Nov 10, 2017 | Economy, freight supply chain management, Logistics, Shipping, Trucking, trucking company services, trucking services for hire
By Steve Rosenbush, Wall Street Journal- Good morning. There is perhaps no clearer example of how technology is remaking a traditional industry than the ways in which autonomous vehicles are poised to change transportation. While much of the early attention has...
Nov 10, 2017 | Logistics, Shipping, Supply-Chain, Trucking
By Tim Higgins & Jack Nicas, Wall Street Journal- Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s heated rivalry with Uber Technologies Inc. over self-driving cars has spilled into the courthouse, after the internet giant sued the ride-hailing company for allegedly stealing trade...
Nov 10, 2017 | Shipping, supply chain service company, supply chain services, Supply-Chain, Trucking, trucking company services, trucking services for hire
By Erica Phillips and Paul Page – Wall Street Journal – Big trucking companies have spent the second half of the year shrinking their fleets in hopes of changing an imbalance between the supply of rigs on the road and tepid shipping demand that has...
Nov 10, 2017 | Logistics, logistics trucking services, Shipping, Trucking
By Ari Ashe – Transport Topics – Trucking companies are grappling with the financial fallout from the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co., unsure about whether they can collect on unpaid bills. Hanjin’s bankruptcy protections from its South Korean...
Nov 10, 2017 | Shipping, supply chain services, Supply-Chain, Trucking
By Costas Paris and Erica Phillips – Wall Street Journal – South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co., one of the world’s largest shipping lines, stopped taking new cargo and U.S. ports began turning away its ships after it filed for bankruptcy protection on...
Nov 10, 2017 | Economy, Government Actions, Supply-Chain, Trucking
By Amy Harder and Imani Moise – Wall Street Journal- WASHINGTON—Major truck manufacturers and operators of large commercial fleets cautiously embraced federal standards released Tuesday requiring cuts in fuel usage of big trucks, one of the last in a long line...