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  • A wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center featuring Mid-America Trucking Show banners for its 2024 event.
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    Trucking conferences to watch in 2025

    Plan your year ahead with these key gatherings that bring industry stakeholders to the same place.

    Updated Oct. 11, 2024
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    How truck spot rates are shifting

    Spot rates have diverged from last year as the market showed growing strength, DAT noted.

    Updated Nov. 14, 2024
  • Yellow Corp. trucks and trailers, which Ritchie Bros. will be auctioning in the coming months.
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    Class 8 truck, trailer orders by month

    A two-year freight recession and thousands of Yellow Corp. assets on the used market have lowered orders.

  • Trucks and cars traverse along the Beltway 8 highway in Houston.
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    Tracking the truck tonnage index

    A desperately awaited rebound in manufacturing demand will be central to improving tonnage.

  • An ACT trucker drives on a Texas highway next to passenger vehicles in May 2024 under a clear blue sky.
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    ‘Go in with humility’: Knight-Swift M&A strategy focuses on people

    The TL giant’s growing LTL business has benefited from acquisitions and a workforce that grows with the company, Treasurer and SVP of Investor Relations Brad Stewart said.

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    9 notable c-store executive changes from October

    Foodservice and private-label shifts from 7-Eleven, Circle K and EG America made headlines while tech leadership changed at other companies.

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    Cyberattacks hit 1 in 3 SMBs last year

    Cyber woes for SMBs are exacerbated by a lack of resources to enact advanced security measures, Microsoft Security said in a report.

  • A Volvo VNR Electric truck at the American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition with sunlight along the trailer.
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    How Volvo Trucks uses AI to boost uptime

    Proprietary artificial intelligence models power an adaptive maintenance system that allows for more efficient stops.

  • A J.B. Hunt tractor-trailer at a Pennsylvania Turnpike rest stop during an October afternoon with a roadway light behind it.
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    Overcapacity has lessened significantly, JB Hunt CEO says

    President and CEO Shelley Simpson said signs are pointing to improvement in the trucking market.

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    TFI acquires Canada-based motorsport logistics specialist

    Keystone Western offers truckload, LTL, dry van and patented dual floor motorsport trailers at three terminals.

  • A Nikola hydrogen fuel cell tractor for Diageo North America and DHL Supply Chain in a lot.
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    Nikola hydrogen-powered trucks lead the market, company says

    The electric truck maker can now count DHL Supply Chain and Diageo North America among its growing customer roster. 

  • A rendering of a Greenlane location where electric trucks could charge with electricity and refuel with hydrogen. The overhead view shows tractors and tractor-trailers in the facility's lot.
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    Greenlane plans to forge ahead with EV charging

    The joint venture remains confident that electrifying trucking nationwide "transcends political divides," CEO Patrick Macdonald-King said.

  • Mitchell walks next to his truck during a delivery with the morning sun peaking through clouds.
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    Retail freight still outpacing industrial for LTL carriers

    Old Dominion, Saia and XPO recently shared how manufacturing challenges have altered their traditional mix of customers.

  • Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia.
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    4 employment actions to expect under a second Trump presidency

    Employers are likely to see immigration raids, agency chair replacements and a slowing in regulatory activity, according to the law firm Littler.

  • A battery electric Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling truck travels down a road with trees in the background.
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    Daimler, Cummins support emissions goals, despite uncertainty

    Ahead of a second Trump term, some OEMs indicated a willingness to continue advancing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  • A Covenant Logistics Group truck and trailer.
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    Covenant Logistics plans more rate increases for 2025

    The carrier could split up contract renewals in steps between the current bid season and next summer, CEO David Parker said.

  • A Schneider National tractor-trailer traveling on US-395 in Washington state with large construction barrels on the side of the roadway.
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    Schneider’s dedicated fleet sustains Q3 TL revenue

    The carrier sees potential to further lean into that portion of the business and plans to continue growing its tractor count. 

  • Cars and a J.B. Hunt intermodal truck drive along an interstate with buildings and a parking lot in the background.
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    JB Hunt installs inward-facing cameras in all of its trucks

    The Lowell, Arkansas-based carrier previously piloted the technology and noted meaningful cost savings.

  • The Wabash headquarters in Lafayette, Indiana.
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    Wabash vows to keep fighting $450M punitive verdict

    The company has argued that the verdict was excessive and should be dramatically reduced.

  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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    Fed cuts rate by quarter point, sees ‘balanced’ risks to inflation, jobs

    The reduction in borrowing costs came just two days after Donald Trump won a second term as president, following a campaign pledging tax cuts and tariffs.

  • Stephen Viña, with the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director, delivers the conference’s keynote address, standing behind a podium with a computer slide in the background.
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    What cybersecurity leaders want trucking execs to know

    Connections, software and training can help thwart attacks that could weaponize tractor-trailers and create costly ransom demands.

  • Four Moran Transportation trucks parked in a row.
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    Moran Transportation acquires Ohio-based LTL carrier

    The combined company will boast a dozen service centers and more than 675 pieces of equipment.

  • A tractor and trailer bearing the Heartland Express brand drives down a hill on an interstate.
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    Photo by Benita Taube

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    Heartland Express projects optimism in freight market post-2024

    The truckload carrier’s efforts to improve its operations made progress — despite a $7.1 million loss in Q3.

  • Former President Donald Trump waves to guests, who were standing and clapping, as he left a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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    Trucking groups see policy potential in Trump win

    Industry associations said they hope to push for excise tax repeal and changes to emissions standards, among other issues.

  • Tractor-trailers at a rest stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in a truck parking area near fueling pumps in the Pittsburgh suburbs.
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    ‘Recovery will be slow’: Freight shipments, spending drop 21%, US Bank says

    Truck freight shipments and spending continued to fall, but the pace of losses lessened in Q3, according to the bank.