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Newsby StaffFebruary 13, 2019

Ryder Offers Direct Link Between Manufacturers and Consumers

Ryder System has announced an e-commerce fulfillment solution that offers an alternative to third-party marketplaces by fulfilling orders of manufacturer products direct to consumers.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2019

Trimble Launches MAPS Division Focused on Routing, Scheduling, and Navigation

Trimble has launched a new division, Trimble MAPS, focused on routing, scheduling visualization and navigation solutions for commercial use.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2019

New Jersey has the Worst Traffic Bottleneck in the Country

Traffic is a major time suck and it only seems to be getting worse, according to ATRI's latest list of the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in the U.S. This year, a bottleneck in Fort Lee, New Jersey took top honors.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 12, 2019

California, Trucking Groups Battle Over Independent Contractor Definition in Court

The California attorney general’s office has fired back at legal challenges to a state Supreme Court ruling that may make it impossible for trucking companies to use independent contractor drivers in the state.

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ArticlesCover Storyby David CullenFebruary 11, 2019

The Last Mile: Where Brawn Meets Brains

There’s plenty of room to play in the last-mile space — the trick is learning that the consumer is king of this hill.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2019

New England Motor Freight Files for Bankruptcy

LTL carrier New England Motor Freight and its subsidiaries have voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey, intending to facilitate an orderly wind down of its operations.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 8, 2019

California Files Suit to Keep Rest Break Rules for Truck Drivers

California has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit asking it to overturn the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recent decree that the state can’t enforce its rest break and meal rules against truck drivers.

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Newsby David CullenFebruary 6, 2019

Trump Pitches Infrastructure in State of Union, But No New Details

In his State of the Union address, President Trump again said he wants America’s infrastructure revamped and implied that Congress still does, too – but he offered no new details on how to go about it.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 5, 2019

How is the Growth of E-Commerce Affecting Trucking?

Some of the issues of most concern to the industry, such as the driver shortage, hours of service, and truck parking, are affected by the growth of e-commerce and omni-channel marketing. A new study by the American Transportation Research Institute analyzes these impacts.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 5, 2019

Convoy Says Freight Marketplace Now Matching 100% of Loads Automatically

Load-matching technology provider Convoy said it has reached a major milestone: The company reports that its freight marketplace is automatically matching — without human intervention — 100% of loads to trucks in top markets.

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