The recent freight growth push that was on display in its previous edition appears to have remained intact in the most recent edition of the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) from freight transportation forecasting firm FTR. For August, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI is at…
Despite recent setbacks, Google seems to be charging ahead with Project Wing, its drone-based delivery service. A new video by Aaref Hilaly of Sequoia Capital shows one of the Google X initiative’s drones dropping off a package and flying off: Watching baby steps of drone delivery, courtesy of Google X…
The U.S. House’s Transportation Committee released Oct. 15 a six-year, $325 billion long-term highway funding bill that would if law remove carrier rankings in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program from public view and set up a pilot program for under-21 CDL holders, among other trucking industry reforms. The House bill…
The first two mines in the world to start moving all of their iron ore using fully remote-controlled trucks have just gone online in Western Australia’s Pilbara. Mining giant Rio Tinto is running pits at its Yandicoogina and Nammuldi mine sites, with workers controlling the driverless trucks largely from an…
Chattanooga-based Covenant Transport reported solid third quarter earnings Friday, with a total revenue of $173 million and net income of $7.6 million, or 42 cents per share, for July, August and September. A year ago, Covenant reported $177.6 million in total revenue and net income of $1.9 million, or 12…
Workhorse Group Inc. said it won Federal Aviation Administration approval to test its unmanned aircraft system called HorseFly, which is designed to fly to and from the company’s electric delivery vehicle. Workhorse CEO Steve Burns called the FAA authorization “a vital step forward in making our HorseFly drone a practical…
Uber took another step into logistics Wednesday, launching UberRush in San Francisco to deliver packages door to door. The move comes a month after the San Francisco debut of UberEats, which does curbside meal deliveries at lunchtime in a couple of neighborhoods. Rush is already available in New York and…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Maverick USA said Monday that Stephen Selig will retire as president and Chief Operating Officer effective December 31, 2015. He will be succeeded on January 1, 2016, by John Culp, who currently serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Selig has been the company’s president and…
BNSF Railway has its own idea of how to run a better railroad: just build a second track. The rail carrier, acquired by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway in 2009, is not far from completing a second parallel track running 2200 miles between Los Angeles and Chicago – a move that…
For the 20th consecutive year, Dr. John Langley of Penn State University has led the annual Third Party Logistics Study, released again this year at the CSCMP conference in San Diego last week. The data, based on survey responses from hundreds of shippers and 3PLs worldwide, doesn’t usually change all…
