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PortPro Launches TMS for Drayage Carriers and Brokers

PortPro, a provider of transportation management software designed specifically for the drayage industry, has launched two new TMS products for drayage trucking companies with brokerage operations.

March 15, 2024
BusinessTechnology

TrueTMS Introduces TrueLiquid Software for Tanker Fleets

Fleet technology startup TrueTMS has launched a transportation management system designed specifically for tanker fleets.

March 15, 2024
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Texas Truckers Bring Tires, Livestock Feed in Wildfire Aid

Texas Trucking Association has been helping firefighters get truck tires to battle wildfires that have burned more than 1 million acres in the rural Panhandle.

March 15, 2024
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Attack by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Targets a Ship in Red Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a tanker in the Red Sea early March 15 but the ship’s crew was unharmed, authorities said.

March 15, 2024
BusinessTechnology

Pana-Pacific Offers Spartan Radar’s Hoplo Safety System

Component supplier Pana-Pacific has partnered with Spartan Radar to distribute the company’s radar-based Hoplo advanced collision warning system to commercial vehicle manufacturers.

March 15, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogisticsAutonomous

Forterra, Kalmar Partner on Autonomous Terminal Tractors

Self-driving vehicle company Forterra and cargo-handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar have signed an agreement to jointly develop autonomous terminal tractors.

March 15, 2024
BusinessTechnologyFuel

AI Promises Faster Oil Drilling and More US Crude Supply

From a dark Houston control room, Rafael Guedes watched on a monitor as a robot took charge of a drilling rig in a North Dakota oil field, locking out the human operator.

March 15, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Honda and Nissan to Partner on EVs, Intelligent Technology

TOKYO — Nissan and Honda announced March 15 that they will work together in developing EVs and auto intelligence technology, sectors where Japanese automakers have fallen behind.

March 15, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Parts of I-70 Closed to Trucks After Colorado Snowstorm

DENVER — In an effort to keep Interstate 70 open, no trucks will be allowed on a portion from Eagle/Vail to Morrison until noon March 15.

March 15, 2024
BusinessEquipmentLogisticsFor-Hire

PS Logistics Buys Yordy Transport, Boosts Flatbed Ops Again

Diamond State Trucking & Logistics is to buy Morton, Ill.-based flatbed carrier Yordy Transport for an undisclosed sum, parent company PS Logistics said.

March 14, 2024