Intermodal traffic continues to expand at the Port of Huntsville in north Alabama. The port recorded 27,597 container rail lifts at its intermodal center in 2023, a 24% year-over-year increase compared to 2022. “The key is our customer base is really expanding,” Butch Roberts, CEO of the Port of Huntsville, told FreightWaves. “We have Mazda…
Jim Vena’s opening remarks Wednesday at the J.P. Morgan 2024 Industrials Conference could easily be seen as a rebuttal to one man: Amit Bose, the chairman of the Federal Railroad Administration. Bose wrote a letter to the Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) CEO Feb. 29, responding to reports of extensive furloughs at the Class 1 railroad…
In a surprise maneuver last week, a rebel group of FedEx Express pilots forced union leadership to break off contract negotiations by requesting that federal authorities release the parties from mediation before the company could even respond to its latest counteroffer. The petition to the National Mediation Board (NMB) went against advice from Air Line…
On Episode 693 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking to Ship Happens’ Jennifer Morris about putting a carrier in do-not-use status. When is it OK to pull carriers and brokers from your network? Morris advises. Fillogic CEO Bill Thayer tells us why omnichannel is dead, shares how holiday returns went, updates us on the…
Navistar Inc. and Plus, an autonomous trucking software company, are partnering to bring self-driving trucks to roadways in Europe and the United States. The companies announced the partnership Tuesday. Navistar, which is a member of the Traton Group — a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group and one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers — will…