How AI is transforming transportation planning and execution

The logistics industry has a massive coordination problem that is costing shippers, carriers and brokers a serious amount of time and money as they scramble for more reliability.  Shippers are doing their best to manage in the volatile market environment that characterizes the industry, but no single shipper is large enough to create true network…

Yellow’s downward spiral, flaming Nikolas and trucking market report – WTT

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to FreightWaves’ Justin Martin about the turmoil at Yellow. The carrier has just filed a lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for over $137 million. Its stock is also in danger of getting delisted while the company says it’s down to its last few…

4 arrested in Texas truck smuggling incident that left 53 dead

Federal prosecutors say four Mexican nationals have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found abandoned last year inside a locked tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas. The four arrests, announced Tuesday, include Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 30; Felipe Orduna-Torres, 28; Luis Alberto Rivera-Leal, 37; and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, 53. The men were apprehended in San…

Railroads move to create more access between Mexico, Texas, US Southeast

Aiming to keep up with competitors in road and sea transportation, three major freight railroads announced plans to create a new trade route for shippers connecting Mexico, Texas and the U.S. Southeast. Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), CSX and Genesee & Wyoming railroads aim to establish a direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection near Myrtlewood, Alabama, providing…