Some shippers may consider “collaboration” a buzzword that’s been stale since the 1990s, but it’s slipping off their lips more and more often. Concern about future truck capacity coupled with more complex demands from customers are pushing US shippers to make transportation suppliers partners.That’s tough for those companies that pressed transport operators for deep cuts […]
Tesla Inc. has two passenger cars in the auto market and at least three near production or under development. So why does its Chief Executive Elon Musk want to get into heavy-duty trucking? Investment house Morgan Stanley Research published an extensive report on Tesla’s nascent trucking venture Thursday and the answer is pretty simple – […]
A turnover survey of women truck drivers has found that dissatisfaction with tractors topped a list of reasons why they leave a motor carrier. That’s according to an annual survey conducted by Stay Metrics. Women make up only 6% of the truck driver population, according to the Department of Labor, and it is a segment […]
Four senators from New York and New Jersey are calling on U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to visit aging rail and transit infrastructure in their states to see the “urgent need” for federal investment.
Shippers and trucking companies are concerned about a potential loss of capacity and productivity that could push up pricing when truck drivers are required to use electronic logging devices (ELDs), but they’re not expecting a massive capacity crunch following the mandate. (This article requires a subscription to the Journal of Commerce. To subscribe, please click […]
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index fell 1% in March, giving a reading of 137.5. Rough weather in the month was to blame for the depressed truck tonnage numbers, according to ATA. Despite the drop, March’s numbers were slightly better in year-over-year comparisons.
Have an opinion about autonomous trucks? The feds are all ears. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Thursday, April 13, announced it will hold a public listening session to solicit information on issues relating to the “design, development, testing, and deployment of highly automated commercial vehicles.”
The trucking industry views plans by Tesla Inc. to develop an electric semi-tractor with a mix of skepticism and trepidation. At first glance, the hurdles the Palo Alto, Calif., automaker must overcome to launch an electric big rig appear huge. There is almost no market for electric trucks now. The highway charging network for heavy-duty […]
Shippers, it is clear, want greater visibility into their supply chains, not just from trucking companies and shipping lines but from third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and brokers. In an electronic poll, three quarters of the transport and logistics executives at the 2017 Transportation Intermediaries Association Conference here Thursday said US shippers already have required they […]
New food safety regulations that define brokers as shippers began earlier this month, and the FMCSA put on hold a new method for determining the safety of carriers. Here are five regulations that freight brokers should be aware of-either because they apply to brokers directly, or because the rules will have an impact on truckload […]
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