Eight men from the Bronx face federal charges in a beer-theft scheme in which prosecutors say the men swiped the booze from railroad cars and distribution facilities in the Northeast. The suspects, indicted by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York, had a penchant for Corona and Modelo beers shipped from…
On a recent episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer chatted with Candi Coate, certified director of safety (CDS) and the north region corporate safety leader for Highway Transport. The pair discussed the importance of embracing the industry and building a network. Like many logistics professionals, Coate stumbled into the industry by surprise. After…
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are bracing for disputes over container fees caused by routing cancellations in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Shortly after the collapse early on March 26 that closed the Port of Baltimore, MSC, the world’s largest ocean carrier, advised customers that containers en route to the port would…
The U.S. Postal Service’s decision this week not to renew a contract with FedEx, worth more than $1.5 billion per year, for domestic air transport and award it to UPS after more than two decades actually benefits all three parties, according to industry analysts. At face value, the arrangement seems a blow for FedEx (NYSE:…
Orders for Class 8 trucks were down in March, according to the two key agencies that supply that data, but the decline is not being described as significant. According to ACT Research, preliminary data shows that North America Class 8 net orders were 17,300 units in March, which was down 10,400 units from February and…