With the closure of the Port of Baltimore for the foreseeable future, the question of which truck drivers are most affected inevitably focuses first on drayage. But Baltimore is not a major intermodal port, with estimates that its share of U.S. intermodal traffic is in the low single digits. What the Port of Baltimore is,…
In a recent interview with FreightWaves on the Loaded and Rolling Podcast, Cindy Ellers, chief customer officer at Bestpass, talked about challenges fleets and owner-operators face in 2024 and highlighted recent partnerships and acquisitions by Bestpass. Bestpass got its start helping clients consolidate all their toll bills in one place and be proactive due to…
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The board of the FedEx pilots’ union has elected its third chairman in eight months as the group tries to overcome internal divisions that have hampered efforts to achieve an updated labor contract. The FedEx Master Executive Council voted for Captain Jose Nieves, a Boeing 757 pilot who has been at FedEx (NYSE: FDX) for…
A federal court in Kansas has dismissed defunct Yellow Corp.’s $137 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Teamsters union and its negotiating arm. The court cited the company’s failure to exhaust the grievance process established under its collective bargaining agreement with the union as the reason for closing the case. “The Court is guided by the…