Nikola Corp. is recalling 93 trucks — all it has built to date — because of improper installation of seat belt shoulder anchorage assembly. | Continue reading
Some California truckers who move containers in and out of the marine terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach plan to participate in a work stoppage Wednesday to protest a controversial state law, AB5. | Continue reading
The Jones Act is one of America’s most controversial laws. Reforming it could slash fuel prices, but there are caveats. | Continue reading
There’s no wave of containers coming to rescue U.S. freight markets. Booking data shows that U.S. imports are cratering. | Continue reading
Daimler Truck North America is trying to solve thefts of semiconductor-rich powertrain control modules from its tractors. | Continue reading
The global supply chain may see its worst disruption since the start of the pandemic once China lifts its COVID lockdowns and cargo starts flowing. | Continue reading
Last week, I published an article entitled “Just 3 years after 2019’s trucking bloodbath, another is on the way.” For anyone who lived through the | Continue reading
Despite reports that congestion issues are easing on the water at California’s major ports, drayage truckers claim this isn’t the case for them as efficiency issues continue to plague terminal operators. | Continue reading
Air transport is usually the mode of last resort because it is expensive. The pandemic has turned that thinking upside down. | Continue reading
“The shipping industry as a whole has become increasingly reliant on using AIS data for operational purposes,” says VesselsValue’s Charlotte Cook. | Continue reading
The daily surcharge fines begin Monday, but there has been no immediate surge of container activity. | Continue reading
Costco is going boating. Unwilling to wait for space on commercial vessels, it is now renting its own ships to haul exports from Asia. | Continue reading
Yantian redux. Shipping activity slowed to a crawl at the Port of Yantian in China earlier this summer after an outbreak of COVID infections, and the same could happen in Ningbo if more cases are discovered. | Continue reading
DHL Express has joined UPS in placing orders for all-electric cargo aircraft. | Continue reading
Craig Fuller, the founder and CEO of FreightWaves, acquired Flying, the world's most widely read aviation publication from Bonnier Corporation. The | Continue reading
A British Airways plane fell on its face at Heathrow Airport. One ground engineer was too short to reach the landing gear housing, and his colleague put a pin to hold up the landing gear in the wrong place. Oops. | Continue reading
Nuclear materials couriers are well trained and armed for their job of transporting nuclear materials to sites across the U.S. | Continue reading
Freight forwarder will pay “absolute historic high” to secure container ship as “people are panicking” amid “out of control” market. | Continue reading
Trans-Pacific container crunch is about to become even more severe, warns Flexport, with May sailings now effectively sold out. | Continue reading
Back in the Aristotle Onassis era, a Suez Canal closure was a tanker game changer. Today, tanker upside from the canal accident is limited. | Continue reading
Peter DeFazio, a top transportation lawmaker, wants the Federal Communications Commission to rethink adopting rules that experts say would hinder trucking automation. | Continue reading
There are more container ships stuck off California than at any time since 2004. What’s behind the pileup? When can it be cleared? | Continue reading
Sources close to the embattled fuel cell truck manufacturer are reporting that founder Trevor Milton has resigned as Executive Chairman of Nikola Motors | Continue reading
Weekly U.S. intermodal volumes notched higher again for the second week in a row. | Continue reading
A skeleton crew remains after autonomous trucking startup Starsky Robotics fails to find a buyer or new investors, according to a former executive. | Continue reading
The aerospace and defense company Harris Corp. failed to stop repeated violations of the Arms Export Control Act for several years following notification by the Defense Department of wrongdoing. | Continue reading
Some investors prefer hard-to-disrupt niche businesses; others want to roll up e-commerce services and replicate Amazon's offering. | Continue reading
Gur Kimchi talks about Amazon's approach to delivering packages to your doorstep via drone. | Continue reading
USPS' impending exit from Universal Postal Union could send international air parcel rates soaring | Continue reading
It takes a year of advance planning and up to 10 loads to move a single monster turbine. | Continue reading
The U.S. and Japan have reached a tentative trade agreement where Japan will buy more U.S. corn. | Continue reading
UPS launches a slew of products in arguably its biggest one-day portfolio change in its history | Continue reading
Amazon could build a zero-margin equivalent of C.H. Robinson inside the ‘shipping costs’ line on its P&L without anyone noticing. | Continue reading
We spoke to T Rowe Price VP Andrew Davis about how traditional investors’ view of the digital brokerage had changed over time. | Continue reading
JD.com opened a completely automated warehouse near Shanghai, keeping up with its robust investment in technology to optimize and inject increased efficiency in its logistics processes. | Continue reading