The sale of the logistics arm of Germany’s national railway has the potential to create a new supply chain powerhouse in the United States. Final bids value DB Schenker, a unit of Deutsche Bahn, at as much as $17 billion, according to published reports. The bids from a consortium led by U.S.-based CVC Capital Partners…
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by Truckstop. In this issue, inward dash cams penalize singing?; Flexport’s last supper and more. The day the music died Reddit Big brother — Amazon Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers on Reddit are furious over a new set of standards the company is imposing on them in…
WASHNGTON — Safety investigators have warned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to tighten electronic logging device (ELD) requirements to prevent trucking companies and their drivers from creating fake driver hours-of-service (HOS) logs. The recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board was included in a crash report issued on Wednesday concluding that truck driver fatigue,…
Against a backdrop of soaring U.S.-Mexico trade and growth along the border regions, the World Affairs Council of San Antonio, Texas, hosted a panel discussion Wednesday titled “U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relationship: North America as a Region.” The panel featured former Mexican Ambassador to the United States Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez; Romanita Matta-Barrera, chief advancement officer for Greater:SATX…
A former executive at Polar Air Cargo was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the company of $33 million dollars over more than a decade. Robert Schirmer, who was senior director of customer service for the Americas at Polar, pleaded guilty last…