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J.B. Hunt, Waymo Form Long-Term Alliance on Autonomous Trucking

J.B. Hunt Transport and Waymo have entered into a long-term, strategic alliance to commercialize autonomous driving technology in the trucking industry.

January 14, 2022

GXO Announces Warehouse Expansion in Europe With Zooplus

GXO Logistics Inc., the spinoff logistics company from XPO Logistics Inc., is expanding its presence in Europe.

January 13, 2022

US Shoppers Find Some Groceries Scarce Due to Virus, Weather

Benjamin Whitely headed to a Safeway supermarket in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11 to grab some items for dinner. But he was disappointed to find the vegetable bins barren and a sparse selection of turkey, chicken and milk.

January 11, 2022

Supreme Court Weighs Vaccine Rules

The Supreme Court appears divided on legal challenges centering on the scope and federal authority of the Biden administration’s sweeping proposed COVID vaccine mandate, which would require private-sector firms to vaccinate or test tens of millions of employees.

January 7, 2022

Truck Driver Shortage Looms Over 2022

Trucking is likely to continue to see a shortage of professional drivers with the underlying causes showing no signs of stopping in 2022.

December 27, 2021

How Software Helps Enable Industry Consolidation

The trucking industry has undergone further consolidation amid a surge of acquisitions, and software has enabled much of that.

December 23, 2021

November Tonnage Hits Highest Mark Since Spring

Truck tonnage in November posted the strongest year-over-year gain since spring, American Trucking Associations announced on Dec. 21, as busy consumer spending both in brick-and-mortar stores and online propelled a surge in freight activity.

December 21, 2021

2021 Top 10 Stories Cover Array of Issues as COVID Still Casts Shadow

Here are the 10 most-read stories on the Transports Topics website in 2021, based on Google Analytics.

December 31, 2021

BrightDrop Delivers First Electric Vans to FedEx

BrightDrop, General Motors Co.’s new electric delivery and logistics business, has delivered the first five vans of an order of 500 to FedEx Corp., the company said Dec. 17.

December 17, 2021

GXO Announces Expanded Use of Robotics in UK Warehouses

GXO Logistics is deploying 6 River Systems or 6RS collaborative robots, also known as cobots, on multiple mezzanine floors in one of its distribution centers in Milton Keynes, England.

December 15, 2021