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5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (318+ words) Q: Is it legal to have stuff sticking 10 feet out of a pickup truck bed? How far out the back of a vehicle can something project? Before we get to the maximum length, if your load projects more than four feet…...

38+ min ago   (788+ words) Logistics Viewpoints is getting back to its roots. Going forward, we are putting more emphasis on logistics and less on trying to cover the entire supply chain. That may sound like a small distinction. It isn’t. Supply chain has become…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (189+ words) KOTA BHARU: Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat has urged the public to come forward with information if they encounter or know the whereabouts of nine undocumented migrants who escaped from the Tanah Merah Immigration Detention Depot yesterday. He…...

6+ hour, 52+ min ago   (334+ words) (NewsNation) — Each day, millions of 70-foot semitrucks traverse America's roads, delivering goods across the country. But when drivers need to sleep, finding a place to safely park their trucks is another story. According to the Department of Transportation, more than…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (877+ words) Road freight hauliers have lodged a formal complaint with the Competition Commission against eight major shipping lines, Durban Gateway Terminal (DGT) and Transnet over allegedly excessive storage charges, landside congestion and anti-competitive practices. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Maersk South Africa,…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (527+ words) Shipping a box from one city to another sounds simple. But the companies that make everything from medicine to phones have to move parts and products across borders, through customs, and into the hands of people who need them fast....

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (301+ words) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — DAT One load posts totaled 2.7 million for the week of Aug. 16-22, up 3% from the prior week. “Equipment posts totaled 175,327, down 3%,” DAT Freight & Analytics said. “National average linehaul rates eased for all three equipment types, with the van rate…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (340+ words) Retired Army Captain and Logistics Innovator Michael Curtis Broughton Releases THE VERONIC INDUSTRIAL STANDARD, a New Framework for Fleet and Network Optimization. New book argues that global freight must be reimagined as a connected, cyber-physical flow system, and introduces the…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (92+ words) Diesel prices are soaring, but spot rates continue to fall, creating a significant disconnect in the trucking market. This SONAR Market Update dives deep into the factors driving this divergence, from global conflicts impacting refinery output to shifts in intermodal…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (89+ words) The freight market has seen a brutal downturn, with an astounding 85% failure rate for new carriers in the past three years. Kirk Mann, EVP & GM of Transportation and Vendor Solutions at Mitsubishi HC Capital America, dives into why this cycle…...