06 Nov Jurors in Pilot Flying J Criminal Trial to Hear How Sales Team Veered Into Corruption Jurors in a Chattanooga courtroom will be going inside what the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer concedes was a corrupt sales division where fraud was taught and celebrated. Read more...
06 Nov Crowley Maritime to Offer Central America to North Carolina Service Crowley Maritime Corp., having recently made news for its Jacksonville-to-Puerto Rico less-than-containerload service, will begin two new weekly routes between Central America and Wilmington, N.C., beginning Nov. 21 and Nov. 22. Read more...
06 Nov Fontaine Offers Lightweight Steel Fifth Wheel Fontaine Fifth Wheel now offers the Fontaine 6NWB, the lightest steel fifth wheel assembly in the industry, according to the company. Read more...
03 Nov FMCSA Grant is Helping Iowa Veterans Train for Trucking With driver shortages across the country, training to become a trucker can be a good bet for employment. Read more...
03 Nov Opinion: Emerging Evolution of Freight Brokerage Freight and logistics always have depended on the human touch, but technology is getting smarter and many brokers wonder if their efforts will become unnecessary. Read more...
03 Nov Ryder Adds Electric Trucks for Rent or Lease Ryder System Inc. announced it has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty all-electric panel vans for rent or lease, calling the vehicles the first of their kind in North America. Read more...
03 Nov Growth in Service Industries Is Strongest Since 2005 America’s service industries expanded in October at the fastest rate since August 2005, indicating the biggest part of the economy is gathering strength, a survey from the Institute for Supply Management showed Nov. 3 Read more...
03 Nov Oil and Gas Companies Search for Truckers in Pennsylvania After 42 years with the same employer, Kevin Spath of West Deer, Pa., is facing the prospect of losing his job. Read more...
03 Nov Building Resilient Communities Best Way to Reduce Risk in Disasters, FEMA Chief Says The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the extreme weather events that destroyed vital infrastructure this year in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands illustrate the need to build resilient communities. Read more...
03 Nov Old Dominion Takes Big Swing With MLB Deal When Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. landed an advertising and marketing contract with Major League Baseball earlier this year, it was part of a long-term strategy to grow its business, representatives of the Thomasville, N.C.,-based trucking and logistics company said. Read more...