Amazon is expanding its operation so that it doesn’t just send items across the world — it ships them, too. The retailer’s Chinese wing has this week been awarded a license by the Federal Maritime Commission to operate as an ocean freight forwarder in the United States, marking the first step…
Ron Hazel is traffic manager for GEA, Inc., a manufacturer of milking products and other freight, typically moved in dry vans, that wrote in following release of this month’s cover story on building relationships with shippers for long-term success. Hazel’s query was directly related to how exactly to find owner-operators…
The American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council 2016 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition will celebrate the 60th anniversary of TMC, along with highlighting trends in trucking maintenance and productivity. The conference will take place Feb. 29-March 3 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn. The annual TMC conference…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has returned an altered CSA Safety Measurement System to public view. The recent changes follow the system’s wholesale removal from publication following passage of the FAST Act highway bill in early December. The FAST Act also requires a substantive review and reworking of the program before SMS scores for…
USA Truck in Van Buren announced the appointment of a new company president and chief executive officer Wednesday. John “Randy” R. Rogers, a 53-year-old former executive for DHL Supply Chain and CSX Transportation’s Mexican subsidiary, will start his new job today. He succeeds Thomas Glaser, a board member who stepped…
CSX Corp. named Dean Piacente as vice president of intermodal to replace William Clement, who has left the railroad, and also announced other management changes. Piacente moved to the intermodal business, which accounts for about 40% of the railroad’s shipments, from the chemicals group, where he also was vice president.…
Within weeks, Amazon.com Inc. is expected to be in direct competition with longtime partner United Parcel Service Inc. – but not in the U.S. At least, not yet. As speculation swirls about Seattle-based Amazon’s intentions to build out a network that would make it a competitor to Atlanta-based UPS, the…
Someone just asked me what I look for when interviewing young people. I answered, “I look for the same things I look for in older people. There are patterns of success evident very early on, and if a young person already possess them, he or she will be successful when…
A year ago, shippers were tightening their belts, preparing for a potential truck capacity crunch and another round of rate increases as they struggled to expedite containerized freight around congested West Coast ports. Trucking companies were ordering scads of new, fuel-efficient Class 8 tractors and raising truck driver pay by…
Despite some design challenges along the way, Toyota Transport, the automaker’s in-house vehicle transportation trucking company, now has its first car hauler that runs on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The truck, based in Long Beach, Calif., emits 85 percent less overall particulate matter and 10 percent less carbon dioxide than…
