State of Freight webinar for May: Not an inflection point yet but a benchmark turns higher

It isn’t much but a recent upward turn in the Outbound Tender Rejection Index in FreightWaves SONAR was a key focus of the discussion Wednesday in FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar for May. With Senior Analyst Tony Mulvey sitting in for FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller alongside FreightWaves Director of Market Intelligence Zach Strickland, the focus…

PepsiCo to add 50 Tesla electric semi-trucks to California fleet

PepsiCo Beverages North America (NASDAQ: PEP) announced this week that it plans to add 50 Tesla electric semi-trucks to its California fleet as part of the company’s mission to reach net-zero emissions by 2040. The snack and beverage company plans to rollout the trucks throughout the next several months, according to an announcement. The trucks…

Prologis, Maersk launch heavy-truck charging hub near SoCal ports

Logistics real estate investment trust Prologis announced the opening of Southern California’s largest electric charging depot for heavy-duty trucks through a partnership with Performance Team, a warehousing and distribution subsidiary of Maersk. The station is located near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. With nine megawatts of capacity, the depot can charge up…

Teamsters voted in to represent drivers at Kroger fulfillment center, say it’s a first

The Teamsters are celebrating a victory at a Kroger fulfillment center in Michigan, which the union says is the first time it has successfully organized workers at such a Kroger facility.  In a prepared statement released earlier this week, the Teamsters said the drivers at the Kroger Romulus, Michigan, fulfillment center voted 3-1 to join…

DHL Express ends capacity agreement with Mesa Airlines

DHL Express has terminated its flying-services agreement with Mesa Airlines one year before the end of its term because of reduced cargo demand, the Phoenix-based regional carrier disclosed in its quarterly earnings report on Monday. Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) said that the partners “mutually agreed to wind down cargo operation as of February” and…