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Editor-at-Large, @FreightWaves; ex-Platts. Archives at bit.ly/4b9QkM5 Believes in comparative advantage, not economic nationalism #isles 4ever
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C.H. Robinson’s next AI step: adding Engineer to the Planner Original

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By John Kingston 
| FreightWaves
Last year, C.H. Robinson, whose embrace of AI helped to drive its stock up by almost by a factor of three in a little more than two years, is rolling out its next initiative with a public launch. Many of the AI enhancements that the country’s biggest brokerage has implemented in its operations are done without fanfare. But that changed a year ago when the company announced its Lean AI Planner.
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California’s meal break rule for bus drivers shot down by federal court Original

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By John Kingston 
| FreightWaves
California’s attempt to impose its own meal and rest breaks on drivers–already blocked for truckers several years ago–has taken another hit, this time for bus drivers. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday said the Hours of Service (HOS) regulations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for bus drivers preempts the meal and rest breaks (MRB) of California. It’s the second time the Ninth Circuit has struck down a regulation on HOS promulgated by the Golden State.
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Up, then down: drop in trucking jobs in May mostly wipes out gain from April Original

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By John Kingston 
| FreightWaves
The big increase in truck transportation jobs reported last month reversed itself in May, leading to a level of employment that is only slightly higher than it was two months ago. The May jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported truck transportation jobs at 1,424,800. That’s down 4,400 jobs from a slightly revised April figure. The revision in April numbers still puts it up 4,900 jobs from March, which also was revised slightly.
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