The recently enacted Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 gave the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission stronger oversight of how ocean carriers and marine terminals treat shippers. Now, FMC is being called on to wield some of that power.

The transaction was approved by USA Truck’s stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on Sept. 12. 

A significant industry challenge revolves around answering the question of how to efficiently move the transportation industry toward a carbon-free future.

The port said the infrastructure investment, along with funds from the Jobs Act, will support rail-roadway separation to improve truck access and speed cargo flow through the area.

A rising Consumer Price Index directly correlates to the cost of financing equipment, but it can also have a significant ripple effect on other cost centers, such as maintenance and repair.

Consumer-electronics retailer Best Buy added to the mounting signs of ample capacity and receding freight rates, with a note that transportation markets are “stabilizing and moderating” heading into the fall peak season.

A truck spilled more than 150,000 tomatoes across Interstate 80 Highway in California Aug. 29, bringing traffic to a standstill.

Logistics executives say sea containers and the steel trailers needed to ferry goods on trucks are in short supply, as efforts to cope with steep inventory imbalances send new backups rippling across supply chains.

The 55-year-old Swede was named chief executive officer of the Traton trucking unit after a management shakeup last year. He’s to steer a turnaround of the business after Europe’s biggest carmaker struggled for years to improve cooperation between its different commercial-vehicle brands.

The life of the drayage trucker in “normal” times is a difficult one. And these times are anything but. Drew Herpich, chief commercial officer with Transportation Insight and Nolan Transportation Group. He discusses the pressures that are weighing on drivers today, and the prospects for relief.