It will be tough to replace diesel, but the time may be ripe to try a hydrogen fuel-cell-electric vehicle given promises that such trucks can slash emissions while also delivering […]
The biggest challenge that the Alberta trucking industry is facing is a shortage of drivers. The province is short 4,000 professional drivers and the number is rising, warned Doug Paisley, […]
This article was originally published in the first issue of the Supply Chain Playbook. Dan Chidester didn’t like his union job at the bread factory. It was 1981 and he wanted something with more adventure, more flexibility. So he bought a truck. This was a poorly timed choice. When Chidester was growing up in the…
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO said Thursday it was adding another veteran from competitor Old Dominion Freight Line to its roster. Effective Friday, Dave Bates will join XPO (NYSE: XPO) as the chief operating officer of its LTL unit. Bates has been overseeing daily operations at Old Dominion for the last 12 years as senior vice president….
Just when it looked like the airfreight market’s steady yearlong deflation had finally paused, it may have sprung a new leak. Logistics professionals and freight analysts are hard-pressed to say whether freight patterns have normalized or will improve later this year, because there are so many conflicting economic signals and other variables impacting supply and…