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2024-03-14 13:30:59 -

Feds share plan to create national electric semi freight corridors by 2040
The White House recently released a plan to create national electric semi freight corridors by 2040. On March 12, 2024, the Biden Administration released its National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy, which is designed to ensure commercial vehicle drivers have access to electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen refueling along existing freight corridors. The strategy is...

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2024-01-23 19:31:04 -

New FMCSA rule cracking down on freight brokers who refuse to pay now in effect
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rule to increase financial responsibly requirements in order to crack down on unscrupulous freight brokers is now in effect. On November 16, 2023, the FMCSA published a “Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility” Final Rule intended to better protect truckers from brokers who fail to pay. “It is...

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2024-03-18 14:21:35 -

Self-driving truck platoons to haul freight between Ohio and Indiana later this year
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced plans to deploy self-driving truck platoons to haul customer freight between Ohio and Indiana later this year. On March 12, San Diego-headquartered defense and security technology company Kratos announced plans to deploy self-driving Class 8 tractor trailers in a Leader Follower Platoon to haul freight for customers...

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2024-03-15 20:52:43 -

Trucking in Alaska is “the best” in 25 years despite freight recession
Industry veterans say that trucking in Alaska is experiencing a boom despite a considerable freight recession affecting drivers in the rest of the United States. As mining and oil projects ramp up in the state, trucking companies operating in the area say that it’s a “boom time” for them, citing a strong need for truck drivers and freight hauling for...

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2021-07-22 22:35:32 -

Uber Freight announces blockbuster $2.25 billion acquisition and ‘a new era of logistics management’
On Thursday morning, Uber Freight announced plans to acquire one of the largest managed transportation and logistics networks in the world. Uber Freight will acquire Transplace from TPG Capital for approximately $2.25 billion, according to a July 22 announcement from the two companies. The company will pay out $750 million in common stock from Uber Technologies and the rest in cash. The...

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2022-10-15 20:53:42 -

VIDEO: Truck hauling an oversized load gets pummeled by 50 MPH freight train
A bystander captured video of the moment that a stuck truck was violently struck by an oncoming train in Texas. Here’s what happened according to the video description: “A train hit a truck that was stuck on the tracks in Fabens, Texas on October 9, 2022. The truck hauling an oversized load on a Lowboy trailer was stuck for 10 minutes before the train hit it at...

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2022-04-26 23:31:51 -

Work resumes on ‘I-80 Winter Freight’ project to add 200 truck parking spaces to Wyoming rest areas
This week, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will begin the last leg of construction on a continuing project to add more truck parking along I-80. Starting on Wednesday, April 27, WYDOT will resume work on the $20 million I-80 Winter Freight project between Rawlins and Laramie. Crews are working towards building almost 100 new semi truck parking spaces in both the Fort...

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2025-03-31 16:16:23 -

Fake Shipping Contractor Steals $350,000 Worth of Beef From Tennessee Meatpacking Plant
BEAN STATION, Tenn. — Authorities are investigating after a fake shipping contractor made off with $350,000 worth of beef from a meatpacking plant in Bean Station, according to a report from the Grainger County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called to Southeastern Provisions on Helton Road after two customers reported they never received their shipments of meat. The company’s...

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