Insurance, driver pay, truck payments drove operational costs up in 2023: ATRI
Trucking costs in the U.S. reached a new high of US$2.270 per mile in 2023 – while this marked a new record high cost, it is a modest 0.8% increase […]
The Erb Group celebrates 65th anniversary
The Erb Group, based in New Hamburg, Ont., is celebrating its 65th anniversary this June. The company was founded by Vernon Erb in 1959. He passed the reins to his […]
FreightWaves Infographics: FMCSA wants to know: Are truckers using their seat belts?
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20 of world’s biggest companies collaborate to modernize bar code
It’s hard to believe the bar code is turning 50. Anyone who was a cashier in the ’80s knows how life-changing it was to scan the product instead of typing in the product category and price. Designed to make checkouts faster, the bar code also became a supply chain technology to track products. But has…
NTSB chair scolds Norfolk Southern’s response to derailment probe
This story originally appeared on Trains.com by Bill Stephens. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy sharply criticized Norfolk Southern today for the way it responded to the board’s investigation of the Feb. 3, 2023, hazardous materials derailment in East Palestine. NS stonewalled board requests for information, ran its own probe…