Under-21 driver proposals get pushback at U.S. Senate hearing
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves Republican lawmakers would like to see the next highway bill reauthorization include a provision allowing under-21 truck drivers to haul freight across state lines, but safety advocates and small-business truckers are urging Congress to resist that effort. The Drive Safe Act, which was strongly opposed by […]
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The impact of coronavirus on China supply chains
Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam / FreightWaves As China struggles to contain the Wuhan-centered coronavirus outbreak, the resulting shutdown of factories and logistics hubs in the country is slowly constricting the global supply chain pipeline. The Wuhan coronavirus belongs to the same family of coronaviruses as SARS and MERS. Though not as deadly as those […]
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Jury convicts cocaine trafficker who used trucks to smuggle drugs worth $26 million into U.S.
Story by: Noi Mahoney at FreightWaves A Texas man who headed a cross-border drug smuggling operation was recently found guilty by a federal jury in Brownsville, Texas. Rafael Villanueva, 40, was convicted on Wednesday for his role in trafficking more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine involving $26 million in drug proceeds, according to a statement released […]
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Prospective Amazon delivery robot would navigate air, land and sea
Story by: Linda Baker, Staff Writer/FreightWaves The e-commerce giant Amazon won a patent for a theoretical multimodal vehicle designed to deliver and pick up items from online shoppers. Amazon (AMZN) has won a patent for a multifaceted last-mile autonomous delivery robot the company is calling, prosaically, a “storage compartment vehicle” (SCV), designed to deliver […]
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A view of the Nikola Two hydrogen-powered truck interior
Story by: Alan Adler at FreightWaves The interior of the Nikola Motors Two Class 8 semi-tractor takes cues from modern airplane cockpits with only a handful of buttons and switches. Drivers perform most functions via waterproof touch screens that can withstand a high-pressure hosing. Nikola so far is noted for its futuristic exterior design […]
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Texas flatbed carrier is shutting down, blames government regulations, insurance costs
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves Flatbed carrier TK Transport of Clute, Texas, has decided to shutter operations, citing soaring insurance costs, government regulations and a weak spot market. Tony Krause, chief executive of the 6-year-old carrier, said all but one of its drivers have returned to the yard. The remaining driver, an owner-operator, […]
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New California environmental law puts thousands of truck registrations on hold
Story by: Linda Baker, Staff Writer at FreightWaves New California environmental law puts thousands of truck registrations on hold. Starting this month, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will only register vehicles that comply with emissions regulations. Of the tens of thousands of notices issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) […]
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DAT load board glitch could cost small-business truckers thousands
Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves.com Starting early Thursday, small-business truckers who rely on the spot market began reporting problems logging in to the DAT load board to find freight. While the DAT online load board and mobile app are back up and working now, DAT told FreightWaves that a “rare, unforeseen problem” resulting […]
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Handing down preliminary injunction, judge says AB5 ‘runs off the road’
Story by: John Kingston @ FreightWaves.com The temporary injunction stopping AB5 from being enforced against the trucking sector in California has been “promoted” to a preliminary injunction. The move was largely expected after the outcome of a hearing Monday before Federal District Court Judge Roger Benitez in the case brought by the California Trucking Association (CTA) […]
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