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News · Feb 11, 2021

5 deaths, many injured after multiply vehicles collided, including trucks on an icy I-35 in Texas (with video)

Fort Worth Authorities have confirmed five people were killed and dozens more injured Thursday in what firefighters are calling a “mass casualty incident.” It happened on Interstate 35W (I-35) near 28th Street, just north of downtown Fort Worth. Mike Drivdahl with the Fort Worth Fire Department said firefighters went car to car, looking for people in need of medical care. At least five people had died in the pileup and 36 were hospitalized as of 10:25 a.m. CST, MedStar Mobile Healthcare spokesma

News · Jan 10, 2021

XPO Logistics completes virtual reality pilot for LTL dockworkers

Story by: Mark Solomon at FreightWaves Technology to help improve freight-loading at docks, company says XPO Logistics Inc. (NYSE: XPO) said it has completed a pilot program to train its North American less-than-truckload (LTL) dock employees in using virtual reality (VR) technology to improve their freight-loading performance. In the pilot, XPO created a virtual cross-dock environment to demonstrate effective loading procedures that can reduce the incidence of damages while improving fleet and

News · Jan 10, 2021

OOIDA and ATA are among trucking groups condemning US capitol violence

Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise at FreightWaves "Message to truckers: Focus on policy, not politics" Trucking groups condemned the Wednesday attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump, which left at least five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer, and many more injured. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the Western States Trucking Association and the American Trucking Associations separately spoke out against th

News · Jan 7, 2021

Head of DOT Elaine Chao resigned after U.S. Capitol riots

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is resigning following the storming of the U.S. Capitol yesterday by pro-Trump demonstrators. “Yesterday our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of the president stormed the Capitol Building following a rally he addressed,” Chao stated in a message to DOT employees on Thursday and included in a tweet. “As I’m sure is the case with many

News · Jan 4, 2021

FAA new rule put drone delivery closer to reality

Story by: Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo Editor at American Shipper/ FreightWaves.com Regulations enable drone tracking, overflight, and night operations Long-awaited regulations released Monday by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) represent a big step toward wide-scale commercial use of drones in the U.S., including for package and cargo delivery, and full integration into the national airspace. The rules require unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to broadcast identification or location informati

News · Dec 28, 2020

California approves Nuro to use autonomous vehicles for commercial service

Story by: Mario Pawlowski CEO at iTrucker California’s first deployment permit allows for driverless delivery business in a portion of the Bay Area Sacramento – The California DMV issued the state’s first autonomous vehicle deployment permit to Nuro, Inc., allowing the company to charge a fee and receive compensation for its driverless delivery service. Unlike an autonomous testing permit, which limits the compensation that a manufacturer can receive from the public while validating the technolo

News · Dec 25, 2020

Large explosion in downtown Nashville believed to be an "intentional act", according to police

Story by: Mario Pawlowski CEO at iTrucker MNPD, FBI & ATF investigating the 6:30 a.m. explosion on 2nd Ave N at Nashville, TN linked to a vehicle. This appears to have been an intentional act. Law enforcement is closing downtown streets as the investigation continues. - according to the twitter.com/MNPDNashville"Nashville authorities believe an explosion that occurred in downtown Nashville early Christmas morning was an "intentional act" and sparked by a vehicle.A Nashville Police responded to r

News · Dec 13, 2020

Trucks and truckers will deliver Covid-19 vaccine all over the US

Story by: Mark Solomon at FreightWaves The mother of all U.S. logistics projects likely to pivot around the rubber tires The biggest and most important civilian logistics project in American history, delivering the Covid-19 vaccine is underway, and trucks are likely to be at the center of it. Trucks operated by UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) and FedEx Express, the air express unit of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) hit the road Saturday to begin distributing hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine shipments design

News · Dec 8, 2020

The importance of health insurance for truck drivers

Story by: Mario Pawlowski CEO at iTrucker Health insurance for truckers, and why it's important to have one. Staying healthy is very important. Health insurance provides financial protection in case if you have an accident or you become sick. Truck drivers are one of the people who are at a higher risk of becoming seriously ill. Trucking is the way of life for millions of people but is also an unhealthy life for most of them. They spend most of their workday sitting behind the wheel, which can b

News · Dec 2, 2020

XPO Logistics to split into two

Story by: [Original image could not be recovered] Mark Solomon at FreightWaves.com Brad Jacobs will split his baby. The founder, chairman and CEO of transport and logistics giant XPO Logistics Inc. (NYSE:XPO) and his board of directors said late Wednesday that they plan to spin off XPO’s transportation and logistics businesses into two separate companies: XPO’s North American and European less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload brokerage businesses, which, for now, will be called XPORemainCo, an

News · Nov 11, 2020

On Veterans Day we Thanking our Veterans of Past, Present, and Future

Story by: Mario Pawlowski CEO at iTrucker and Truckers of Past, Present, and Future Facebook Group Today we celebrate Veterans Day, the day we should thank our veterans for their service to our country and our freedom. While political unrest is ravaging our country, we should take this moment and think about all our veterans of past, present, and future who fought for freedom and peace all over the world. Many truck drivers are military veterans, and many will be sooner or later. They are drivin

News · Nov 10, 2020

Truckers plan a strike on Veterans day and Nov. 26-29

Story by: Mario Pawlowski CEO at iTrucker and Truckers of Past, Present, and Future Facebook Group A group of truck drivers plans to go on strike against the "Green New Deal" and ban on Fracking by the incoming Biden administration. The strike will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 11 ( A Veteran's Day) and Nov. 26-29. One of the organizers of the "StopTheTires2020" Facebook group" Jeremy Riewoldt wrote in a Facebook post. "Our message is simple and hopefully effective. We fully intend to exercise o