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ODFL looks for added value in ELDs as final deadline looms

ODFL looks for added value in ELDs as final deadline looms

11 Dec 2019
The second-largest US LTL carrier has completed its AOBRD to ELD conversion, and now looks to expand the integration of its ELDs with other technologies, including geofencing.
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Trucks travel on a US highway.
US truck spot rates forecast to moderate post-Florence
01 Oct 2018
The economy and e-commerce will power fourth-quarter rate increases, not post-hurricane reconstruction, says DAT. Furthermore, while rate increases are likely to moderate in 2019, truck sector professionals underscore that a new baseline is in place.
Port of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Wilmington, NC, partially reopens, sets Monday normal service
21 Sep 2018
Flooding continued to disrupt traffic through the region, with severe problems east of Route 95. The area west of Route 95, however, had returned to relative normality Friday.
Wilmington, North Carolina.
US port, rail service normalizing post hurricane, but I-95 delays persist
18 Sep 2018
The biggest disruption is for truckers traveling Interstate 95 through the Carolinas. Flooding has shut down most of I-95 in North Carolina, except for a nine-mile stretch.
Hurricane Florence.
Hurricane Florence weakens, shifts path toward Carolina ports
13 Sep 2018
The hurricane headed for the Carolinas as of Thursday, with the ports of Savannah and Virginia having reduced exposure.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States.
Hurricane Florence promises US cargo delays, higher truck rates
10 Sep 2018
Whether shippers moving goods through the US Southeast and Mid-Atlantic see delays and elevated truck rates for days or for weeks largely hinges on exactly where Hurricane Florence makes landfall and with how big of a wallop.
Chassis field at the Port of Savannah.
US Southeast chassis pool gets regulatory approval
25 Jul 2018
Anyone who drives through the Wando Welch Terminal in Charleston or Garden City Terminal in Savannah would quickly see that the room is there for chassis, if they were available.
A chassis stored in the United States.
Georgia, South Carolina seek interoperable chassis pool deal
21 Jun 2018
Chassis restrictions have long been a concern of beneficial cargo owners and truckers ever since the ocean carriers exited the business.
Trucker RoadOne targets US Southeast with acquisition
01 Feb 2018
National drayage company adds third company in its drive to expand through organic growth and acquisitions.
Wilmington port, NC, gains Central America service
03 Nov 2017
North Carolina’ port hopes new Central American route will help make up volume loss after collapse of Hanjin Shipping.
NC’s Wilmington bets on new rail, ocean service to regain volume
20 Jul 2017
Port officials told JOC.com they aim to use the new CSX Transportation double-stack rail service to win importers and exporters using ports in other states.