Plus: LAPD busts a $3.9M cargo theft ring, Nuvocargo and UPS expand in North America, U.S. moves to ease rules for self-driving trucks, Funny Freight Friday, and more.
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The market’s brutal, sure, but for freight agents with the right tools, it’s prime hunting season. Here’s how they’re making it work.
California authorities closed a 100-mile stretch of I-80, linking Reno and Sacramento, due to "spin-outs, high winds, and low visibility." The closure, from the California-Nevada border west of Reno to near Emigrant Gap, California, lacks an estimated reopening time.
Good morning. We hope your weekend was peaceful and relaxing. Unfortunately, truckers on I-80 experienced quite the opposite. The Sierra Nevada was hit with a blizzard, leaving many truckers stranded in the snow. Check out our main story for more on that. In other news, produce season has unofficially begun, Andrew Silver joins his father, Jeff, at Mastery, and a truck driver from Sysco escaped a harrowing death.
🤔 Question of the Day: Which fruit (you might think it's a vegetable, but it's not) is harvested in Texas between March and April? Scroll to our What's Cookin' in Freight image to find out.
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Plus: LAPD busts a $3.9M cargo theft ring, Nuvocargo and UPS expand in North America, U.S. moves to ease rules for self-driving trucks, Funny Freight Friday, and more.
The fentanyl pipeline is the dark mirror of global logistics: lean, fast, and deadly. And while freight fights inefficiency, the cartels are mastering scale.
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Inside the world of onboard couriers (OBCs), who hand-deliver urgent packages across the globe in record time.
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