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In late December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reminded employers that they must conduct an annual query of the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse for all of their commercial driver's license-holding employees on a rolling 12-month basis. With the bulk of these annual...

Boosted by billions of dollars for electrification, the rapidly advancing market for battery-powered commercial trucks will soon learn whether there is enough juice to begin scaling a transformation from diesel to zero tailpipe emission electric transport. It doesn't look good. "We've got to...

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Canadian trucking giant Bison Transport acquired Maine-based trucking company Hartt Transportation Systems in a deal that will significantly expand its presence in the northeastern U.S. The acquisition, effective Friday, adds a fleet of over 360 trucks and three terminals — in Bangor and Auburn,...

The Surface Transportation Board should not be swayed by the political winds that appear to support Amtrak's ambitions when it comes to restoring passenger rail service between Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, attorneys representing CSX and Norfolk Southern said recently. "This board is not a...

The past year will be remembered for a red-hot economy but supply chain bottlenecks that cost sellers an opportunity to gain market share and grow revenues. For brands selling direct to businesses (B2B) or consumers (B2C), 2022 can't be another lost opportunity. Unfortunately, some things are out...

Goodbye, 2021. Hello, 2022. What do you have in store for us? More supply chain issues? More port congestion? More driver issues? More topsy-turvy developments?  Probably a little bit of everything, according to FreightWaves writers. We asked our people on the front lines to look into the 2022...

After finding out two weeks ago that Waco, Texas-based Central Freight Lines was shuttering operations, hourly employees – including 1,325 truck drivers – say they suffered a second blow after learning that their final paychecks weren't mailed out as promised before Christmas. Several former...

Perhaps no industry has such lopsided supply and demand for labor as transportation and logistics. Not only is new talent harder to come by but the ever-growing need to move more freight faster is making it nearly impossible to keep pace. Now more than ever it's becoming evident that today's...

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TuSimple claims it successfully completed an 80-mile nighttime run on Interstate 10 in Arizona with no driver in the cab — the first to reach the goal in the U.S. among many competitors working on robot-driven trucks. San Diego-based TuSimple (NASDAQ: TSP) kept secret the timing of the first...

There is a lot of focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the freight and supply chain industry. But how does a company reduce its overall emissions if its freight volume increases? Emissions intensity, or carbon intensity, is a key performance indicator (KPI) that measures the amount of GHG...

It's no secret the logistics industry has faced significant pandemic-related volatility throughout the past two years. With 2021's elevated rates and strained capacity, many shippers are holding out hope for significant rebalancing in the new year. They may need to wait a little longer, however,...

Deutsche Post DHL Group is ending 2021 with another sustainability announcement. The Bonn, Germany-headquartered delivery company introduced a green carrier certification last week as part of its sustainability road map. The certification was designed to reward DHL's road transport subcontractors...

This year Amazon became ATSG's largest customer. ATSG ⁠— the world's largest lessor of freighter aircraft ⁠— expects to operate up to 46 and lease 42 Boeing 767 aircraft with the e-commerce giant by the end of December.  As consumer dependence on e-commerce increases, the seamless movement of...