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Good day, The latest request for an exemption from the Hours of Service rules comes from trash-hauling giant Waste Management inc. (NYSE: WM). The irony is that Waste Management is asking that its drivers be allowed to work up to 14 hours, the limit now on most carriers under HOS. But Waste...

Newly released data from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division marks dramatic growth in the state’s volume of flower sold, from 25.2 thousand pounds in Q1-2014 to 100.4 thousand pounds in Q4-2017. Across the four-year period, the state sold more than 1.1 million pounds of flower,...

Despite some recent angst about whether there will be a sufficient supply of cannabis to meet the needs of registered medical patients as Canada rolls out its nationwide adult-use program, there is reason for keeping confident about the future of its medical cannabis market. As detailed in New...

With all the environmental concerns of rearing livestock for food and the growing activism around the morality of consuming meat, we would have almost thought that the urge of eating meat would have declined in the U.S. - which ironically, could not be further away from the truth. Meat consumption...

Good morning, In Tokyo, the European Union has just signed its largest trade deal ever, a pact with Japan that will slash customs duties on products like European wine and cheese, while gradually reducing tariffs on cars. The agreement will cover around 25 percent of the global economy, and,...

FreightWaves staff writer Ashley Coker was in San Francisco last week at the Automated Vehicle Symposium and covered presentations by Lyft, Peloton, and Embark. Coker wrote that safety was a dominant theme of the conference as industry participants reacted to recent headlines about Tesla Inc. (...

Oil prices crashed yesterday by 6 percent in the wake of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) announcing that it would resume oil shipments and restore hundreds of thousands of barrels per day. The current figures indicate that 700,000 bpd would be restored after the unexpected outage over...

Blockchain technology is by nature disruptive — the decentralization that it offers contrasts sharply with the centralized business models of many of the businesses in existence. Blockchain technology is already disrupting finances with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ripple. Business...

President Trump is pushing his trade conflict with China toward a point where neither side can back down, according to Bloomberg. By Aug. 30, as the U.S. nears mid-term elections vital for Trump's legislative agenda, the White House will be ready to impose 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion of...

Following flat volumes in April, the 3 percent month-over-month decline in May was not unexpected, as historical data indicates that used truck sales volumes usually dip in late spring. Longer-term comparisons, however, show used truck sales volumes up 12 percent year-to-date compared to the same...

In many ways, the "Dieselgate" scandal of 2015 had come to redefine the credibility of the auto industry of Germany, as auto major Volkswagen admitted to using an illegal software patch to help its diesel engines to cheat emissions tests. The industry has been toeing the line of fire ever...

Coming into mid-July, what is the status of the landmark Dynamex decision handed down by the California Supreme Court over two months ago? The court's opinion in Dynamex v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County has a lot of trucking companies in panic mode, scrambling to figure out how the...

Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) are still relatively new forms of payment in the United States, so you probably haven’t read too many statistics about just how much they’re impacting the global economy — but you’re about to. In many countries, APMs have become the online...

The rise of autonomous and smart connected vehicles on our highways has put a spotlight on the instances of auto cybercrime, and the relevance of suitable regulations in the industry. FreightWaves recently discussed the impact of these regulations on civil liability in detail, and as a continuation...

After setting one record high after another in the early weeks of 2018, the weekly DAT Dry Van and Reefer Barometers first pulled back slightly (as small trucking companies began to learn how to use ELDs), before stabilizing in a strong growth range. Meanwhile the weekly DAT Flatbed Barometer has...