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DEA makes record $45M meth bust in Dallas area

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Dallas field office recently announced the biggest seizure of methamphetamine in the branch’s history.

The meth — 1,930 pounds valued at $45 million — was found during a traffic stop involving a refrigerated tractor-trailer off Interstate 35 in Denton County, Texas, the DEA said Wednesday.

The 663 packages of drugs had been stashed in a secret compartment underneath the truck. Officials said the truck was empty.

The Drug Enforcement Administration found...

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Walmart to build $800M distribution center near Dallas

Walmart is building an $800 million e-commerce site in Lancaster, Texas, aimed at supporting booming online shopping growth in the area, according to a report Wednesday by The Dallas Morning News.

The project will include two e-commerce facilities totaling 1.9 million square feet, including a 1.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center and a 700,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Lancaster, a suburb of Dallas.

Walmart has not officially announced the project. The company is named in city of...

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Stevens Transport raises driver pay

Stevens Transport announced an enhanced pay package Monday to “reward drivers for their hard work and dedication,” said President Clay Aaron.

“During the past year, our drivers have shown incredible commitment and fortitude. To show our gratitude and appreciation, we will be raising the pay for our drivers by as much as 14% in our over-the-road (OTR), dedicated, regional and team divisions,” Aaron said in a release. 

The pay raise for company drivers took effect Monday. Starting pay under the new...

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The Daily Dash: Truckload sector shines bright; Amazon drones ready to fly

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, at least one analyst believes the truckload sector is ready to run in the second half of 2020. Plus, Amazon gets approval for drone delivery, Dallas is the new center of the autonomous world, and what to know to get through a visit from an insurance underwriter.

Truckload earnings shine bright

At least one analyst believes in the truckload market. An analyst with UBS (NYSE: UBS) has raised his...

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Waymo picks Dallas for driverless trucking hub

Waymo recently bolstered its self-driving truck program by expanding into Texas with a new hub in Dallas.

Waymo joins a growing number of driverless tech firms locating facilities or freight operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including Aurora, Nuro, Kodiak Robotics and TuSimple.

“Operating in a major freight hub environment like Dallas, we can test our Waymo Driver on highly dense highways and shipper lanes, further understand how other truck and passenger car drivers behave on these...

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United Airlines to cut 4,700 employees in Houston, Dallas

United Airlines said Friday that it will lay off more than 4,700 workers in Houston and Dallas beginning Oct. 1, according to its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice filed in Texas.

The layoffs come as United said on Wednesday it could cut as many as 36,000 employees nationwide — nearly 40% of its workforce — due to the pandemic, which has crippled air travel globally.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has caused so much change in our personal and professional lives and will...

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Zooming in on tightening Dallas, Kansas City markets

Front view of sea green truck driving on empty city street

July Fourth typically brings expectations of seasonal tightening, so drivers can get in hours before the shorter workweek. The disruptive year of 2020 is no different. 

“Our data shows that Powerfleet’s over-the-road customers have not only rebounded, but have surpassed the pre-March 13th levels by nearly 7%, and only time will tell, with respect to the holidays, if the trend continues,” said Daniel Romary, vice president of data analytics and business intelligence at Powerfleet. “We are seeing...

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Borderlands: Cross-border trade key to growth; US-Mexico border truck crossings down 8% through April

Restarting supply chains critical for economic growth, analysts say

Cross-border trade will be critical for economies to succeed, but whether the coronavirus reverses globalization and creates more regional supply chains is hard to predict, according to experts.

“I think we are headed for more regionalism,” according to Pia Orrenius, vice president and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. 

Orrenius was part of a webinar on Wednesday, “The Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic on...

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