Standard Forwarding Freight, the less-than-truckload carrier previously known as Standard Forwarding, is ceasing operations less than a year after DHL Freight sold it. Some of the company’s drivers said they were notified on Sunday that the carrier would close on Wednesday. A recorded message on the company’s main phone line says it is “no longer… Continue reading Standard Forwarding Freight ceasing operations
Month: December 2025
17 years later, Teamsters locals will get payments into benefit trust
(Editor’s note: Post-initial publication, FreightWaves was contacted by a beneficiary of the fund about the nature of the Oregon Warehouseman Trust, noting that it was used for the payment of health benefits rather than pensions. There is no firm reference in any of the legal documents connected to the litigation that clearly delineates the fund… Continue reading 17 years later, Teamsters locals will get payments into benefit trust
Borderlands Mexico: TCS is betting on Monterrey as cross-border trade gets more complicated
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: TCS is betting on Monterrey as cross-border trade gets more complicated; Union Pacific plans 2,000-acre Mainline Texas Industrial Park near Houston; and Former Waco bottling plant to be redeveloped into I-35 distribution… Continue reading Borderlands Mexico: TCS is betting on Monterrey as cross-border trade gets more complicated
Motive files for IPO, signaling next phase of fleet-tech arms race
Fleet telematics provider Motive has filed paperwork to go public, a move that could intensify competition in the commercial trucking technology market amid a prolonged freight downturn. San Francisco-based Motive disclosed Tuesday that it filed a registration statement for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MTVE, according… Continue reading Motive files for IPO, signaling next phase of fleet-tech arms race
17 years later, Teamsters locals will get pension payments
In September 2008, workers at West Coast LTL carrier Oak Harbor Freight Lines represented by the Teamsters went on strike. The strike dragged on until the following February, when the workers returned without having secured contract terms they sought. Last week, more than 17 years after the workers first walked the picket line, a group… Continue reading 17 years later, Teamsters locals will get pension payments