DHL Express said Wednesday it is investing more than $360 million in facilities and new air capacity for the Americas region through 2022 to support parcel growth fueled by demand for e-commerce transactions. The new infrastructure, which includes technologies to…
Federal regulators are anticipating the day when hours-of-service rules may have to be changed to accommodate automated driving systems. Those changes could emerge in situations where half the team in a long-haul driving operation is not human, according to Jeff…
With a rise in last-mile delivery and an increasing need for more capacity on the road, payments and finance startup Coast aims to provide advanced technology for managing fleet-related expenses. Founded by Daniel Simon and former Lyft executive Andrew Woolf,…
Savannah, Georgia’s virtuous cycle of industrial development continued on Wednesday with the announcement that a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial park will be built about 15 miles from the port of Savannah. The park, coined the “Southeast Gateway,” will be erected on…
Diversified transport provider Hub Group Inc. (Nasdaq: HUBG), said Wednesday it named Vince Paperiello president of its intermodal business, which accounts for about 60% of Hub’s total revenue. Paperiello, an 18-year veteran of Hub, will also continue in his current…
Chalk up yet another record for ocean shipping. More vessels traded hands in the first half of this year than in any other six-month stretch — yet another industry signal that’s flashing green. It’s not just container ships. An exceptionally…
Preliminary new orders of Class 8 trucks took a relative breather in June with about 26,000 bookings, 11% more than May and 61% better than the COVID-impacted number in June a year ago. The issue holding back orders is that…
Best-selling author — and FreightWavesTV guest — Steve Ferreira has a new book, “Navigating B2B: Master Your Industry, Your Business, and Yourself,” to be published on July 20. The chapter of this exclusive excerpt is titled, “Picasso Was No Engineer.” …
According to a recent study by New Frontier Data, 43% of the U.S. adult population will reside in the 18 states that have or are expected to have legalized recreational marijuana by 2022. To keep up with the rising demand,…
Within the last month alone of this current high-demand climate, 11,000 new trucking companies entered the market. But as industry veterans know, the margins for trucking companies are razor thin and the industry is accustomed to boom-and-bust cycles. One notorious…
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