Truck drivers have distinct reasons for choosing between driving for a company or remaining independent, a new report by the American Transportation Research Institute shows.

Logistics provider GXO Logistics Inc. and Beachbody Co.’s MYXfitness announced Dec. 2 they are working to open an Atlanta-based distribution center to help meet growing e-commerce demand.

Dezjion Henson has wanted to be a truck driver his whole life. When he turned 18 last year, he jumped at the chance and signed on as an apprentice with Total Transportation of Mississippi in Richland.

Ocean freight rates on goods shipped to both U.S. coasts from Asia fell to the lowest levels since July, reflecting an easing of supply strains after the pre-holiday shipping frenzy that fanned inflation fears in the world’s largest economy.

France will exempt truck drivers from the latest requirement requiring a COVID-19 test to enter the country in order to avoid long lines of trucks like the ones seen late last year in Kent in the United Kingdom.

The record volume of cargo moving through the busiest U.S. port complex is likely to continue amid high consumer demand for goods, the head of the Port of Long Beach said.

Three core economic sectors of trucking are showing strength, but disruption from the omicron variant of the coronavirus hangs over the industry as it heads into 2022, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration extended regulatory waivers related to truckers’ allowable work time, citing public health concerns.

Shipping backups at the adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are having a significant impact on the Port of Oakland, nearly 400 miles up the California coast.

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is giving $1,000 to each of its roughly 80,000 employees as the world’s largest shipping company heads for record profits this year.