Bed Bath & Beyond filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 23 and is closing all 475 of its stores. COVID-era supply chain disruptions played a key role in the company’s demise. Now, the bankrupt retailer is pursuing tens of millions of dollars in claims against container shipping lines, which it alleges did not…
WASHINGTON — A lack of approved testing laboratories has effectively put on hold a new rule making drug testing more convenient for the trucking industry. The final rule by the U.S. Department of Transportation, scheduled to be published on Tuesday and which also applies to airlines and freight railroads, amends DOT’s industry drug testing program…
KAG Canada promotes Pennington, DTF hires Gundel, CIFFA honors Wallace and Forth, and Hydra Energy wins an award
On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to Federal Maritime Commission Commissioner Carl Bentzel about his just released Maritime Transportation Data Initiative report. The MTDI is setting the goal for ocean freight to pass the “pizza test,” allowing shipment visibility on par with Domino’s pizza tracker. With the advent of OpenAI, marketing…
Etihad Airways and express carrier SF Airlines have conducted the first freighter flights to each other’s respective home bases in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Wuhan, China, under a new arrangement that expands their global cargo networks. On Saturday, Etihad’s logistics arm inaugurated a second all-cargo destination in China with the arrival of a…