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Less-than-truckload carrier Tony’s Express of Fontana, California, has filed for bankruptcy protection, nearly three months after it abruptly ceased operations by notifying around 200 truck drivers, warehouse workers and office personnel via text message that they no longer had jobs. John H. Ohle, president and sole shareholder of Tony’s Express, bought the company in May…
The global automotive industry is widely known to practice just-in-time (JIT) production, a lean manufacturing process in which time, labor and materials are optimized by only sourcing parts as they are needed. JIT manufacturing has traditionally helped the automotive industry keep production costs down, but officials at TrueCommerce said the process hasn’t been upgraded or…
FedEx Logistics and Electrolux are participating in the commercial rollout of a service that enables merchants to electronically sign off on air cargo bookings before their freight forwarder completes the transaction with an airline through a digital marketplace. The parties say that makes procurement decisions more predictable and efficient. The new capability, enabled by freight…
The Teamsters and UPS Inc. came to terms on all noneconomic issues during national contract negotiations on Tuesday, the union said. “We have reached tentative agreement on well over 40 noneconomic issues that affect all our members at UPS, and we did it as a team. The Teamsters haven’t sacrificed a single concession in these…
Chart of the Week: Reefer Tender Reject Index, Reefer Truckload Index – USA SONAR: ROTRI.USA, RTI.USA The refrigerated (reefer) truckload market has settled after showing signs of destabilizing in front of the broader market last fall. The Reefer Outbound Tender Reject Index (ROTRI) has averaged below 5% since the start of March after spending much of…
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago. In this edition, from the December 1975 issue of American Shipper, FreightWaves shares the exciting…