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Cass says data continues to point toward economic contraction including freight shipments
Story by: Todd Maiden @ FreightWaves I Freight shipments and expenditures declined on a year-over-year basis again in September according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report. According to the report, shipments declined 3.4% in September, the tenth straight month of year-over-year declines. On a month-over-month comparison, the index improved 0.8% to its best reading […]
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Tokyo freight infrastructure stands up to the wrath of Super Typhoon Hagibis
Story by: Jim Wilson, Australia Correspondent @ FreightWaves Although Super Typhoon Hagibis has caused catastrophic floods, mudslides and at least 68 tragic deaths in Japan, FreightWaves understands from local sources that Tokyo’s critical freight infrastructure – seaports and airports – are undamaged. Japan’s wider logistics network is suffering from a miscellany of damage such as flooding. FreightWaves […]
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Family files $10 million lawsuit in fatal crash despite truck driver being cleared of any wrongdoing
Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves The parents of two children killed in a fatal crash during a snowstorm in March 2018 on Interstate 29 in eastern North Dakota have filed a $10 million lawsuit, alleging negligence against the trucking company and its driver, despite a five-month investigation that cleared the truck driver of any […]
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Driver shortage is a #1 trucking industry challenge, followed by Hours of Service and driver pay
Story by: Alan Adler @ Freightwaves Motor carriers and commercial drivers agree on just four of the Top 10 challenges facing the trucking industry, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual study. Driver shortage tops trucking industry’s challenges for the third consecutive year The shortage of for-hire, long-haul drivers was the top issue in ATRI’s […]
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Man pleads guilty after scamming $1 million from truckers and brokers
A Maryland man recently pled guilty to federal fraud charges after he allegedly bilked more than $1 million from truck drivers, fleets and brokers in a double brokering scheme. The Department of Justice says William Francis Hickey, III, of Elkton, Maryland, was the managing member of Hickey Consulting LLC and president of Latino Consulting LLC, […]
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UPS is the first company certified for unlimited drone operations
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @FreightWaves UPS [NYSE: UPS] plans to take full advantage of a sweeping new certification issued by federal regulators making it the first company with the ability to run drone services with no limit on size or scope of operations. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today (Oct. 1) announced that […]
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Rich Logistics announces closures of five terminals and layoffs of approximately 450 drivers and other employees
Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves This story has been updated to include a statement by Shannon Everett, president of Rich Logistics, as well as a press release issued by Roadrunner, Rich’s parent company, late Monday, Sept. 30. Approximately 450 truck drivers and employee positions will be eliminated after Rich Logistics notified workers by letter […]
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Tech company petitions FMCSA to allow camera systems to replace mirrors on trucks
Story by: Matt Cole Another technology company that manufactures mirrorless rearview camera systems for trucks is petitioning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to allow its system to be used on trucks in the United States. According to Matt Cole and his article in the overdriveonline.com Vision Systems North America (VSNA) is asking FMCSA to […]
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Lawsuit sheds light on aborted Omnitracs deal, shows that telematics provider may be in troubles
Story by: John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor A federal lawsuit filed last week in the Central District of California against Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm with more than $50 billion of assets under management, alleged that Omnitracs, a leading telematics provider for the transportation and logistics industry, is in dire financial straits. Dr. […]
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