Mesilla Valley Transportation Archives

Embark Trucks hauling HP printers as it grows autonomous partner network

15 May 2021

HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) will begin shipping computer printers from Los Angeles to Phoenix on supervised autonomous semis from Embark Trucks. HP is the newest addition to a network of Embark is growing to better understand shipper needs.

In the beginning, HP will move just one truck a week, “with additional opportunities to expand as additional lanes and opportunities are identified,” Jessica Kipp, HP’s global head of logistics, told FreightWaves. “We look forward to working with our logistics...

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Embark Trucks recruits partners to build autonomous driving ecosystem

9 April 2021

Self-driving startup Embark Trucks envisions a central role in an autonomous ecosystem run by fleets and logistics operators who know trucking the way Embark knows software.

Even though it runs freight loads in autonomous-enabled trucks with a safety driver from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Embark wants to stick to developing autonomous technology and leave the ins and outs of trucking to those that know it best.

So, it is launching a Partner Development Program with Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN),...

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Mastering driver recruitment requires superior technology and a holistic approach

18 March 2021

Hiring and retaining drivers is an art more than a science, one that mystifies and drains the budgets of the best hiring departments ⁠— especially those at larger companies, where turnover rates are often higher than those of smaller companies. While recruiters and human resource specialists are trained to engage the digital market to find the best and cheapest candidates in the shortest amount of time, they face an incredibly competitive and fragmented process.

Frankly, most trucking companies...

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Accounting clerk pleads guilty to swiping $1.1M from carrier

19 February 2021

Former Mesilla Valley Transportation accounting employee pleads guilty to wire fraud

A former accounting employee of a New Mexico-based trucking company pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling more than $1.1 million from her employer.

Sandra Roberto, 42, of Las Cruces pleaded guilty last month to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false income tax return in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico.

Roberto was hired by Mesilla Valley Transportation (MVT) to work as a clerk in its fuel department in 2009. She was later reassigned to work in the trucking...

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Borderlands: Laredo airport expanding cargo facilities; Texas CBP seizes $821M in drugs in FY 2020

1 November 2020

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Laredo airport expanding cargo facilities; CBP seizes $821M in drugs; LubeZone acquires All Star Truck; Mesilla Valley Transportation signs Winmore.

Laredo airport aims to expand air cargo capacity

Laredo, Texas, is the No. 1 commercial land port in the United States, and authorities recently approved a project they hope could be the beginning of making the city’s...

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