Month: June 2026

United Parcel Service plans to switch from employee delivery drivers in the United Kingdom to using independent contractors that have their own vehicle fleets to deliver parcels, according to Unite, the country’s largest trade union, and a source close to the situation. The news comes as the powerful Teamsters union in the United States claims… Continue reading UPS explores outsourcing UK parcel delivery to third-party couriers

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: Echo bets on Mexico growth with domestic transportation offering; DP World in talks to develop container terminal at Port of Corpus Christi; and Chinese auto supplier invests $42M in Saltillo plant. Echo… Continue reading Borderlands Mexico: Echo bets on Mexico growth with domestic transportation offering 

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC selected Aeva to integrate 4D LiDAR sensors and perception software into its next-generation collision mitigation systems for Class 8 mass-production vehicles. The program builds on Bendix’s Fusion ADAS platform, which already operates across most major Class 8 OEMs. Roughly 300,000 new Class 8 trucks enter the North American market annually.… Continue reading Aeva 4D LiDAR selected for Bendix Class 8 safety systems

A nuclear verdict handed down by a California jury this week is not just another big payout to a plaintiff from a trucking company defendant, or in this case, multiple defendants. It also is a reminder to trucking companies that subcontract work to another firm or hire an independent owner operator that they can be… Continue reading One crash, 3 trucking firms found liable in California nuclear verdict

DHL has transitioned autonomous vehicles from its Fast Forward Challenge into daily operations at the Advanced Regional Center in Singapore. In partnership with Zelostech, the company now operates fully electric, driverless vehicles for point-to-point transfers between logistics facilities on campus. These shuttles handle repetitive hub-to-hub movements that require tight coordination, where delays from congestion or… Continue reading DHL transitions Zelostech autonomous vehicles to live Singapore hub ops