The carrier handling Amazon’s same-day delivery services has been hit with a lawsuit by California truckers who claim the company has misclassified them as contractors — instead of company employees — thereby denying them wages and benefits owed under California law. Four truck operators filed the class action litigation earlier…
The Senate by voice vote Oct. 29 passed a bill that extends highway funding for just 22 days, until Nov. 20, moving the legislation from Congress to the White House for the president’s signature. This is the third short-term patch in the calendar year and the 35th in the last…
Jaimey Malone is happy to be working with his old boss again. Malone, formerly vice president of sales at USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren, is in his second month as vice president of development at Earl L. Henderson Trucking of Caseyville, Illinois. If that company sounds familiar, it might…
Anytime you can get funding from the likes of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, all in one bucket, it probably means you’re doing something interesting. Convoy, a six-month old startup founded by ex-Amazon executive Dan Lewis, just did that. It announced on…
Cargo thieves in the United States and Canada stole more than $22.5 million in cargo in the third quarter 2015, according to CargoNet’s preliminary quarterly report. That number is down from the $25 million recorded in the second quarter and the $45.8 million in cargo stolen during 2014’s third quarter.…
There is a shortage of truck drivers in the United States. Unsurprisingly, that’s leading to a bidding war for qualified truckers among the big companies. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the need for 48,000 truckers in an industry of 800,000. It’s not shocking that the country faces a…
HONG KONG — Asia’s air cargo markets weakened in the third quarter, hampered by slowing global trade and tough comparisons with last year, with the industry still holding thumbs for a pre-Christmas bump to push up full-year traffic figures. “The region’s carriers experienced a 1.1 percent year-over-year decline in air…
Landstar System defied a drop in fuel surcharge revenue and a softer flatbed market by increasing total revenue and profit and raising truck capacity to record levels in the third quarter. With a weak freight outlook, however, Landstar may throttle back capacity expansion in 2016. Steady dry-van demand, increased truck…
Amazon today provided new information about robots working inside of its facilities. The ecommerce company now has 30,000 Kiva robots working in its fulfillment centers, an executive said during Amazon’s quarterly call with investors today. That number is up from 15,000 at the end of 2014, said the executive, Phil…
Within the rail industry, anything which helps keep trains moving, avoiding operational delays and improves customer experience, is worth pursuing. Many Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are now investing significant resources into one of the most valuable and potentially rewarding currencies in business: big data. In rail, and specifically when it…
