Just how bad has the deterioration in rail service across the United States become? Grain elevators are full, sitting alongside trains that are also full and can’t move, leading to grain piling up beside the tracks. Plants and assembly lines…
A major factor in the supply chain crisis is the truck driver shortage, and methods for attacking it being explored by both the industry and government are allowing younger people to drive professionally and finding ways to attract them to…
The freight rail industry pulled out all the stops attacking reciprocal switching during two days of hearings held in mid-March by the Surface Transportation Board, but the STB members didn’t seem to be all that impressed by the performance. Since…
A survey finds that securing backloads is the top priority for small and medium-sized truckers. Convoy, an online freight network, conducted the research which also concludes that 35% of all truck miles may be empty miles. The survey also found…
Two major trucking groups that seldom see eye to eye on many policy issues joined together to urge the federal government action to address the need to expand parking availability for truckers. American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers…
Major shipper and industry associations wrote to President Biden last month urging him to intervene in the slow pace of contract talks between West Coast port terminal operators and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Biden late last year was…
With the growing legalization of marijuana use in states across the country, concerns have persisted over its effects on drivers of all kinds of vehicles. A new study shows that this effect might be even worse than was originally thought…
Retailers believe more than $761 billion in merchandise sold last year was returned by customers, according to a recent report issued by the National Retail Federation. “As total retail sales continue to accelerate from sustained consumer demand during the pandemic,…
The series of tornadoes that ripped through parts of the county in December resulted in widespread death and destruction, including the deaths of six warehouse employees in Illinois. This should be a potent reminder to employers that: having a disaster…
Third quarter cargo theft data in the United States last year shows storage facilities were targeted in 45% of reported cases, up from 20% of recorded cases in the same quarter in 2020, according to a report from the freight…
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