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Trucking industry experts are expecting a modest peak shipping season due to freight demand and inventory trends as consumer preferences have shifted back to services from goods.

North American Class 8 orders ended a three-month streak of positive year-over-year growth by falling 12% in August, according to ACT Research.

Organizations representing heavy trucks were generally supportive of a joint proposed rule to require automatic emergency braking technologies on heavy trucks — with caveats.

Used Class 8 sales in July decreased 9.3% year-over-year to 19,500 units from 21,500, ACT Research reported.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. is partnering with Tesla Inc. to install 20,000 universal electrical vehicle chargers at 2,000 of its hotels in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Flexport CEO Dave Clark is abruptly leaving the startup after a year, making way for the return of founder Ryan Petersen and highlighting pressure on startups in the logistics industry.

The founders of the former self-driving unit of Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG are launching a new autonomous trucking startup, Stack AV,  with backing said to be more than $1 billion.

Florida state legislators have given Jacksonville Port Authority officials a $30 million check to purchase two new ship-to-shore container cranes for the Blount Island Marine Terminal.

TFI International Inc. acquired tank transport specialist Vedder Transportation Group, the company said, in what was its ninth acquisition so far in 2023.

The head of the United Auto Workers warned Sept. 6 that the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week.