Amid a border standoff between the Biden administration and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a convoy of trucks and other vehicles are heading to several border cities with the goal of rallying against illegal immigration. Organizers of the “Take Our Border Back Convoy” recently announced they are setting off from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to travel…
Federal investigators have charged two current and two former Massachusetts State Police (MSP) troopers, along with two others, alleging the six traded favors in exchange for giving passing scores to certain applicants in a fraudulent commercial driver’s license (CDL) scheme. According to the 74-count indictment, active members of the MSP’s Commercial Driver’s Licensing unit, including…
Logistics real estate operator Link Logistics grew its portfolio again in the fourth quarter, saying demand for last-mile locations remains steady. The company inked 805 leases (new and renewing), which comprised 23.4 million square feet of space in the quarter compared to 18.5 million in the year-ago quarter. It signed leases representing 86 million square…
Three of the nation’s largest medium- and heavy-duty truck makers snagged the apropos acronym PACT to advance electric truck infrastructure. Powering America’s Commercial Transportation intends to address the mismatch between battery-electric vehicle availability and inadequate zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure. PACT was established by Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), Navistar Inc. and Volvo Group North America….
No one disputes that the Red Sea crisis is massively diverting containerized goods around the Cape of Good Hope. But opinions widely diverge on how serious this is for global supply chains, consumers and economies once the dust settles from the initial disruption. On one end of the spectrum, there’s the view that the Houthi…