A 25-year-old Georgia-based trucking company, which has 60 drivers and 33 power units, recently filed for bankruptcy protection. Newsome Trucking of Jasper, Georgia, filed its petition Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In its Chapter 11 petition, Newsome Trucking listed its assets and liabilities as between $1 million and…
If you thought last year’s veto of a Teamsters-backed ban on heavy-duty autonomous trucking in California put the issue to rest, think again. While 23 states allow at least testing of driverless trucking, emerging challenges resemble the arcade game Whac-A-Mole. Early-stage commercialized driverless trucking on Interstate 45 in Texas looks likely later this year. The…
By Benjamin Gordon The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. In 2020, hospitals around the world faced a shortage of N95 face masks and other medical essentials, adding to the chaos surrounding COVID-19. Two years later, the same hospitals confronted…
Shawn Brown, vice president of safety with Cargo Transporters and mayor of Claremont, North Carolina, joined Jeremy Reymer on a recent episode of Taking the Hire Road. Brown and Reymer dived into the notion that there are “no secrets in safety,” as well as the parallels between being the mayor of a city and leading…
By Bart De Muynck The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. The busy U.S. warehouse yards, where trucks dance a metallic ballet loading and unloading vital goods, are poised for a major shift in 2024. A wave of new regulations —…