Looking back at some of the top Yellow Corp. stories over the past year

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Experts see strong cross-border flatbed demand this year; Tesla breaks ground on Texas lithium refinery; DHL invests $120 million to expand operations in Mexico; and Mediterranean Shipping Co. opens Arizona office. Experts see strong cross-border flatbed…

Maritime employers at the Port of Montreal warned that they will suspend salary guarantees for striking union members in an escalation of the longshore labor dispute. Saying it has “no other choice,” the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) said in a statement posted to its website that it will suspend salary guarantees as of Tuesday “for…

Levi Strauss & Co. is outsourcing operation of a huge omnichannel fulfillment center in Ohio to logistics giant Maersk, part of the retailer’s transition to a hybrid distribution strategy.   Maersk announced Wednesday that its warehouse and distribution services unit in August began operating a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center in Groveport, Ohio, for the apparel company….

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Driver health and how to make health care more accessible for truck drivers.  DETAILS: Access to health care has always been a challenge for truck drivers, who often skip critical medical appointments in order to move this country’s freight. Jeff…

Trimble Inc. posted second-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations as the technology company reported year-over-year (y/y) growth in its buildings/infrastructure and transportation units. “In transportation, the market remains challenging with the soft freight market pressuring carriers to streamline their operations for cost savings to increase asset utilization and increase the productivity of their nondriver workforce,”…

Digital freight broker Next Trucking and sister trucking company Next Freight Solutions are on the brink of closure after furloughing most of their remaining employees and drivers in Long Beach, California, and they have effectively ceased operations as executives scramble for last-minute funding to keep the company afloat, according to multiple sources familiar with the…