Randolph, New Jersey-based Farren International, a premier total logistics provider since 1959, has announced its merger with EZE Trucking out of Houston, Texas.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has established the Build America Bureau, which will drive transportation infrastructure development projects in the United States by streamlining credit and grant opportunities while providing technical assistance and encouraging innovative best practices in project planning, financing, delivery, and monitoring.

Money is lending credibility to a new crop of Uber-like trucking startups, with two large investment firms recently spending millions of dollars to fund the startups Transfix and CargoX, according to an article in truckinginfo.com.

Alibaba's marketplaces in China represented more than $450 billion in online sales in 2015, which made it the largest e-commerce company in the entire Asia-Pacific region, according to an article in the Business Insider.

Sandhills Publishing introduces NeedADriverNow.com, a new website that serves the needs of trucking and transportation companies and drivers in the commercial trucking industry. The website provides a simple avenue for connecting companies seeking commercial truck drivers with qualified drivers seeking jobs.