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News · Dec 5, 2019

Debt, losses sink Canadian carrier featured on ‘Ice Road Truckers’

Story by: Nate Tabak, Canada Correspondent @ FreightWaves Tli Cho Landtran Transport and affiliates will be closed and possibly sold after losing C$18 million in the past year and facing mounting debt reaching C$60 million. Tli Cho Landtran Transport, a trucking company once featured on the TV series “Ice Road Truckers,” is shutting down along with several affiliates that hauled freight in some of Canada’s most treacherous freight lanes but faced a staggering load of debt and mounting losses in

News · Dec 5, 2019

Two former Caledon executives charged with bank and securities fraud

According to a press release press release from U.S. Department of Justice;Former COO and CFO of Publicly Traded Transportation Company Charged with Securities Fraud, Bank Fraud and Lying to AuditorsThe former chief operating officer (COO) and chief financial officer (CFO) of Celadon Group Inc. (Celadon), a publicly-traded transportation and trucking company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged role in a complex securities and acc

News · Dec 5, 2019

Coca-Cola test-drives Einride’s autonomous truck in Sweden

Story by: Linda Baker, Staff Writer @ FreightWaves Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), the brand’s local bottling partner, will deploy the Einride autonomous electric transport system to its Swedish distribution network, according to a news release. As part of a commercial pilot, an Einride vehicle will ferry goods between warehouses operated by CCEP and Axfood, one of Sweden’s leading food retailers, an Einride spokesperson told FreightWaves. The warehouses are located in Jordbro outside Stockh

News · Dec 5, 2019

Heavy mountain snow slamming western U.S. through the weekend

Story by: Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist @FreightWaves The snow keeps flying across several parts of the western U.S. today, Dec. 5, and it will come down heavily in some areas. Meanwhile, other spots are more at risk for ice-covered roads. Then, a potent storm will slam California this weekend.[Original image could not be recovered]SONAR Critical Events: Thursday, Dec.5, 2019, 9 a.m. ESTDrivers who have to go through high elevations of Utah, the Rockies of w

News · Dec 4, 2019

Tesla’s electric Cybertruck to join Mexican city's police force

Story by: Noi Mahoney @ FreightWaves The mayor of Ciudad Valles, Mexico, recently ordered 15 of the new all-electric Cybertrucks manufactured by Tesla Inc. Mayor Adrián Esper Cárdenas said the Cybertrucks will be used for police patrols and other services in the central Mexican city of 176,935 people. “I reserved 10 two-motor and five three-motor models,” Cárdenas said during a press conference Nov. 29, according to Mexican news outlet El Imparcial. “It’s not about speed because we don’t want sp

News · Dec 4, 2019

Whistleblower suit alleges Navistar forged military vehicle invoices

Story by: Alan Adler @ FreightWaves A federal judge unsealed a 6-year-old whistleblower suit against Navistar Defense LLC and Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) that seeks at least $1.28 billion in damages over allegedly forged invoices for military vehicles and components. According to the civil suit unsealed Dec. 3, Navistar violated the False Claims Act by forging invoices, catalog prices, and other data during negotiations of a multibillion-dollar contract for mine-resistant, ambush-pr

News · Dec 4, 2019

Heavy snow to slam Mountain West for two days

Story by: Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist @ FreightWaves A Pacific storm that is crashing into the western U.S. will produce heavy snowfall from the mountains of eastern California to the Rockies the rest of today, Dec. 4, through tomorrow. Meanwhile, portions of the northeastern U.S. will get their share of lake effect snow showers.[Original image could not be recovered]SONAR Critical Events: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, 9 a.m. EST The outlook is for anywhere fro

News · Dec 3, 2019

Swift confirms driver leader instructed their truckers to drive in the bad weather

Some truck drivers for Swift Transportation, a unit of Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KNX), said they received messages via their onboard computer messaging systems around 7 a.m. Dec. 2 instructing them to chain up and drive in inclement weather to get their loads delivered on time. “We cannot afford to have you down or the load to be days late due to weather,” said the message, sent by a Swift driver leader and posted by Swift drivers on the Twisted Truckers Facebook page. “If

News · Dec 3, 2019

Nor’easter impacts continue across New England causing delays on the i-95 and US-1

Story by: Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist @ FreightWaves The nor’easter off the New England coast will stick around for another day. Snowfall continues during daylight hours across much of the region, continuing early this evening primarily in Maine. [Original image could not be recovered]SONAR Critical Events: Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ESTThe heaviest snow bands today, Dec. 3, will dump an additional 2 to 5 inches in the Boston metropolitan area; 1

News · Dec 3, 2019

Nauto launches real-time AI powered driver behavior learning platform

Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam, Staff Writer @FreightWaves Nauto, a California-based technology startup that improves driver behavior, has unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) powered driver behavior learning platform for commercial vehicles, which will integrate with the safety programs set in place by Nauto’s fleet customers. Nauto’s platform takes a proactive approach to de-escalate driving risks by prediction and prevention of high-risk driving events – a process that has helped decrease

News · Dec 3, 2019

Ergoskeletons may help warehouse workers to relieve physical stress and make their work more efficient

Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam, Staff Writer @ FreightWaves The holiday season is upon us, which in times of e-commerce and highly discounted retail storefronts would mean heavily concerted logistics operations behind the curtains. The primary stakeholders in this movement of freight are the workers at ground zero – be it truckers, warehouse employees, or last-mile delivery workers. Workers within the logistics segment are often overworked and have little time to take off during their hectic sche

News · Dec 2, 2019

No grace period for AOBRD users, CVSA starts ELD enforcement Dec. 17

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @ FreightWaves Taking its cue from federal regulators, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) confirmed it will begin fully enforcing the electronic logging device (ELD) rule on Dec. 17, with no “soft enforcement” grace period. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) previously has stated there will be no grace period allowed for carriers that have been allowed to “grandfather in” to the ELD mandate — which went into effec