On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking to NASA pilots David Nils Larson and James Less about the agency’s new super quiet supersonic jet. NASA, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, is unveiling the X59 supersonic plane Friday, and we’re going to bring you up to speed on this jet set to dampen…
The Teamsters closed out the final quarter of 2023 with several representation victories and no known decertification votes, and started this year with a significant strike by food delivery truck drivers. The picket lines are up in suburban Chicago and elsewhere after more than 130 members of the Teamsters went on strike Monday at 12:01…
Cargo theft has reached at least a 10-year high, and Travelers Scott Cornell believes it’s higher than ever before. Cargo theft of all varieties has increased 59% across the U.S. and Canada between the third quarter of 2023 and the same quarter last year, according to recent CargoNet data. This number highlights the continued growth…
Chicago-based freight brokerage Coyote Logistics confirmed Friday that it has slashed a number of jobs in its sales and operations divisions, but it declined to disclose the number of employees affected or the percentage of the company’s workforce that was part of the layoffs. The move comes nearly a month after Coyote Logistics, a subsidiary…
Waltham, Massachusetts-based TruBlu Logistics, a subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care North America, says it is divesting its private long-haul fleet in early February and will transition cross-dock shuttle operations to another logistics company by the end of February. The moves are expected to affect over 600 trucking jobs. TruBlu Logistics is a leading provider of…