Following on from a record 2017, the Freight team at Air Partner has enjoyed a busy and fruitful first half of the financial year, winning cargo mandates from a variety of new and existing customers. As was recently announced in Air Partner’s interim results, Freight gross profit was up 36.4% for the six months ended […]
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This 1911 Walker Electric Model 43, displayed in the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, was a milk delivery truck in downtown Chicago. The Walker brand, native to Chicago, was in production from 1906-1942, longer than any other electric truck in the U.S.WALCOTT, Iowa A few hundred miles away from North Dakota the story of this nations
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We’re already well into 2018, and a lot has happened in the logistics and transportation industry. The ELD mandate continues to be a controversial topic, we’re keeping an eye on the current capacity crisis, the industry is soaring to new technological heights with autonomous vehicles, and so much more. Whether you’re a carrier, trucker, or
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Evan Erlandson, the owner of E2 Trucking, underscored the impact cross-border trade has on his industry and individual business, which concentrates on hauling bulk freight between Manitoba and South Dakota. He said the primary reasons for choosing to run a north-south route into the U.S. was because of how well the roads are maintained south
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Terre Haute – One of the red flags that lead troopers to search a vehicle carrying millions of dollars worth of narcotics was that the electronic logging device that had been unplugged. In the past semi drivers have had paper log books that they would manually enter in how long and where they had been
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Outbound volumes from Los Angeles (OTVI.LAX) have climbed 12% in the past ten days, while Savannah’s volumes (OTVI.SAV) have skyrocketed an astonishing 127% since September 5.Spot rates out of Savannah have remained flat, as most of the moves leaving the port are regional and capacity stays in the market. Los Angeles has been a different
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A pedestrian was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Friday night in the parking lot of a Rockbridge County truck stop. Virginia State Police said they are investigating a possible hit-and-run at the TA Truck Center-Lee Hi Truck Stop on U.S. 11. At about 9:20 p.m., Keith Alan Kinder, 59, of Richlands, was walking around
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This simple technique was so ubiquitous, it is second nature to the people who have used over a long period of time, but it is a complete mystery to anyone who came into the industry after the advent of the curtain sider. I can remember struggling with getting my ropes off a load of potatoes and
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This year has seen its fair share of autonomous trucking news, but the space shows little sign of cooling off. Earlier this month, a new competitor entered the arena, led by a team of industry veterans and backed by a prominent software company. Ike, the latest company to emerge from stealth in the autonomous trucking
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USA Truck of Van Buren announced Thursday it has acquired privately held Davis Transfer Company and related entities of Carnesville, Ga. Founded by Harry Davis in 1959, the company has about $50 million in revenues and has been managed as a full-truckload carrier for the past 20 years by Gary, Bill and Todd Davis. Todd
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