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Trucking Outlook Uncertain; Spot Markets Negative

FTR Transportation Intelligence

“There is enough uncertainty swirling around the trucking markets right now to force a manager or business owner to keep the antacids handy," says Jonathan Starks, chief operating officer at FTR.

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for April was up month-over-month to a 6.2 reading, however, this number reflects soft market conditions, according to trucknews.com.

Risk/Compliance

Cargo Theft Now a Tougher Nut to Crack

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

It’s a crime that’s becoming more regionalized, as well as one using more sophisticated tactics to steal freight

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Lawmakers Maintain Provision For 34-Hour Driver Restart Period

Before approving the bill, lawmakers rejected, by a vote of 19-28, a bid by Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) to remove several policy riders he considers to be poison pills from the measure.

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Sanitary Cold Chain Offers FSMA Compliance Training For Carriers

More than 84,000 food shippers, carriers and receivers are impacted by this new law and most have less than one year for full compliance, according to Sanitary Cold Chain.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Driver Classification Disputes Hammer Port Trucking Companies

Port of Long Beach

The turmoil raises questions about the future of short-haul trucking at the nation’s ports.

The class-action lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, argues that drivers for XPO subsidiaries Pacer Cartage Inc., Harbor Rail Transport and PDS Transportation Inc. failed to pay minimum wage, provide meal breaks and rest breaks and reimburse business expenses, among other allegations.

California Trucking Firm Files For Bankruptcy; Owes $7 Million To Drivers’ Back Pay

Pacific 9 Transportation has become the latest trucking company to turn to bankruptcy proceedings after a wage-claim battle before the California Labor Commissioner.

Pacific 9 Transportation’s bankruptcy filing on Tuesday halts collection attempts from drivers who have fought for back pay, arguing the Carson, Calif., company improperly classified them as independent contractors instead of employees.

Spot Van Rate Slips 3 Cents In Last Week

DAT Freight & Analytics

However, demand was up in major markets, a signal that spot rates may soon rebound.

However, demand was up in major markets, a signal that spot rates may soon rebound.

Rail & Intermodal

Software Veteran Proposes Major Project To Fix Midwest Rail Logjam

Frank Patton’s proposed 280-mile line would reduce the about 30-hour train travel times through Chicago to eight or 10 hours, would take about five years to permit and build and cost $8 billion.

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Spot Truckload Volume Declines 1%

DAT Freight & Analytics

Flatbed load volume rose 9 percent and capacity increased 3 percent compared to the previous week, resulting in a 6 percent increase in the load-to-truck ratio to 23.5.

Flatbed load volume rose 9 percent and capacity increased 3 percent compared to the previous week, resulting in a 6 percent increase in the load-to-truck ratio to 23.5. The national average flatbed rate rose 1 cent to $1.92 per mile with strong demand in the Southeast.

Trucking Industry Loses Jobs For Second Straight Month As U.S. Employment Rises

The second consecutive month of job losses is a warning to carriers struggling to recruit truck drivers that wages may have to rise again, and a signal to shippers that the “abundant” truck capacity they’ve enjoyed since last summer may have its limits.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Arizona-Sonora Partnership Points To Stronger Southwest Cross-Border Trade

The U.S./Mexico border also offers opportunities, thanks to its natural strengths such as the industrial clusters already in place.

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Software Solutions

2016 Champions: Rock Stars of the Supply Chain

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