Self-driving truck developer TuSimple and Ryder System Inc. announced a partnership intended to leverage select Ryder fleet maintenance facilities to serve as terminals on TuSimple’s Autonomous Freight Network.
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Justin Olsen, maintenance director at TCW, breaks down the hidden impact of poor trailer management on operations, compliance and safety.Â
Old Dominion Freight Line Reports Record Revenue for Q2
Old Dominion Freight Line saw net income increase year-over-year by 82.4% during the second quarter of 2021, the company reported July 28.
July 29, 2021Startup Couriers Snatch Toehold in Biggest Shake-Up of E-Commerce Era
Surging e-commerce is generating more package deliveries than giant couriers can handle, clogging retailers’ logistical pipelines and frustrating consumers. But the logjam is spawning startups with new ways of speeding deliveries.
July 21, 2021Survey Finds Pandemic End Will Not Deter Online Shopping
Ware2Go, the on-demand fulfillment and warehousing provider founded by UPS Inc., said 89% of consumers plan to do as much or more of their shopping online even as restrictions that began at the height of the coronavirus pandemic begin to ease and stores reopen.
July 12, 2021Werner Introduces New App for Drivers
Werner Enterprises launched a new app to help make work easier for its professional drivers, the company announced July 9.
July 9, 2021Navistar Merges With Traton Group in $3.7 Billion Deal
Navistar International Corp. announced it merged with Munich-based Traton Group in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion, finalizing a strategic alliance launched in 2017.
July 1, 2021FedEx to Test Nuro Autonomous Delivery Vehicles
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — FedEx Corp. announced June 15 that it has partnered with Nuro, one of the nation’s leading autonomous vehicle companies, to test the use of driverless vehicles for multistop and appointment-based deliveries in Houston.
June 18, 2021Transportation Companies Prepare for Hurricane Season
Summer means the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and many of the world’s biggest transportation companies are taking steps to prepare for what some forecasters say could once again be above-average activity along the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
June 17, 2021Locomation Adds PGT Trucking to Its Autonomous Convoy
Self-driving technology company Locomation announced motor carrier PGT Trucking Inc. is the latest fleet to sign up for its human-guided autonomous truck convoying technology.
June 16, 2021Forward Air Expands LTL Service in Washington
Forward Air Corp. will expand its expedited less-than-truckload service into Spokane, Wash., the company announced June 14.
June 15, 2021