Atlanta-based JAS Worldwide, a global freight forwarder, confirmed Tuesday that it was targeted by a ransomware attack after experiencing technical disruptions, which affected its ability to operate and service its customers.
“Upon identification of this issue, we immediately secured our systems and commenced an investigation with assistance from external cybersecurity experts,” JAS Worldwide said in its initial post about the service interruption on its website on Tuesday. “Based on our...
A former trucking company owner from Acworth, Georgia, reported to prison Thursday, a day after a federal judge denied a motion to postpone his surrender following his sentencing in a Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme.
Roderick Billingslea, 30, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Aug. 13, nearly four months after pleading guilty in April to one count of wire fraud and one count of falsifying records related to a...
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On episode 751 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about the Canadian government’s order for striking union workers to get back on the job. That trains may be back on track but Paul Boucher, president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says that the decision is, “disastrous for labor.”
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Brent Dorfman, CEO of CDL driver recruiting and compliance platform DriverReach, joined Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, to highlight how the company is helping the industry move forward with a more modern solution to streamline recruiting, qualifying and hiring drivers.
Dorfman started his career as a merger and acquisition attorney at a major law firm. After a few years, he found his niche in the supply chain then worked for several 3PLs and carriers. “It’s an amazing industry and one...
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Tim Morris of Island, Kentucky, says he and approximately 30 regional drivers for Perdue Transportation Inc., headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, were blindsided Monday when they were called in to a meeting and company officials told them without warning to clean out their trucks and hand in their fuel cards and badges.
Morris said he and other PTI private fleet over-the-road drivers who were let go hauled refrigerated loads of mainly chicken and turkey products for Perdue Farms’ facilities...
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