According to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic fatalities in 2019 declined in all categories, with 36,120 people dying on the roadways, down 1.2% from 2018. However, the agency reported that crashes involving at least one large truck increased 1%. However, the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), which collects this data, includes large pickups in this category, so it’s unclear at this point whether tractor-trailer related fatalities...
Every second counts in the freight industry, especially during a pandemic, said Bill Driegert, Uber Freight co-founder and head of operations.
Driegert said when freight volumes were spiking in late March because consumers were hoarding supermarket staples, Uber Freight was able to help a shipper set up an application programming interface (API).
“As the market was surging, we had one enterprise shipper who reached out to get an API set up; we were able to get the shipper set up in four hours,...
The coronavirus pandemic’s global spread earlier this year put the brakes on many U.S. industrial project cargoes, but truckloads of behemoth wind turbine components continue to roll across the nation’s highways.
“Our wind turbine component load count for this year is up 36%,” said Gene Lemke, vice president of projects for St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Anderson Trucking Service (ATS), in a telephone interview with American Shipper. “It’s been a huge bright spot during these difficult times.”
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An app that connects hungry truck drivers to restaurants looking for business launched this week, adding to the plethora of efforts aimed at helping drivers find something to eat while on the road during the coronavirus pandemic.
“It addresses problems truckers are having trying to find food,” said Richard Hankins, CEO of My Truckin’ Tech, a Dallas-based firm that provides back office solutions for drivers and carriers.
Among the roadblocks truckers face are restaurant closures and the inability...
What makes a driver feel appreciated?
Clean bathrooms, water, snacks, short wait times and simple courtesy are what many drivers responded to on the survey by FreightWaves for its Driver Appreciation Award.
Winners were named Wednesday for the Driver Appreciation Award during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. The winners of the driver appreciation survey highlights leaders in the supply chain who value and respect truckers.
In alphabetical order, the companies that went above and beyond to make drivers...
Winners in the Facilities category of this year’s Shipper of Choice Awards, sponsored by Transflo, were announced Wednesday morning during the FreightWaves LIVE @HOME virtual conference.
Of the nearly 400 shippers nominated, those that focused on providing driver amenities, including clean restrooms as well as break rooms with food and drink options rose to the top in the Facilities category. The category also recognized shippers with efficient (75% or greater) drop-and-hook trailer programs...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driver-amenities-pay-off-for-shipper-of-choice-facilities-winners
As demand for goods from its own warehouses as well as third-party suppliers skyrocket, Amazon is expanding its brokerage division, first launched just a year ago.
According to a report from Business Insider, the ecommerce giant is now offering brokerage services in 48 states. Amazon’s shipper-focused website, freight.amazon.com, now says service areas include “all U.S. states except Alaska and Hawaii.”
The service matches shippers with freight capacity. A request for comment from Amazon had not...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazons-brokerage-operation-goes-national
Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) hopes to borrow money to scale production of its composite-body electric trucks even as growing interest in its patented truck-based Horsefly drone could accelerate its business plan.
The Cincinnati-based last-mile delivery company said Wednesday it conducted 54 Horsefly test missions with United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology in late April.
“Interest has ballooned due to the COVID-19 virus, the individual state...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/workhorse-looks-to-scale-electric-truck-production-with-video
In a decision regarding payments between an independent owner-operator and the trucking company that hired their services, the words of a federal appellate court judge may be sound advice for all drivers: “Trust, but verify.”
Judge Joel Flaum noted the phrase — which he said is of Russian origin but popularized by President Ronald Reagan, who put Flaum on the bench — in denying driver Michael Stampley’s lawsuit alleging Altom Transport underpaid him. Altom’s website describes it as a hauler of...
Increased hours of operation and open communication with carriers are hallmarks of top shippers. The companies that named as winners of FreightWaves’ Shipper of Choice Availability Award winners are among the best in the nation in meeting these criteria.
The Shipper of Choice Awards are sponsored by Transflo. Winners were announced this morning during the FreightWaves LIVE@Home virtual conference.
The winners of the Availability Award are (in alphabetical order):