FreightWaves Infographics: Buttigieg taps Vinn White to head FMCSA
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Strategic cargo theft costing carriers, brokers millions in freight in Q1
Scammers impersonating and taking the identities of legitimate carriers and brokers to steal loads for a quick payday is at an all-time high, according to Scott Cornell, transportation lead and crime and theft specialist at Travelers. Cornell said Travelers is seeing a higher incidence of double brokering for strategic cargo theft. That involves criminals using…
NHTSA committee blasts DOT in truck underride report
WASHINGTON — Members of a committee advising Congress on how to reduce truck underride crashes with cars and the resulting deaths took regulators to task for not doing enough to protect against such crashes. In a 410-page biennial report sent to Congress and to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday, members of the Advisory Committee…
UPS plans to close Baltimore facility, lay off 540 workers
A Baltimore UPS customer center is planning to close in August, according to a Maryland state filing. The move will affect hundreds of workers. A UPS (NYSE: UPS) on Vero Road will shutter Aug. 23, resulting in the layoffs of 540 employees, according to a Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed June 20 with the…
FBX Report: July 02, 2024
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