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DOT suspends hours-of-service for truckers hauling emergency relief, including food for grocery re-stocking
ANNOUNCEMENT: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a national emergency declaration to...
Allen Lund Company acquires Des Moines Truck Broker’s Inc.
PRESS RELEASE: The Allen Lund Company BB #:107465, a transportation and logistics provider, announced today it has completed its acquisition...
Oregon agriculture suffers rising costs
Although the Oregon produce industry as a whole faces everyday hurdles, perhaps the greatest concern is the annual cost of...
Arrive Logistics Debuts Arrive Fresh for perishables
PRESS RELEASE: AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 12, 2020 – Arrive Logistics BB #:298468 announced today a new division, Arrive Fresh™, focused...
Explaining the CHR billion dollar lawsuit
C.H. Robinson, BB #:100586 Eden Prairie, MN, has been sued for more than $1 billion by some of its growers...
UPDATED: C.H.Robinson faces billion dollar fraud lawsuit
A group of farmers have filed a $1.1 billion class-action lawsuit against C.H. Robinson, BB #:100586 Eden Prairie, MN, claiming...
(CORRECTED) Fyffes ships all its melons with recycled pallets
Editor’s note: A previous version of this news release had inaccurate information, which has been updated. CORAL GABLES, FL, Jan....
Freight bill responsibility after a rejection
The Problem Who pays for the freight bill following a rejection to an FOB seller? The Key Point The party...
FAQ: Interpreting Transit Temp Part 2
Transit temperatures are at the heart of countless trading and transportation disputes involving fresh produce. Vendors and carriers alike find...
FAQ: Interpreting Transit Temps
Transit temperatures are at the heart of countless trading and transportation disputes involving fresh produce. Vendors and carriers alike find...
Traffic can’t stop New York produce firms
When you think of New York area transport, the first word that’s likely to come to mind is congestion. If...
Warm weather and transit temps
The Problem Warm weather blamed for high temperatures in transit. The Key Point Carriers are expected to maintain transit temperatures...
Freightquote by C.H. Robinson offers self-service technology
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN (Nov. 13, 2019) — As part of its continued commitment to creating market-leading solutions focused on meeting...
Midwest trucking: Past the ELD hump
In 2018, the trucking industry faced a major disruption from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s mandate to install electronic logging...
Black Gold Farms finds an opportunity to increase shipping reliability with the launch of new company, Horizon Logistics LLC.
PRESS RELEASE: Grand Forks, ND; October 10, 2019 – Horizon Logistics is a new company formed by the Halverson Family...
Driver shortage optimism
Not everyone is so pessimistic about the lack of commercial truck drivers. Jeff Moore, vice president of sales for Tom...
Driver shortage solutions
There are no easy solutions, notes Ed Treacy, vice president of supply chain and sustainability for the Produce Marketing Association...
Driver shortage bad and getting worse
We’re a long way from Smokey and the Bandit—42 years to be exact. The American Trucking Associations estimates a shortage...
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