Economic Trucking Trends: Freight headwinds, worsening trucking conditions, and another supply chain disruption

It continues to be a tough go for trucking companies, according to industry indices, and now there’s another supply chain disruption that threatens to impact the ability of retailers to…

STG Logistics expands into more Canadian markets

STG Logistics is expanding its intermodal network with service in and out of the Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Moncton and Halifax markets. The U.S. company says the new markets will…

Economic Trucking Trends: Flatdeckers weigh on spot market rates, private fleets adding trucks

It appears the summer doldrums are in full effect. The spot market remains sluggish, with flatdeckers feeling the most pain in recent weeks. Trailer orders ticked upward slightly in July,…

Economic Trucking Trends: Spot market carriers reach ‘critical point’ as exits extend to larger fleets

There’s lots to digest in this week’s trucking economic report. Motive says that industry exits in the U.S. are now reaching into the realms of larger-sized fleets, affecting operations with…

DTNA opens new parts redistribution center

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has opened a new parts redistribution center in Whitestown, Ind. The company says the 605,000 sq.-ft. facility will help it replenish its 10 parts distribution…

CTA wants Recognized Employer Pilot for TFWs to screen out Driver Inc. employers

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is clearing red tape for reputable employers looking to take advantage of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program. Irek Kusmierczyk, parliamentary secretary to the…

Today’s freight fraudsters are sophisticated, brazen, and coming for your cargo

Rob Hoffman was no rookie when it came to the freight business, and an unlikely mark for dubious brokers and carriers. So, the chief operating officer of Tampa, Fla.-based Dedicated…

Carrier Transicold setting up telematics reseller network

Carrier Transicold is rolling out a BluEdge Partner Program to distribute its refrigerated container telematics products and services. The reseller channel will establish a global network…

Fastfrate Group becomes anchor tenant at new CentrePort Canada Rail Park

CentrePort Canada, a sprawling 20,000-acre inland port and foreign trade zone on the outskirts of Winnipeg, has begun the next stage of its growth with the development of a rail…

Yellow Corp. informs Teamsters it is shutting down operations

Yellow Corp., one of the largest and longest running LTL carriers in the U.S., has served the Teamsters union with notice it is ceasing operations and filing for bankruptcy. “Today’s…

Ports in limbo as union abruptly rescinds strike notice

The fallout from the labor dispute at British Columbia ports continues to unfold, as the union representing about 7,400 workers abruptly rescinded a strike notice hours after issuing it. Meanwhile,…

B.C. port strike back on after workers reject deal

British Columbia’s ports are facing an uncertain future after the longshore workers union rejected a tentative mediated deal and resumed strike action that had been put to a temporary halt…

Tentative deal reached to end port strike

A tentative deal has been reached between employers and workers in the strike that has halted shipments in and out of British Columbia ports for nearly two weeks. A statement…

Striking port workers, employers mulling mediator’s recommendations

Both sides in the ongoing British Columbia port strike will have to decide today whether to accept terms of a settlement recommended by a federal mediator that would end the 13-day-old industrial…

DAT Freight & Analytics introduces features to fight fraud

DAT Freight & Analytics has introduced new initiatives to reduce the risk of fraud and double brokering in the trucking industry. “Fraud is on the rise,…