British Columbia is planning to mandate speed limiters on heavy-duty commercial vehicles, in a bid to reduce speed-related crashes and greenhouse gases. Rob Fleming, B.C. minister of transportation and infrastructure, […]
Forward Air announced Monday it has expanded its intermodal operations again. The Greeneville, Tennessee-based asset-light transportation provider said it is adding a drayage operation in Linden, New Jersey, to serve Port Newark. The new location for Forward (NASDAQ: FWRD) will be served out of its existing less-than-truckload facility in the area in conjunction with the…
A strike by Teamsters members at a Sysco facility in Louisville, Kentucky, ended over the weekend with the signing of the first-ever contract between the members of Local 89 and the food distribution giant. Workers, most of them drivers, had voted in favor of Teamsters recognition in August but had not been able to reach…
XPO has seen some major growth over the last year since the company announced its plan to divide its tech-enabled brokerage services into its own business, with the core of its business evolving to a stand-alone, purely less-than-truckload carrier serving 99% of ZIP codes in North America. During April 3’s WHAT THE TRUCK!?! Ali Faghri,…
Two Canadian cities — Caledon and Brampton — have had some victories the past several years in the fight against illegal truck parking and truck storage in their Toronto-area communities, though the issue is far from resolved. “Caledon has always dealt with small-scale issues of illegal land use with some owners parking trucks on rural…