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WASHINGTON — The lack of seat belt use among truck drivers is grabbing the attention of federal regulators concerned about the latest fatality data. “One thing we’re seeing in trucking and other sectors is that seat belt usage is going down,” said Polly Trottenberg, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, speaking at a…
American Airlines saw first-quarter cargo revenue fall 37.8% year over year to $223 million primarily due to lower yield and lower demand, the company reported on Thursday. The company’s cargo revenue was only $5 million more than in 2019, a weak year for cargo and benchmark for a normal business environment following the pandemic. Nearly…
Startups planning commercial vehicle charging operations are pursuing an idea that was big 30 years ago when corporate fuel islands dispensed gasoline and diesel instead of electricity. Twice this week we were reminded that, like Solomon wrote in the biblical book of Eccelsiastes: “What has been will be again, what has been done will be…
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Small Fleet and Owner-Operator Summit on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Fueling business success through effective technology strategies. DETAILS: FreightWaves’ Grace Sharkey sat down with Natarajan “Raj” Subbiah, head of product at Uber Freight, to discuss how leveraging technology can improve decision-making, reduce costs and elevate customers’ experiences. Subbiah…
By Micheal McDonagh The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Labor issues are a long-standing fixture of logistics discourse. But instead of the seemingly constant truck driver shortage, logistics managers find themselves staring down a possible labor strike for the…
In a letter to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. called on union officials to “dispense with the posturing” and engage in a “serious discussion” about a planned change of operations (COO). The Thursday letter, obtained by FreightWaves, from Yellow’s head of trucker relations Bryan Reifsnyder to Teamsters National Freight Director John…