FreightWaves Infographics: Tech giants invest $200 million in Waabi for fully driverless trucks

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The National Transportation Safety Board released two preliminary reports Monday that describe the events surrounding two separate incidents involving Norfolk Southern trains. Investigations into both incidents are ongoing, the agency said. For one incident involving a derailment of an NS train on March 9 in Alabama, NTSB said that as it continues to investigate the…

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Michael Lombard, president of Lombard Trucking, joined Jeremy Reymer on a recent episode of Taking the Hire Road. Lombard discussed his experience as a CDL driver, his passion for driver health and his growth as an industry influencer. Trucking is in Lombard’s DNA. When his great-great-grandfather immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s, he…

It could take the two largest Canadian railroads a week or more to recover from the effects of a shutdown that briefly stalled billions in freight including transborder trade with the United States. Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City saw most of their  unionized workforce go back to work Monday, days after the Canadian…

GXO Logistics Inc. reported a strong performance in the second quarter, with revenue surging 19% year over year to $2.8 billion. Adjusted quarterly earnings per share was 55 cents, compared with 70 cents for the first quarter in 2023. Wall Street expectations had called for second-quarter earnings of 57 cents per share and revenue of…