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Vaccine distribution to jump 40 percent next week, UPS executive says
FedEx and UPS said they plan to increase distribution of the coronavirus vaccine by 40 percent next week, with peak distribution likely...
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Feb 27, 20211 min read


Autonomous Trucking Startup TuSimple Plans to Go Public in March
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple Inc., which gained momentum with hundreds of millions of dollars in financing from Chinese investors...
icarussmith20
Feb 25, 20213 min read


Consumer goods group lobbies for federal ‘air traffic control’ for trucks
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry wants the federal government to get involved in initiatives that measure freight demand —...
icarussmith20
Feb 24, 20212 min read


Trucking associations question new Covid-19 requirements at border
Canadian trucking associations are pushing back against plans to require border-crossing truck drivers to submit contact information and...
icarussmith20
Feb 21, 20212 min read


Polar vortex strains freight networks, drives spot rates
An Arctic polar vortex is headed East after blasting areas of the Midwest and Southern U.S. with bone-chilling weather and record deep...
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Feb 20, 20215 min read


UPS driver delivering smiles, not just packages, to a devastated community
An Oregon UPS driver is bringing smiles to a community that has been devastated by not only the pandemic – but by the Holiday Farm Fire....
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Feb 16, 20211 min read


Truck fire causes over $1M in damage at carrier in Wisconsin
A fire that started in the engine compartment of a semi-truck caused $1 million in damage at a family-owned trucking company in...
icarussmith20
Feb 15, 20211 min read


Hawaiian trucking schools have a waitlist for the first time ever, owners say
Trucking schools in Hawaii are struggling to keep up with demand for their training services, school owners say. It all started when the...
icarussmith20
Feb 14, 20212 min read


FedEx commits $5M to historically Black colleges and universities in new initiative
FedEx will gift millions of dollars to historically Black colleges and universities across Mississippi and Tennessee to ready students...
icarussmith20
Feb 14, 20211 min read


Biden meets with bipartisan senators to discuss potential infrastructure bill
President Biden met with bipartisan senators on Thursday to discuss the contours of a potential infrastructure package, warning that if...
icarussmith20
Feb 13, 20212 min read


‘Missed opportunity’ to fund truck parking in COVID relief package
A measure that would have provided $755 million in taxpayer funds over the next five years to expand truck parking capacity was offered...
icarussmith20
Feb 12, 20213 min read


Are Self-Driving Trucks Really The Future?
It’s one of the hottest issues in the transport industry, with companies including Google, Tesla and Mercedes all working to crack the...
icarussmith20
Feb 11, 20213 min read


U.S. House panel approves $42.5 billion for transportation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee voted Wednesday to approve a plan to provide $42 billion in assistance to transportation...
icarussmith20
Feb 11, 20212 min read


Group asks CDC to reconsider in-cab mask requirement for team truckers
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) asked U.S. health officials to reconsider their requirement for team truck drivers to remain...
icarussmith20
Feb 10, 20212 min read


FedEx Ground names Smith president, CEO
John A. Smith, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Freight, will become president and CEO of FedEx Ground on June 1. He...
icarussmith20
Feb 9, 20211 min read


Trucking Failures Surged Last Year Under Pandemic
U.S. trucking company failures nearly tripled in 2020 from the previous year as fallout from the pandemic deepened pressure on smaller...
icarussmith20
Feb 9, 20213 min read


Congressional Democrats set to back more than $50 billion for transportation sector
Democrats in the U.S. Congress are to release a sweeping plan on Monday to provide more than $50 billion in additional assistance to U.S....
icarussmith20
Feb 9, 20212 min read


Trucking contract rates up 12% year-over-year
Shippers spent 12% more per mile for dry van truckloads on average through most of the fourth quarter of 2020 than they did in 2019. That...
icarussmith20
Feb 8, 20213 min read


Buttigieg: Talks ongoing on additional U.S. transportation sector assistance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Reuters on Thursday there are “very active” conversations...
icarussmith20
Feb 5, 20212 min read


Buttigieg says Transportation Dept will push 'bold' thinking
WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg, sworn in Wednesday as transportation secretary, urged his 55,000 employees to embrace "imaginative, bold,...
icarussmith20
Feb 4, 20213 min read
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