Authorities in the United States have suspended avocado and mango inspections and shipments from the Mexican state of Michoacan after two employees from the Department of Agriculture were reportedly assaulted and held by assailants. The incident on Friday prompted U.S. authorities to pause inspections, according to The Associated Press. “To guarantee the safety of our…
Leisure carrier Sun Country Airlines will fly up to eight additional Boeing 737-800 converted freighters for Amazon under a contract extension announced Thursday. Minneapolis-based Sun Country (NASDAQ: SNCY) has operated a dozen Amazon-supplied Boeing narrowbody cargo jets since 2020. It said its contract for providing crews, maintenance and insurance has been extended until 2030 and…
Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) is already seeing signs of a pre-buy, particularly among private fleets, as costly EPA27 emissions standards that will add about US$20,000 to the cost of […]
Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) has inducted four truckers into its hall of fame for professional drivers and named a recipient of The Rick Austin Memorial Dispatcher of […]
Peterbilt recently celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th Model 589 to Mike Lowrie Trucking based in Dixon, Calif. The truck manufacturer has received more than 5,000 orders for the 589, […]