A new global study indicates that 75% companies worldwide suffered from sort of fraud incident in the past year, a rise of 14 percentage points in just three years, with the biggest fraud threat coming from within. According to the 2015 Kroll Global Fraud Report, of those companies where fraud…
Atlanta’s Tom Moreland Interchange took the number one spot on the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual list of top truck freight congestion locations, according to a Nov. 18 report issued by ATRI. Four of the top 10 bottlenecked locations were located in Houston, Texas: Interstate 610 at U.S. 290, Interstate…
Food shipments in Europe are starting to see some slowdowns on account increased inspections caused by the recent terror attacks in Paris, according to marketplace.org. European businesses that have been used to an open border policy are expecting the slowdowns to increase as new border control measures are put in…
It was supposed to be Congress’s response to a historic string of auto safety lapses that rocked the industry. Instead, lawmakers are finalizing a highway bill that would permit teenagers to drive commercial trucks and buses across state lines, let dealers sell used cars with outstanding safety recalls and ease rules…
A federal rule to require truck operators to use electronic logging devices to keep records of duty status has cleared the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, clearing the way for the rule to be published in the Federal Register. This is the final version of the rule, and…
One central bank has some frightening predictions when it comes to job stability in the future. 80 million jobs in the United States are at risk of being taken over by robots in the next few decades, a Bank of England (BoE) official warned on Thursday. With U.S. data showing…
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On November 7, American Trucking Associations announced the winners of the 2015 Excellence in Trucking Security Award and the 2015 Excellence in Trucking Claims and Loss Prevention Award. The awards are the only nationally-recognized awards of their kind in the trucking industry and were…
The Kroger Co. and Roundy’s, Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement under which Kroger will purchase all outstanding shares of Roundy’s for $3.60 per share in cash. The purchase price is estimated at around $800 million, according toSupermarket News. The transaction price represents a premium of approximately 65 percent to the Roundy’s closing…
DALLAS. An unprecedented capacity crisis, driven by the impacts of trucking regulations, will be followed by a revolution in transportation productivity, and the winners and losers in the supply chain will be sorted out based their preparations for the coming market upheaval, industry analysts explained at Connected 2015, the Truckstop.com…
Canadian Pacific Railway, the second-largest railroad in Canada, is exploring a takeover of U.S. carrier Norfolk Southern Corp. in a fresh attempt to consolidate the North American industry, according to people familiar with the matter. Canadian Pacific is raising financing and has held early-stage merger talks with Norfolk Southern, which…
