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Semi-truck tanker attempted to drive through the crowd on I-35 W in Minneapolis, driver arrested (with video)
By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski According to the article in the minnesota.cbslocal.com– “Minnesota Department of Public Safety says a tanker truck driver is in custody after speeding through protesters on the Interstate 35W Bridge in Minneapolis Sunday”. “The Department of Public Safety says that as of yet, they are not notified of any injuries and […]
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Amazon curtails some services, highways closed, as protests impact freight and drivers safety
Story by: Brian Straight at FreightWaves.com As protests over the death of George Floyd continued around the country on Saturday and into this morning, many turning violent, their impact is now spreading to the freight world. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it is recalling drivers and adjusting routes in several cities affected by protests, including Chicago, […]
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Trucker sacrifices home time to protect family from coronavirus pandemic
Story by:Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves.com It’s been 81 days since truck driver Mike Baker has been home, but says he plans to stay out on the road until scientists give the U.S. the all-clear that the coronavirus pandemic is over. Baker of Weymouth, Massachusetts, is headed to Georgia with 5,000 cases of Jimmy Dean […]
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Appeals court revives CRST’s driver-poaching lawsuit
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves.com A divided federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit by CRST Expedited Inc. alleging rival motor carrier TransAm Trucking Inc. poached drivers who had signed noncompete contracts with CRST. In a 2-1 split, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed the U.S. District Court for […]
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FMCSA yet to receive evidence of “price gouging” by freight brokers
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves.com Despite widespread complaints by small business truckers that they are being price gouged by freight brokers colluding against them, the industry’s top regulator has yet to see formal evidence backing their case. “It’s a hot topic now – there were protesters here in D.C., and the […]
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Clarification on PPP loan forgiveness rules issued
Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves.com The release late Friday, May 22, of clarified rules on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) cleared up some aspects of the program, left some others uncertain but also drove home the point that for the first recipients, the end of the money isn’t that far away. The primary […]
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Are the delivery drones efficient enough to replace last-mile cargo vans?
Story by: Morgan Forde at supplychaindive.com Brief: Using electric, autonomous drones for package deliveries can result in “operational costs [that] are at least 70% lower than a van delivery service,” Pedro Pacheco, a senior director analyst at Gartner, said in a company research note published Tuesday. These cost savings come from avoiding traffic. Drones can […]
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Canadian heavy hauler ENTREC filed for chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US
Story by: Nate Tabak, Border and North America Correspondent at FreightWaves.com Heavy hauler ENTREC is seeking additional financing to continue operating as it pursues buyers or investors while under creditor protection in Canada and Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States. ENTREC will ask a judge in Alberta today to allow it to borrow up […]
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Microsoft and FedEx join forces in technology and logistics partnership
Story by: Linda Baker, Staff Writer at FreightWaves.com Microsoft (MSFT) and FedEx (FDX) will join forces in a multiyear technology and logistics partnership, including using artificial intelligence (AI). The companies announced this week. The collaboration, to involve new product development, will combine the global digital and logistics network of FedEx with Microsoft’s intelligent cloud, and […]
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