transformation is well underway.…
For Idaho’s largest and fastest-growing beverage distributor, the pandemic exacerbated its perennial supply chain issues: shortages of drivers, cans, pallets and ingredients. This suddenly caused a lack of control over inventory and freight management. “Last year, we were really struggling…
E-commerce sales of furniture and home furnishings increased 49% year-over-year in Q1 of this year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But big and bulky items still have a last-mile logistics problem — they are just difficult for traditional carriers…
While the 3G sunset deadlines will wrap in 2022 for cellular providers like Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, there are still some companies in the trucking industry that have hesitated to upgrade their 2G or 3G cellular devices to 4G LTE…
Flatbed operator Daseke has taken the interim tag off Jonathan Shepko: He is now the company’s permanent chief executive officer. Shepko joined Daseke (NASDAQ: DSKE) as interim CEO in January after the resignation of CEO Chris Easter. Shepko had been…
Many passenger airlines have expanded cargo services out of necessity since the start of the COVID pandemic. Now, a boutique French carrier is leveraging the crisis to start cargo operations from scratch. La Compagnie, which offers exclusively business-class flights between…
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