Truck driver priorities are changing in 2024, with people engagement, pay, and reliable equipment topping the list of concerns.

As shippers and dedicated truckload truck operators head into the contract bid season, here are five essential tactics manufacturers can use to reduce transportation spend.

JB Hunt fired the first warning shots during its quarterly results, saying demand was weak, sending shares of the whole group lower. Then Knight-Swift followed.

The company posted a $127.5 million profit in the opening months of the year, down from nearly $200 million in Q1 of 2023.

Idella Hansen got behind the wheel of a truck for the first time at the age of 11. 

Improved use of tires and braking systems, not to mention safety, are among the gains expected when automated trucking is widely implemented in U.S. supply chains, says Peter Coratola Jr., CEO and founder of Ease Logistics.

Clean Freight Coalition (CFC) executive director Jim Mullen strongly criticized the standards, pointing to massively increased costs for truck operators.

Barclays said claims for damage to the bridge alone could reach $1.2 billion, along with hundreds of millions of dollars for business disruption caused by the port’s closure.

The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge raises urgent questions about the vulnerability of infrastructure that keeps ships flowing through vital U.S. ports.

The early morning disaster at the Francis Scott Key Bridge will cause huge disruption — both for shipping at one of the busiest ports on the U.S. East Coast and on the roads.