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FedEx Sets Plan for Carbon-Neutral Operations by 2040

Joe Howard – Executive Editor March 3, 2021 6:15 PM, EST FedEx Corp. announced plans to achieve carbon–neutral operations globally by...

Why LTL Shipments Are More Sustainable And Economical

LTL shipments, also known as less-than-load and less-than-truckload, refers to the practice of shipping goods that do not require their own dedicated...

Refrigerated Transportation and the Cold Chain in 2023

Refrigerated freight and the cold chain are overlooked by consumers but are constantly on the radars of companies that need to meet consumer demand....

Driving Change: Women Making an Impact in the Transportation Industry

In the transportation industry, women make up around 8% of professional truck drivers — an all-time high. But despite the small number of women who...

Winter Driving Tips for Truck Drivers

The average truck driver logs around 200 miles for a single shipment – that’s a lot of driving. These long stretches are dangerous enough...

The Power of Cloud Based Technology

The Great Supply Chain Disruption is predicted to continue throughout 2023 and possibly beyond. No matter what supply chain business you’re...

Logistics Strategy: Increasing Supply Chain Sustainability

According to a new report, over 59 million parcels were shipped last year. The shipping company industry is enjoying sustained growth, thanks to...

The Future is Now: Revolutionary Logistics Technologies

As a business owner, you’re always looking for ways to improve efficiency and save money, right? Logistic growth can help you do both of those...

Integrity Express Logistics Ranked Top 25

Integrity Express Logistics is proud to be named in the top 25 of Greater Cincinnati’s Top Private Companies. Based on the previous year’s...

Gateless Tolling Coming to Ohio Turnpike

Andrew J. Tobias | Cleveland.com July 12, 2021 1:30 PM, EDT No EZPass? State Hopes to Bill You by Mail COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Turnpike...

ATA Launches Efforts to Help Texans Battered by Storm

Freight Waves, Connor Wolf, Monday, February 22, 2021 American Trucking Associations has launched a relief effort aimed at helping those in Texas...

Hurricane Relief Pressure-Tests the ‘New Normal’ Supply Chain

Freight Waves, Corrie White, Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Historically, hurricane season presents abundant and often lucrative freight-hauling...

Scalable Growth Starts with the Back Office

Freight Waves, Jack Glenn, September 23, 2020 ARTICLE BROUGHT TO YOU BY HUBTRAN!! The transportation and logistics landscape of today looks a...

Unveiling the 2020 Top 100 Private Carriers List

www.ttnews.com, Seth Clevenger, August 29th, 2020, 8:00 AM The global coronavirus pandemic has tested the mettle of the largest private carriers...

Carriers Get Extension to Rid Systems of Chinese Technologies

www.ttnews.com, Eric Miller, August 19th, 2020, 4:15 PM The Director of National Intelligence has extended the deadline to Sept. 30 for a...

Tonnage Decline 8.5% Year-Over-Year in July, ATA Index Shows

www.ttnews, Dan Ronan, August 18, 2020, 1:00 PM Truck tonnage in July declined a seasonally adjusted 8.3% when compared with year-ago levels, and...

CVSA’S International Roadcheck Rescheduled for Sept. 9-11

www.ttnews.com, Eric Miller, August 10, 2020, 5:45 PM The postponed International Roadcheck event has been rescheduled for Sept. 9-11, the...

DOD Re-Awards $7.2 Billion Household Goods Moving Contract

Transport Topics, Eric Miller, July 22, 2020, 11:30 AM The Department of Defense has re-awarded a $7.2 billion household goods moving contract...

Consumer Brands Spearheads Contactless Delivery Task Force

www.ttnews.com, Connor Wolf, July 9, 2020, 2:30 PM A task force was launched that brings together manufacturers, supply chain partners and...

Infrastructure Stakeholders Press Senators for Testing, PPE Priority

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, June 9, 2020, 1:15 PM A coalition that includes freight stakeholders and myriad transportation interests is...

Trucking Rises to Meet Unprecedented Challenges During COVID – 19 Pandemic

www.ttnews.com, Seth Clevenger, June 22, 2020, 8:00 AM Businesses closed their doors and people sheltered at home this spring as the COVID-19...

FMCSA Extends,Modifies HOS Emergency Declaration

www.ttnews.com, Eleanor Lamb, June 9th, 2020, 3:45 PM The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended and modified its emergency...

House, Senate Lawmakers Propose Essential Workers Fund

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, May 26, 2020, 4:00 PM Legislation that would compensate essential workers who became ill or died from COVID-19...

Senate Committee Advances FMCSA Safety Grants Bill

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, May 20, 2020, 4:30 PM Legislation aimed at facilitating financial assistance from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...

Truck Stops Providing Essential Services to Truckers, Navigating the Downturn

www.ttnews.com, Eric Miller, May 14, 2020, 6:00 PM The employees at the Iowa 80 Truckstop have a motto that serves as reminder of their mission:...

Interactive Map: Where the 2020 Top 50 Logistics Companies Are in North America

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Ports Laying Groundwork for Post-Coronavirus Business

American Shipper, Kim Link-Wills, May 13, 2020 Ports around the globe will have to change the way they do business in a post-pandemic world. ...

Average Price of Diesel Falls Another 3.8 cents to $2.399 a Gallon

ttnews.com, Don Ronan and Connor D. Wolf, May 4, 2020 6:00 PM The national average price of diesel fuel continued its steady slide, falling 3.8...

Electric Trucks Must Reap Financial and Environmental Benefits, Execs Say

www.ttnews.com, Joe Howard, February 19, 2020, 9:15 AM Dependable Supply Chain Services and NFI Industries are piloting Volvo’s VNR...

Commentary: How Will Technology reshape the industry for COVID-19?

www.freightwaves.com, John Mannes, March 28, 2020 The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the...

Fiscal 2021 Budget Proposal Offers Increase for Two FMCSA Programs

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, February 10, 2020, 5:15 pm Programs managed by federal trucking regulators would see a funding boost under a $4.8...

Trade Agreements May Bring Stability to Trucking

www.ttnews.com, Roger Gilroy, January 28, 2020, 3:30 [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] GRAPEVINE, Texas — Trucking...

CARB Ahead of EPA in Bid to Establish NOx Rule for Heavy Trucks

www.ttnews.com, Eric Miller, January 23, 2020, 3:30PM [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] More than a year ago, U.S....

Moving Manatees, Elephants and Pandas Requires Careful Planning, Preparation

Transport Topics, Gregory Van Tighem, January 27, 2020, 9:45 AM Some of Joe Collopy’s more exotic logistics assignments have earned him a...

Virginia’s $3.7 Billion Rail Investment Intends to Ease Freight, Road Congestion

www.ttnews.com, Eleanor Lamb, December 20,2019, 3:45 PM [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam...

In-Cab Monitoring Uses Machine Vision to Detect Fatigued, Distracted Driving

www.ttnews.com, Gregory Tighem, December 6, 2019, 10:15 AM When Bison Transport’s director of safety and driver development presented to the...

Price, Sales of Used Class 8 Trucks Drop 19%

www.ttnews.com, Roger Gilroy, November 26, 2019, 5:30 PM The price of the average used Class 8 vehicle in October skidded, as did estimated industry...

Congress Faces New Deadline Amid Calls for Major Highway Legislation

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, November 26,2019, 4:00PM Congressional leaders in Washington again have packed the final weeks of the year with major...

Dot IG Outlines FMCSA’s Top Management Challenges for 2020

www.ttnews.com, Eric Miller, October 31, 2019, 12:45PM The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is facing challenges in a number of...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Renews Self-Driving Car Initiative

www.ttnews.com, Andrew Tobias, October 29, 2019, 12:45 PM [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov....

West Coast Ports Show Early Signs of Slowdown Due to Tariffs

www.ttnews.com, Dan Ronan, October 17, 2019, 4:15 PM [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] While the holiday shipping...

The Benefits of an Automated Permitting and Routing System

www.ttnews.com, October 7, 2019, 12:00AM The Benefits of an Automated Permitting & Routing System Over-the-road trucking is an important...

UPS Drones Win FAA Milestone Permission to Operate

www.ttnews.com, Thomas Black and Alan Levin, October 1, 019, 3:45 pm Bloomberg News [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in...

FMCSA Issues $77 Million in Grants Supporting Truck Safety, Driver Training

www.ttnews.com, Eleanor Lamb, September 26, 2019, 12:30 PM A young driver trains. (Corey Gray) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get...

Energy Efficiency Across Transportation Sector Focus of House Hearing

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, September 19, 2019, 12:00pm Energy Subcommittee Chairman Conor Lamb by Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press [Stay...

New York Completes $1.8 Million Bridge Strike Prevention Project

www.ttnews.com, Eleanor Lamb, September 12, 2019, 12:15 pm New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Albany, N.Y., on March, 31, 2019. On Sept. 6, Cuomo...

ATA, CVSA Request Commenting Extension for FMCSA Hours-of-Service Proposal

www.ttnews.com, Eleanor Lamb, August 28, 2019, 12:15 PM A truck on a snow-covered road. FMCSA’s HOS rules involve trucks traveling in...

TomTom Maps Out Revamp With Bet on Self-Driving Cars

www.ttnews.com, Natalia Drozdiak, September , 2019, 10:00AM An attendee wears a virtual reality headset while experiencing the TomTom NV...

Dot Awards $225 Million in Grants to 20 Bridge Projects

www.ttnews.com, Eleanor Lamb, August 29, 2019, 7:00 AM Getty Images [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The...

Scout, Amazon’s Self-Driving Delivery Robot, Heads to California

www.ttnews.com, Joe Pisani, August 16, 2019, 5:45PM Amazon via AP Amazon’s self-driving robots will be roaming the streets of another...

CVSA Asks Senate to Fund an Updated Major Crash Causation Study

www.ttnews.com, Eric Miller, August 9, 2019, 5:30 PM CVSA Asks Senate to Fund an Updated Major Crash Causation Study CVSA Executive Director...

Senate Panel Advances 5-year Transportation Bill

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, July 30,2019, 5:30 pm Barrasso (left) and Carper by the Associated Press [Stay on top of transportation...

Senators Aim to Produce Five-Year Highway Bill Before August Recess

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero and Lianna Norman, July 10, 2019, 5:15 pm Senators Aim to Produce Five-Year Highway Bill Before August Recess ...

Class 8 Orders Come in at 13,000 for June as Freight Movement Slows

www.ttnews.com, Jim Stinson, July 3, 2019, 2:00 pm Class 8 truck orders declined 69% in June compared to June 2018. (John Sommers II for...

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Stresses Benefits of Long-Term Highway Bill

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, July 8th, 2019, 2:30 pm Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says state and local governments could engage in...

US Logistics Costs Rise 11.4% in 2018, Report Says

www.ttnews.com, Daniel Bearth, June 19, 2019, 1:15 pm Costs Represent Highest Share of GDP in 10 Years Trucks travel across the World Trade...

Coalition Pushes for Federal Excise Tax Repeal on New Trucks

www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero, June 25, 2019, 11:45 a.m. The coalition brought a World War I-era truck and a modern truck to Capitol Hill to...

Humans Wanted: Self-Driving Truck Technology Firms Seek Drivers

www.ttnews.com, Daniel Bearth June 13, 2019, 10:30 A.M. Pima Community College and TuSimple representatives with TuSimple’s self-driving...

FMCSA Launches Interstate Pilot Program for Drivers Ages 18-20 With Military Experience

www.ttnews.com, Eleanor Lamb, June 3, 2019, 6:00 p.m. A motor transport operator drives the M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter at Fort Indiantown...

Shipping and Trucking Industries Gearing Up for New 2020 Ocean Vessel Fuel Mandate

www.ttnews.com, Dan Ronan – May 30, 2019, 4:15 p.m. Heavy, thick fuel has been used in the maritime industry for years, partly because of...

In Middle of Trade War, Port of Los Angeles Terminal Gets Ready for Robots

www.ttnews.com, Romy Varghese – May 22, 2019, 4:15 p.m. The Maersk Edinburgh cargo ship sits docked at the APM shipping terminal in the Port...

$2 Billion Invested in Trucking Tech Firms So Far in 2019

www.ttnews.com, Jim Stinson – May 21, 2019, 6:00 p.m. Trucking technology firms are raking in cash as investors look to get in on a hot...

Ports Offer Ample Opportunity for P3s, Experts Say

www.ttnews.com, Elanor Lamb – May 14th, 2019, 4:15 p.m. Kerry Cartwright, director of the Port of Los Angeles’ Goods Movement...

“Let’s See What Kind of Horsepower These Have!”

NEWSFLASH! (Cartoon Edition) A little Kentucky Derby humor for all of us in the transportation industry. (Transport Topics – April 29, 2019...

KeepTruckin Adds $149 Million in Funding to Build Up Freight Platform

www.wsj.com, Jennifer Smith – April 23, 2019, 6:00 a.m. Series D funding round values the technology startup at $1.2 billion as it pushes into...

Editorial: Earth Day Salute to Cleaner Trucks

www.ttnews.com, April 17, 2019, 7:15 PM The launch of the Nikola Two tractor just days ahead of Earth Day — April 22 — was a fitting and,...

2018 Was a Year of Extraordinary Growth for 3PLs

Transport Topics, Evan Armstrong – April 8, 2019 – 8 a.m. The year 2018 will go down as an outstanding year for third-party logistics in...

47,000 Bridges Nationwide Are Structurally Deficient, ARTBA Analysis Finds

Transport Topics, https://www.ttnews.com, Eugene Mulero – April 1, 2019, 12:15 AM Iowa, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma have the dubious distinction...

Chatbots Are Emerging as Powerful Tools for the Transportation Industry

https://www.ttnews.com/articles/chatbots-are-emerging-powerful-tools-transportation-industry The driver arrives at the warehouse, but the shipment is...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Proposes 45-cent Fuel Tax Hike

https://www.ttnews.com/, Eleanor Lamb – March 11, 2019, 12:45 PM Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal includes plans for a...

Insufficient Supply of White Grapes

www.freshplaza.com, Jan Marc Schulz, March 7, 2019 White grape sales are currently running smoothly. “There is even insufficient supply on the...

Fleets Credit Safety Systems, Video With Reducing Crashes, Claims

www.ttnews.com, Seth Clevenger – March 21, 2019, 3:00 PM TLANTA — Active safety technologies such as collision mitigation and lane departure...

Location Intelligence Improves Driver Safety

https://www.ttnews.com, February 18, 2019. Information excess With a vast increase in the data generated and available for use in fleet management...

Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks: Texas Tops 2019 ATRI List With 13

https://www.ttnews.com, Mulero & Gamache, February 12, 2019 The passage to the George Washington Bridge on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River...

Freezing Temperatures In US Kept Produce Demand Down

www.freshplaza.com, Dennis Rettke, February 5, 2019 It certainly was very cold last week in the US with the Polar Vortex bringing freezing cold...

The World’s Busiest Ports Visualized

www.freshplaza.com, January 18, 2019 An estimated 90% of world trade is facilitated by maritime shipping, and as trade volumes continue to increase,...

How Did That Christmas Tree Get Here?

www.dat.com, Pat Pitz, November 2, 2018 More than 25 million Christmas trees will be sold this year, according to the National Christmas Tree...

Thanksgiving surge boosts reefer prices; van freight heads eas

www.dat.com, Mark Montague, November 13, 2018 With Thanksgiving approaching, it’s the reefer segment that is driving seasonal demand, as grocery...

XPO Logistics Adjusts Guidance Off Customer Bankruptcy

The Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com), Jennifer Smith. October 31, 2018, 6:32 p.m. XPO Logistics Inc.’s XPO 1.02% growth slowed in the third...

Brokers: How to have better relationships with truck drivers and owner-operators

Truckstop.com (www.truckstop.com), October 16, 2018 It’s no secret that the relationships between brokers and carriers can be strained. It can be...

Trucking Companies Boost Prices Amid Capacity Squeeze

The Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com), Jennifer Smith – October 25, 2018, 1:57 p.m. Trucking companies are flexing their pricing power, pushing...

Alexandria, VA (Washington D.C.) is the Least Efficient Marker for Truck Drivers in America

Freight Waves (www.freightwaves.com), Matt Wimberly – October 7, 2018 Truck drivers have long suspected that the city of Washington D.C. is...

Making Life Easier on the Road

Transport Topics (https://cdn.advanced-pub.com), Week of October 15 It’s no secret that finding and retaining good truck drivers is a challenge for...

The Rules of The Road: Avoiding Ambiguity in Documenting Your Load, 3PL Perspectives

3PL Perspectives (www.3plperspectives-digital), James W. Kelly,II and Eric Arling, October 2018 EVERYBODY KNOWS THE drill. You finally get a shot at a...

Ford Presents New F-Vision

Fresh Plaza (www.freshplaza.com), October 1, 2018 At the IAA 2018 fair, Ford presented the F-Vision at their stand. The F-Vision is a concept truck,...

Brooks Brothers Refashions Its Supply Chain for Modern Retail

The Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com), Jennifer Smith – September 20, 2018 1:21 PM Brooks Brothers, the 200-year-old retailer known for classic...

Local Leads the Way In Ohio Produce Sales Trends

The Packer (www.thepacker.com), Jim Offner, July 20, 2018 12:24 PM Ohio continues to be fertile ground for sales of locally grown produce....

Nation’s Largest Ports Report Record TEU Volume Levels Ahead of Tariffs

Transport Topics (www.ttnews.com), Dan Ronan, August 16, 2018 3:00 PM Business is booming at many of the nation’s largest ports, fueled by a strong...

Expect Truckload Market Volatility to Continue Through the Fall

DAT (https://www.dat.com/blog/), Donald Broughton – 8/3/2018 To say that the first half of 2018 was “a period of both extreme volatility...

Ohio to Receive Funding Boost Through Recent Senate Bill

Transport Topics (www.ttnews.com), Eleanor Lamb – August 6, 2018 1:30 PM Ohio transportation projects will receive a funding boost through the...

Consumer Spending Up Solid 0.4% in June

Transport Topics(www.ttnews.com), Marcio Jose Sanchez – July 31, 2018 10:30 AM WASHINGTON — Consumer spending rose by a solid 0.4% in June,...

DAT Freight Broker Benchmark: 41% More Load Volume Yields 78% Higher Revenue

DAT (https://www.dat.com), Steve Blair – July 10, 2018 Monthly revenue rose 78% for freight brokers in May on a 41% increase in load volume, to...

White House Reduces Trucking Rules, but Doesn’t Ease Enforcement, Attorneys Say

Transport Topics (www.ttnews.com), Eric Miller – June 6, 2018 09:45 AM INDIANAPOLIS — The deregulatory nature of the Trump administration...

Truck rules help produce with haulers hours-of-service, ELDs

The Packer (www.thepacker.com), Tom Karst – June 7, 2018 04:13 PM In a relief to produce haulers and the industry in general, the federal...

Industry-wide adoption of blockchain

The fascination of blockchain is heavily rooted in the freight and logistics industry now. And so is the fear of missing out (FOMO) anxiety, as nearly...

Integrity Named to the Tampa Bay Journal 2018 Best Places To Work List

Tampa Bay Business Journal names Integrity Express Logistics as 2018’s BEST PLACE TO WORK – LARGE CATEGORY! Integrity Express Logistics first...