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UPS Inc. and the Teamsters union have agreed to terms on 55 noneconomic issues in bargaining over a new master contract, but the hard work has just begun. Among the changes are the installation of air conditioners in package cars and other vehicles purchased after Jan. 1, 2024. Another requires that drivers not be forced…
Oregon-based DAT Freight & Analytics, one of the trucking industry’s largest load boards in North America, has confirmed that “external forces” are to blame for multiple service disruptions on its platform over the past 10 days but declined to disclose the root cause of the intermittent outages. Since March 11, truck drivers and brokers who…
Claims are a common source of frustration for most regular less-than-truckload shippers. Due to LTL carrier limitations and exclusions, shippers with damaged cargo often recover from $5 per pound down to as little as 10 cents per pound and are left without any viable avenue to recoup their losses. The nature of LTL makes preventing…
The idea of doing anything in an autonomous truck other than looking out the windshield or at a computer screen covered with boxes representing surrounding traffic was pretty much out of the question until a recent demo ride in a high-autonomy Class 8 truck from Kodiak Robotics. The screen displays what the Kodiak Driver fusion…
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers have passed a bill giving regulators new power to investigate potential violations of the law by the producer of one of the most closely watched container freight indexes. The Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023, which passed the chamber on Thursday by a vote of 393-24, targets China’s Shanghai Shipping…
Asset-light transportation provider Forward Air reeled in its 2023 full-year outlook Tuesday but said the rate at which volumes have been declining has slowed in the last couple of weeks. Forward (NASDAQ: FWRD) reported first-quarter earnings per share of $1.37 Monday after the market closed, 7 cents better than Seeking Alpha’s consensus estimate but 20…