WASHINGTON — While federal regulators consider changing the rules to allow cameras as a permanent option for rear visibility in trucks, carriers have been given another temporary option for such devices in the meantime. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted a five-year exemption to Convoy Technologies Inc. to allow carriers to install Convoy’s Electronic…
The CrowdStrike outage may not be the top headline today, but that does not mean the impact is a thing of the past. Delta is still digging out of the backlog, and computer systems are still coming back online for other companies. The state of freight is still exposed to the CrowdStrike fallout. According to…
Two Miami-based trucking companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A1 Transport Network and AB Brothers USA both filed petitions Saturday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. According to the trucking companies’ petitions, Ivan Antigua Escobar is listed as president of A1 Transport Network and serves as general manager…
With diesel prices in the futures market heading lower after an earlier increase that at one point had lifted levels by 35 cents a gallon, retail prices are now trending lower as well. The weekly Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average retail diesel price fell 4.7 cents Monday to $3.779 a gallon. It’s the second…
Charter operator National Airlines on Monday signed a letter of intent to purchase its first 777 freighter aircraft from Boeing days after the aerospace manufacturer slightly upped its 20-year forecast for cargo jets amid strong recovery in shipping demand. Orlando, Florida-based National Airlines is expected to soon finalize a contract for four 777 freighters, which…