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The Digital LTL Council, a division of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association Inc. (NMFTA), said Wednesday that it is developing an end-to-end application programming interface road map to cover the full shipment data stream from freight “quote to cash.” When complete, the APIs will enable shippers, carriers and 3PLs to digitally transact every function…
Delta Air Lines has inaugurated John F. Kennedy International Airport’s largest temperature-controlled facility for pharmaceuticals and perishable goods. The Atlanta-based carrier announced Thursday that it has doubled cold-storage capacity to 16,000 square feet with a $15 million investment in the stand-alone facility at New York’s primary international gateway. Delta (NYSE: DAL) previously had two smaller…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Vertical farms in Texas are designed to disrupt fresh produce supply chains; Mexico imposes a 50% tariff on white corn exports from the U.S.; Quality Custom Distribution is opening a new facility in Texas; and CBP…
The Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) has added seven partners as it prepares new open application programming interface scheduling standards to be released by the end of the year. Digital freight brokers Uber Freight and Convoy and logistics provider J.B. Hunt formed the SSC in December to begin standardizing trade data and synthesizing scheduling technology. Related:…
The Haslam family is out of Pilot Travel Centers. The legal battle between the Haslams and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) over the travel centers’ valuation was settled last week, the truce announced the day the case was to go to trial in Delaware Chancery Court. With that compleeted, the founding family exercised its “put option,”…
The U.S. Postal Service really didn’t want battery-electric delivery trucks, but some White House pressure quelled that. Now, the first off-the-shelf Ford Transit EVs are carrying the mail. The Postal Service also showed off its first set of electric vehicle charging stations at its South Atlanta Sorting and Delivery Center on Monday. The service plans…