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Rhode Island to Repave Pothole-Ridden I-295
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has kicked off repaving the state’s Interstate 295 corridor, a key north-south freight route last paved 18 years ago and known as a poster child for potholes.“Infrastructure has always been a…
MyCarrier rides growing LTL needs to new funding round
MyCarrier has created automation partnerships with 15 less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers and will handle more than $1 billion in shipper freight spend, factors that induced venture firms to invest $22 million in the company.…
HDT Opens Safety & Compliance Award Nominations – Safety & Compliance
HDT's 2022 Safety & Compliance Award, sponsored by J.J.Keller, is open to individuals in leadership positions in safety, risk management, human resources and similar areas at trucking fleets. Graphic:…
Goodyear Adds Armor Max Extreme Service Drive Tire
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced a new addition to its Armor Max lineup, the Goodyear Armor Max Extreme Service Drive tire.The Akron, Ohio-based company noted it was its best commercial mixed service drive tire…
Two TQL load nightmares
We were just about to pick up a load in Arizona. Minutes before our pick up the broker called to say the plant shut down due to a safety protocol and our load has been canceled. He said he’d pay TONU. That was the last I…
Chaotic ocean freight market leads to fresh equity investment in Xeneta
Demand for rate benchmarking tools grew during the pandemic’s wild pricing swings in ocean shipping, which has helped fuel a new $80 million investment in Oslo-based software provider Xeneta. Source link
Carolina Handling goes for world record with The Patriotic Pallet Project
Carolina Handling will attempt to create the world’s largest pallet painting when it hosts The Patriotic Pallet Project on Monday, October 10, at Greenville Downtown Airport in Greenville, South Carolina. Presented in…
Truckstop message secures Guinness World Record
Trucks have played a role in an array of Guinness World Records. Zhang Hua recorded the tightest example of parallel parking for a tractor, leaving just 90 cm around the unit when he completed the task in Yuncheng, Shanxi,…
FHWA Nominee Shailen Bhatt to Appear at Senate EPW Hearing
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s team probably is about to get bigger.This week, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the agency on federal highway policy is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Senate panel.Shailen…
U.S. Xpress Steps Back From High-Tech Variant Fleet to Focus on ‘Blocking and Tackling’ – Fleet Management
Variant’s fleet orchestration platform, Vector, used interconnected algorithms and services to automatically reorchestrate the Variant fleet and adapt dynamically to ever-changing events on the road.Photo:…
