Starting today, a limited set of Uber users can order convenience store goods — such as “allergy medicine, diapers, toothpaste and over 100 other items” — via Uber’s app. Read more here.
This story appears in the Aug. 18 print edition of Transport Topics. U.S. retail sales of heavy-duty trucks jumped 22.5% in July to 18,793 units from a year ago, marking the first back-to-back monthly percentage gains above 20% in more than two years, WardsAuto.com reported. The total was second-highest this…
There was once a day when shipping containers were used exclusively to, well, ship stuff. Like TVs and Teddy Ruxpin. Somewhere along the way, though, the hep kids stopped talking to Teddy, became designers, and “re-imagined” said containers into everything from chic hotels and fancy restaurants, to food trucks and office…
Amazon is going on the offensive as it seeks federal approval to test its planned Prime Air drone delivery system. Click here to read more…
European transport and warehouse operator Norbert Dentressangle said it struck a $750 million cash deal to acquire Jacobson Cos., a Des Moines, Iowa-based logistics services provider. The purchase by the Lyon, France-based firm is the latest in a series of high-profile acquisitions involving trucking and logistics firms. It could, according…
JOPLIN, Mo. — Con-way Truckload Tuesday rolled out an enhanced driver compensation package that raises per-mile pay, increases layover pay and adds a new incentive which will reward drivers for both loyalty and helping achieve productivity goals. The new pay package goes into effect Sept. 7. When combined with Con-way…
Norfolk Southern’s (NYSE:NSC) second quarter 2014 earnings received a significant boost from growth in intermodal volume. Intermodal revenue increased 10.5% year-on-year, to reach $650 million, on the back of 10.8% growth in volume.The increase in international intermodal volume was primarily the result of heavy traffic at U.S. ports due to the…
When Steve Williams held grand opening ceremonies for Maverick Transportation LLC’s driver training center in late July in North Little Rock, the event came on the heels of his company announcing two pay raises for its drivers. Williams said the pay raises, one an across-the-board 2 cents-a-mile raise and the…
If all of a city’s traffic lights could speak to one another, commute times would decrease by 22%.There should be a German word for that feeling when you desperately need to be somewhere on time, and the traffic lights seem like they’re conspiring against you. When the greens feel especially…
J.B. Hunt struck gold in the early 1990s as one of the first motor carriers with an intermodal rail service network. It now boasts the largest fleet of 53-foot containers in North America and one of the largest private drayage fleets across a nationwide network of rail partners. CCJ has…
