Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 presidential election recently approved a funding mechanism that charges retailers a 50-cent delivery fee to help fund road improvements in Minnesota. The per-shipment fee, included in a transportation package Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed into law on May 24, is applied to last-mile shipments and is separate from…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Transportation Management Group, doing business as Wilson Logistics, for allegedly refusing to hire a deaf truck driver. The suit, filed July 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, alleges that Missouri-based Wilson Logistics violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when the company…
Air Canada has removed two new cargo jets from its fleet, furthering a strategic reversal in ambitious growth plans for dedicated freighter operations after less than three years even as the air cargo market experiences a robust recovery in 2024. A management analysis published alongside the company’s second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday showed the size…
Republican members of a House committee are still seeking answers over the mismanagement of bailout money distributed to failing pension plans. A Wednesday letter penned by Reps. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., and Bob Good, R-Va., called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide all communications surrounding the Department of Justice’s investigation into more than 60 multiemployer…
Over the summer, two prominent FreightTech companies have quietly become entangled in a fight in a Delaware court about the meaning of the seven-figure, multiyear services agreement they signed in 2023 . Arizona-based MyCarrier, which provides transportation management, booking and quoting software for shippers using less-than-truckload services, and Chicago-based project44, a leading visibility solutions provider,…