WASHINGTON — CDL skills-testing delays resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic may not have been as extensive as previously assumed, based on new data released by federal regulators. A congressionally mandated survey report compiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for calendar years 2017 through 2020 and made public Thursday, found that the pandemic “did…
Sun Country Airlines’ cargo activity and profits will significantly improve under an amended transportation services agreement to operate freighter aircraft for Amazon’s e-commerce parcel network, an executive with the leisure carrier said Friday. Under the revised contract announced Thursday, Amazon will place eight additional Boeing 737-800 converted freighters with Sun Country (NASDAQ: SNCY) to operate…
The challenges facing the world of trade have unfortunately become white noise. Seafarers have been taken hostage, some have lost their lives in vessel attacks, and ships have sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Yet the threat to the freedom of navigation and the ramifications of these Red Sea attacks have become part of…
IBM i: Outdated or Underrated? In our digitized world, new technology emerges every day. But are the latest platforms always the best? It can be tempting to dismiss legacy systems for new innovations. One often overlooked system is IBM i. Designed to be versatile, reliable, and user-friendly, it can run legacy applications without modification. Its…
On Episode 726 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking about truckload tender rejections breaking the crucial 5% mark. Anything under 5% is considered inflationary, but can this run last past Independence Day? We’ll see what the data says. Electric trucks are costly and have limited range. However, great strides are being made in the…