Operations

  • A Swift trailer on an interstate in 2024 in the right lane near a flatbed.
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    TCA president shares optimistic outlook for truckload haulers

    Jim Ward discussed emissions rule rollbacks, independent contractor law and tariffs in an interview with Trucking Dive.

    By • March 28, 2025
  • A Texas state trooper inspects a Swift truck.
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    How Trump’s FMCSA nominee bridged the trucker-trooper divide

    Derek Barrs developed a program pairing drivers and law enforcement to promote mutual understanding while serving as Florida Highway Patrol chief.

    By • March 28, 2025
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    Ward Transport hires TForce Freight sales leader

    Brian Goley, former TForce regional sales director, is now western division sales director at Ward.

    By • March 26, 2025
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    Tariffs, seasonal demand drive flatbed trucking rate increases

    The rate jumped by 4 cents last week, the largest weekly gain this year, said Principal Analyst for DAT Dean Croke.

    By • March 26, 2025
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    Hiring for promise can help close skills gaps, research indicates

    “Many organizations are transforming their capabilities so rapidly that they can’t acquire all the skills they need,” a Gartner director said.

    By Carolyn Crist • March 25, 2025
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    Trump nominates former Florida Highway Patrol chief as FMCSA head

    The trucking industry had lobbied for Derek Barrs' nomination to lead the safety regulator. 

    By • March 25, 2025
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    FMC advisory group reviews drayage experience at seaports

    National Shipper Advisory Committee is looking to identify key issues truckers face at the Northwest Seaport Alliance.

    By • March 25, 2025
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    Love’s adds new store, 63 parking spots in Louisiana

    The New Iberia location may also add EV-charging stalls if there is demand.

    By • March 24, 2025
  • A conference participant walks past a spinning representation of Planet Earth during the UNFCCC COP27.
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    SBTi releases draft of updated corporate net-zero standard

    The Science Based Targets initiative said this “Version 2” of the standard focuses on companies going “from ambition to progress.”

    By Lamar Johnson • March 24, 2025
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    How shipping costs will change in upcoming LTL classification shift

    The National Motor Freight Code overhaul will focus on density, so denser shipments will become cheaper while less dense ones will become more expensive.

    By • Updated March 26, 2025
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    Estes reopens Yellow terminal in Mississippi

    The Olive Branch location adds 80 doors and nearly 30,000 square feet of dock space to the company’s network.

    By • March 21, 2025
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    Trucking groups renew push to kill NYC congestion tolling

    The American Trucking Associations and Trucking Association of New York asked Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to stop the program.

    By • March 20, 2025
  • A truck and other vehicles drive on a highway with the Charlotte, North Carolina, skyline in the background in an aerial photo.
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    Charlotte, North Carolina, debuts truck parking tool

    The city described the app as an innovative resource designed to help truck drivers find safe, authorized places to park.

    By • March 20, 2025
  • Former President Biden giving a speech on the White House South Lawn with a semi truck parked behind him.
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    ATA’s Women in Motion launches survey on non-driver career paths

    The trucking group’s council aims to gather insights for best practices for recruitment and retention in the industry.

    By • March 19, 2025
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    Carriers upgrade border shipping amid tariff tumult

    Estes Express Lines and Pitt Ohio rolled out new services focused on Canada and Mexico, respectively.

    By • March 18, 2025
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    Greenlane launches EV charging app for truck drivers

    The program is part of a technology suite that includes a fleet portal and smart software interface.

    By • March 18, 2025
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    After 5 years, construction still reels from COVID’s labor impact

    Though building's “essential” status kept workers busy through lockdowns, the industry still has not recovered from the blow to an already-persistent trades shortage.

    By Zachary Phillips • March 18, 2025
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    Kenan Advantage Group acquires Evergreen Transport

    It’s the North Canton, Ohio-based company’s fourth deal since entering the dry bulk transportation market last year.

    By • March 18, 2025
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    ATRI to log changing costs patterns in annual survey

    Carriers are asked to share driver pay, insurance premiums and equipment lease or purchase payments in exchange for operational insights.

    By • March 17, 2025
  • A side view of a large Amazon Prime tractor-trailer, with motion blur on the background as it passes on Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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    Amazon’s LTL pursuit threatens to shuffle retail volumes in market

    The company could upend the sector just by handling its own shipments.

    By • March 17, 2025
  • NMFTA Director of Product Holly Taylor demonstrates the ClassIT+ tool at the group's Spring Meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
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    NMFTA aims to simplify freight classification with new tool

    The ClassIT+ platform, coming this summer, contains several upgrades intended to ease changes for shippers and carriers.

    By • March 14, 2025
  • President Donald Trump, then-Vice President Mike Pence and then-Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma welcome American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear to the White House on March 23, 2017.
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    Trucking groups cheer Trump EPA’s review of emissions rules

    The Biden administration’s GHG3 and NOx rules were unachievable on current timelines, industry groups said.

    By • March 14, 2025
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    EPA reconsiders auto, truck emissions requirements

    The agency is reevaluating stricter rules for model-year 2027 cars and trucks set by the Biden administration.

    By • March 12, 2025
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    Benore Logistic Systems adds 10 hydrogen trucks to fleet

    The transportation provider’s Hyundai Xcient hydrogen fuel cell trucks are traveling on dedicated routes in Savannah, Georgia. 

    By Haley Cawthon • March 12, 2025
  • Snow coats a road in Minneapolis on March 5, 2025.
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    Blizzard halts Midwest trucking operations

    Estes Express Lines, Saia, XPO, TForce Freight and Midwest Motor Express were affected by last week’s snowstorm.

    By • March 12, 2025