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The threat of a strike by longshore workers at U.S. ports could swell import container traffic to “a near-record surge” as shippers look to get holiday goods ashore in August. Fresh off June’s early peak shipping season for end-of-year holiday merchandise, the latest Global Port Tracker indicates container traffic approaching record monthly levels as retailers…
Pilot Travel Centers is adding 35 travel centers and more than 500 truck parking spaces across the country as part of its 2024 growth plan. Tennessee-based Pilot, North America’s largest travel center network, also plans to add more than 30 truck maintenance and tire service shops to its travel centers. “Expanding into new communities and…
Giant truckload carrier Prime is getting into a new business, and on Wednesday, it took a highly public approach in letting the world — and prospective drivers — know about it. In a live presentation and question-and-answer session on Prime’s YouTube channel, two leading executives at the company announced that Prime would be adding hopper…
Commercial operations at a gateway at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas were temporarily disrupted Tuesday as border agents were shifted to immigration duties. U.S. Customs and Border Protection transferred some personnel to handle an influx of migrants arriving in the area, according to Armando Taboada, assistant director of field operations at the Laredo…
A Los Angeles jury awarded more than $58 million to a Palmdale train yard worker who suffered a microfracture in his foot in a fall. Pablo Scipione, who was working as an independent contractor for Altech Services, was injured when he slipped and fell on top of a train while performing electrical repairs at rail…
On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to SuperTrucker Justin Martin about a driver who fell asleep in his truck on train tracks; a $200,000 dime heist; delivering to a NASCAR track; and whether inspections are a good way to judge a carrier. Bob Perry of Health in Transportation has spent nearly…