transportation

When Jayson Gonzalez was asked by FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller to speak at the FreightWaves LIVE event in Chicago on Nov. 12 about the difficulties of making interstate deliveries, he had no idea that a special delivery would be made to him. The 21-year-old gained national attention earlier this...

Voters across the U.S. that took part in an off-year election on Nov. 5 approved a handful of measures aimed at raising millions of dollars in government money for freight and mobility infrastructure. Maine residents approved a $105 million bond issue, to be matched with $137 million in federal...

Visionaries from across the world of freight and beyond will delve into what the future holds for the movement of goods and people during 20 fireside discussions at FreightWaves LIVE Chicago on Nov. 12 and 13. Expect deep dives from industry players to help make sense of lightning-speed changes...

P.A.M. Transportation Services (NASDAQ: PTSI) announced third quarter 2019 earnings of $0.79, well below last year's $1.52 performance and the consensus estimate of $1.25. The dry van truckload (TL) carrier called out the United Auto Workers labor strike against General Motors, its largest...

When it comes to the on-demand economy, Uber continues to branch out. Beyond its initial ridesharing segment, Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) has moved into micro-mobility with Jump e-bikes and scooters, food delivery with UberEats, and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in regard to Uber's recent app...

One thing that any fleet manager can agree on is that maximizing productivity is an important key to success in the transportation industry. When it comes to specifying a Class 8 vehicle, there are many things to keep in mind, such as driver comfort, fuel efficiency and especially maintaining or...

Transplace's 2019 Carrier Symposium in Dallas discussed the latest topics impacting the carrier industry, including both capacity excesses and shortages, ELDs, regulatory changes, and driver issues. Frank McGuigan, chief executive of Transplace, kicked off the symposium with a "State of the...

IMC Companies added its eighth regional trucking branch with the addition of a new drayage and intermodal provider in the Pacific Northwest, The third-party logistics and intermodal trucking provider said it launched Pacific Drayage Services (PDS) in August, 2019 to provide drayage and warehousing...

To appreciate the speed of Energy Transportation Group's growth, consider what the Canadian truckload carrier and brokerage expected from a slower 2019: a revenue increase of at least 50 percent. The Quebec-based company's gross revenues grew 1,666 percent from 2013 to 2018, earning it the...

The gig economy is under attack in California.  On Tuesday, California lawmakers passed the AB5 bill, which will require app-based companies like Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) and Lyft Inc (NASDAQ: LYFT) to provide employee benefits to their contact workers.  "Last year the Supreme Court...

Volocopter, the German air-taxi startup, has raised €50 million in its Series C funding round, with the financing led by Chinese auto major Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., the company that owns Volvo, Lotus, and other car manufacturers. With this round, Volocopter's total investment raise over...

California-based Lime has its sights on expansion in car-addicted Texas.  On August 22nd, the electric scooter (e-scooter) operation opened a 17,000 square foot regional repair center in North San Antonio, adding 50 mechanic and operations jobs. But this isn't the first Lime facility in San...

The five marine terminals that are members of the New York Terminal Conference — Red Hook Container Terminal, GCT Bayonne, GCT New York, Port Newark Container Terminal and APM Terminals — have published on their websites a revised conference schedule that will go into effect Oct. 1. The new...

Nightmarish urban gridlock is fueling a bumper crop of on-demand bus startups that seek to get drivers out of their single occupancy vehicles and into more efficient mass transit options. Airlift, based in Lahore, Pakistan, is the latest enterprise to attract interest from investors, who have sunk...

Parking and technology will both be featured on this weekend's edition of FreightWaves Radio on SiriusXM Road Dog Trucking.  Co-hosts John Kingston and Timothy Dooner will be joined by Sarah Hernandez, an assistant professor in the engineering school of the University of Arkansas who just...