Transportation company owner pleads guilty to conspiracy to fix prices for freight forwarding services
According to the press release from the official website of the U.S. Department of Justice on October 24, 2019: Third freight Transportation Executive Pleads guilty to Antitrust Charge. Conspiracy Targeted Shipments of Household Goods from the United States to Honduras. Francis Alvarez, the owner of a large freight forwarding company, pleaded guilty to an antitrust […]
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Estimated Food Waste will hit 1.5 billion tons by 2030
Story and infographics by Layla Rapp @FreightWaves The Boston Consulting Group(BCG) estimates that by 2030 annual food loss and waste will hit 2.1Billion tons worth $1.5 Trillion. Source and credits: freightwaves.com / Layla Rapp / iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski
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Driver qualification, detention among DOT 2020 priorities
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @FreightWaves I Management at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be pressured to address several affecting commercial drivers and their companies in 2020 based on a set of priorities unveiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). “DOT’s Fiscal Year 2020 Top Management Challenges,” released on October […]
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Weekly Fuel Report 10-23-19
Weekly Fuel Report 10-23-19 and the actual price of Diesel at the truck stop in the US, by Emily Ricks @FreightWaves/AmericanShipper Source and credits: freightwaves.com / / iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski
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DOT to audit FMCSA oversight of truck driver bans
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @ FreightWaves.com A fatal crash involving a commercial driver has led to a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) audit of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) oversight of state driver licensing agencies. According to the DOT’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) on October 22, the crash, which occurred […]
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Fatal truck crashes increased slightly in 2018
Story by: Matt Cole @ Overdriveonline.com I The number of fatalities in crashes involving large trucks increased slightly in 2018 from 2017 with 46 more fatalities in 2018 than the previous year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA defines a large truck as vehicles with gross vehicle weight […]
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Truckers to battle rain, wind, snow this Tuesday (forecast video)
Story and forecast by Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist @FreightWaves I There is plenty of disruptive weather happening today, October 22, in several regions of the U.S. Resulting in delays for shippers and truckers should be minor/moderate. Driver safety will be the main concern. Stormy mess in the East Truckers will […]
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New opportunities bring unusual players into the US trucking industry
Story by: Charley Dehoney @ FreightWaves I An interesting trend is happening in the US trucking market. On the heels of some of the best years in the industry’s history, investors and operators are coming from unlikely places and backgrounds, bringing a fresh perspective and a flood of investment dollars along with them. The record-breaking […]
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Are Australian road trains the solution to the US truck drivers shortage?
Story by: Barry Hochfelder @ supplychaindive.com North Dakota approved legislation to pilot the “Road Trains” freight method as a way to deal with truck drivers shortage. In solving for crucial supply chain issues, Australia found a workaround that could have implications for driver shortages and transportation hurdles in the U.S. Australia’s supply chain must navigate […]
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