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It’s been three weeks since the closure of the nation’s third-largest less-than-truckload carrier, Yellow, and the impact is still being felt across the industry.
Kent Williams, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Averitt Express, a Tennessee-based transportation provider, estimates that Averitt alone has seen an additional 2,000 daily shipments since Yellow ceased operations.
When major carriers shutter, additional volume enters the market while capacity leaves it. For carriers...
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Canada remains top US trading partner; Mexico No. 2
Canada ranked as the United States’ top trading partner for the fifth consecutive month in June and stands No. 1 overall year to date, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Mexico was No. 2, as its total trade with the U.S. increased 19% year over year (y/y) to $67.9 billion in June, compared to the same period in 2021. China rated third with $60.3 billion.
Canada’s total trade with the U.S. rose 24% y/y to $73.3 billion...
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The divergence in sentence lengths for those who have pleaded guilty in the Louisiana staged accident scheme continues to grow.
In the latest sentencing Thursday, both for individuals who were not masterminds of the plots but were passengers in cars that collided with commercial vehicles, one defendant received 17 months in jail. The second received three years of probation.
With more than 10 people now sentenced for their involvement, sentences have ranged from probation to six months of home...
Three more defendants in the Louisiana staged accident scheme received significantly different sentences in the latest adjudication of earlier guilty pleas in announcements made Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s office.
One defendant, Chandrika Brown, received a 3-year probation for her role in the New Orleans-area staged accident in 2015 that struck a school bus — the only one of the documented fake incidents involving something other than a truck.
Another defendant, Keishira Robinson, received...
It has been an active few weeks for prosecution linked to the Louisiana staged accident scam, with a participant sentenced to jail and another pleading guilty just after another pair of guilty pleas.
In the sentencing announced Wednesday, Dewayne Coleman, 22, of Marrero, Louisiana, received 12 months in jail handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Vance. He also received three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay approximately $120,000 in restitution.
The charge against...
The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Russia-based Aviacon brings animals of U.S. troops and contractors from Kabul to Canada; Averitt Express raises over $1 million for St. Jude; and FedEx launches its HBCU student ambassador program.
Aviacon Zitotrans transports pets from Kabul to CanadaRussia-based air transportation provider Aviacon Zitotrans announced this week that it had completed a safe withdrawal of more than 300...
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico to require more documentation for shipments traversing the country; dexFreight selected by Hutchison Ports Mexico as software provider; Averitt Express expands Texas operations with new facility; and CBP agents intercept first-in-the-nation insect in Costa Rican shipment.
Mexico to require more documentation for shipments traversing the country
Mexico’s new...
Five or 10 years ago, a truckload carrier would have looked askance at acquiring an LTL carrier. Truckload carriers were comfortable shipping directly from the shipper to the consignee at a minimal fixed cost, a model that runs counter to the multistop terminal networks of LTL carriers. The truckload-LTL relationship was mostly confined to truckload carriers handling shipments of overflow LTL freight weighing more than 8,000 pounds if LTL capacity was too tight to meet the demand.
However,...