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BusinessLogistics

What Is Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Shipping?

Discover Less‑Than‑Truckload (LTL) shipping: how it works, cost benefits, and why it matters in freight logistics. Watch the video to learn more.

June 18, 2024
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomousFor-Hire

Artur Express to Run 100 Kodiak Self-Driving Sleeper Trucks

Artur Express plans to operate 100 sleeper trucks with Kodiak Robotics’ self-driving truck technology installed in a partnership between the companies, they said.

June 18, 2024
BusinessEquipment

May Medium-Duty Sales Decline 6% Year-Over-Year

U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks declined year-over-year in May after six consecutive months of gains, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

June 18, 2024
BusinessLogisticsFor-HirePrivate

Efficient Use of Space Is Key in Weak Freight Market: Study

Over-the-road carriers waiting for an upturn in the freight cycle must make the most efficient use of their trucks’ space to best ride out ongoing market weakness, according to CSCMP.

June 18, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

House Panel Takes Up Water Resources Development Act

This month, the transportation panel in the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a policy update to the country’s commercial waterways.

June 18, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Lawmakers Seek to Limit Chinese Influence on Chipmaking

U.S. lawmakers want to prevent companies that win federal chipmaking funds from using Chinese-made equipment at government-backed factories.

June 18, 2024
BusinessTechnologyFuel

A Waste-Oil Crunch Is Coming for Renewable Fuel

The world’s renewable fuelmakers are about to face a crunch in one of the most basic building blocks they need to be profitable: sufficient supply of waste oil.

June 18, 2024
GovernmentBusinessFuelLogistics

Judge Orders BNSF to Pay Washington Tribe Nearly $400 Million

SEATTLE — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered after finding that the company trespassed across the tribe’s reservation.

June 18, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Fisker Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers.

June 18, 2024
BusinessLogisticsAutonomous

Waabi Raises $200M as It Eyes Fully Driverless Trucks in '25

Autonomous technology developer Waabi raised $200 million that will help carry it through the commercial launch of fully self-driving trucks in 2025, the Toronto-based company said.

June 17, 2024