Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter. In this issue, new bill looks to raise insurance coverage by 556%, pallet shortages, Germany goes driverless and more. 556% Canva H.R. 2687 — On April 20, U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García reintroduced…
An Illinois trucking company, cited several times for hours-of-service (HOS) violations, shuttered operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-May. B & B Logistics Inc., headquartered in Elmhurst, filed its petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District…
For years, the trucking industry has argued that motorists have been the chief culprits behind crashes that involve large commercial vehicles. A survey from insurance giant The Travelers Cos. (NYSE:TRV) of motorist behavior during 2020 won’t do anything to dispel…
This is an excerpt from Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here. The promise: Over the last several months, lawmakers from both parties have introduced more than a dozen bills to improve the health care supply chain following…
The largest container ship to call the North American East Coast is drawing shoreline crowds on its first visit. CMA CGM is even offering tours of the Marco Polo to those who post the “most beautiful” images of the mammoth…
Texas is drawing closer to approval of one of two pieces of tort reform legislation sought by the state’s trucking industry, while the goals of the second proposal may have been achieved through a favorable court ruling. Both the state’s…
E-commerce surged as COVID-19 forced people to change buying behaviors. With that surge in online shopping also came a surge in returns, and companies have had to alter return policies and procedures as a result. Returns are particularly difficult for…
Effective June 21, FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) will stick it to its customers in the form of significant percentage increases to three delivery surcharges. FedEx’s residential delivery surcharges on domestic air and ground deliveries will double from 30 cents per package…
The Port of Norfolk is located on the banks of the Elizabeth River at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It is part of an urban area that also contains Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, Newport News and Hampton.…
Digital freight brokerage Uber Freight (NYSE:UBER) on Tuesday launched its self-service platform for shippers within Canada. The company began doing business in Canada in 2019 and has been manually facilitating domestic and cross-border shipments originating from Ontario and Quebec. With…
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