TORONTO – The trials and tribulations that both drivers and fleet face, how to prepare for truck safety crackdowns and videos about trucking are just a few of the most popular stories with readers of the Today’s Trucking website for 2015. Yes, it’s that time of year when we’ve warmed…
Ryan Petersen, as CEO of the freight forwarder Flexport, sees a constant flow of shipping prices every day. But two weeks ago, he heard a number that stopped him short: $150. That’s a spot rate offered by an unnamed Chinese carrier to ship 20-foot containers from Shenzhen to Rotterdam. That…
Apple’s newly appointed chief operating officer has been a major force behind some of the company’s biggest initiatives. Jeff Williams has for years overseen Apple’s sprawling, complex global supply chain, assuming that role after Tim Cook was named the company’s chief executive. His responsibilities have expanded over time to include work…
SAN ANTONIO. W. M. “Rusty” Rush – chairman, CEO and president of Rush Enterprises – believes U.S. Class 8 sales are slowing and will continue to slow into 2016 as the freight markets keep softening. Yet he retains “all the confidence in the world” that trucking is not falling off…
David Congdon, chief executive of Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., has been selected by Fortune magazine as one of the world’s top 50 business people for 2015. Congdon was ranked 23rd on a list that includes the top executives at Apple, Facebook, Nike, Disney and Starbucks, as well as several…
SEATTLE, WA – The transportation technology company Zonar has hired Ian McKerlich as its chief strategy officer, responsible for developing corporate strategy and product delivery. According to the company, he has deep expertise in the analytics and mobile industries and over 20 years experience in leadership roles across a range…
Almost all of the goods we buy spend time in a truck before they get to us. And because store shelves are full and sales are strong, you might assume that the trucking industry is doing great. But trucking companies say they are critically short of drivers — and many…
I woke up driving an eighteen-wheeler 60 miles per hour through a field east of Amarillo, Texas. My partner was screaming as he bounced around in the back; he had just woken up, too. Everything in the truck rattled and shook. Baggage rained down on me from the upper bunk.…
United Parcel Service is straining to handle a surge in online sales that has resulted in more holiday volume than it had expected, causing a wave of disruptions that could spell trouble for the holiday season. On-time delivery rates for UPS ground packages based on their normal shipping transit times…
When Royal Jones started out driving a truck as an owner-operator in 1981, he averaged 5.5 miles per gallon. The next year, he bought a second truck and hired two drivers who together averaged 4 mpg, but he quickly realized his business was losing money every month. It was sink-or-swim…
