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  • Yesway
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    Yesway adopts Relay’s fuel payment software

    The cardless platform allows more fleets and drivers to avoid fraud caused by card skimming.

    By Brett Dworski • Dec. 8, 2023
  • Swift trailer hauled on a highway alongside traffic.
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    Knight-Swift LTL network could get boost with $51M Yellow properties bid

    The additions could help flow and density — and also stymie the competition in those areas, an analyst told Trucking Dive. 

    By Dec. 8, 2023
  • Circle Logistics flatbed oversized load
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    Circle Logistics leaders promoted to CTO, sales VP

    The Indiana-based freight brokerage promoted Cody Harris to chief technology officer and Steve Schroeder to VP of national sales.

    By Dec. 8, 2023
  • An Aurora autonomous truck and trailer outside the company's new Houston terminal.
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    Up to 20 Aurora trucks to haul freight without operators next year: CFO

    “We’re going to continue to do exactly what we’re doing today,” the finance chief said. “We’re just going to do it without a human operator.”

    By Dec. 7, 2023
  • Loneliness is severely affecting employees at work, study shows

    Returning to the office doesn’t appear to help, and too many meetings seem to make it worse.

    By Carolyn Crist • Dec. 6, 2023
  • A tow truck pulls a broken-down semi truck.
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    How to fight predatory towing: ATRI issues tips for handling excessive charges

    Aggressive rates and extra surcharges appear on nearly 30% of crash-related tow invoices. Here’s what carriers can do about it. 

    By Dec. 6, 2023
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    Landstar names former CSX executive as CEO

    James Gattoni will retire next year after nearly three decades with the company.

    By Dec. 5, 2023
  • Union Pacific Intermodal Phoenix
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    Union Pacific plans Phoenix intermodal terminal to lure regional shippers

    The new service would provide a rail option that connects the Southwest U.S. to Southern California’s top ports.

    By Dec. 5, 2023
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    Average per-worker cost of health benefits rose by 5.2% in 2023: survey

    Inflation contributes to the increase, but rising prescription drug costs are likely to have a longer-term impact, according to a Mercer report.

    By Emily Olsen • Dec. 4, 2023
  • A Werner tractor-trailer in Pennsylvania in November 2023.
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    Werner, driver resolve follow-up case after $750K group settlement

    A federal court concluded a five-year conflict in which owner-operators alleged improper wage deductions.

    By Dec. 1, 2023
  • Shelley Simpson J.B. Hunt
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    JB Hunt’s Simpson named 2023 Influential Woman in Trucking

    The carrier’s president was recognized for advancing women’s roles in the industry throughout a nearly 30-year career.

    By Updated Dec. 4, 2023
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    Lion Electric lays off 10% of workforce

    The electric bus and truck startup joins a growing list of companies adjusting plans due to lower-than-expected EV demand.

    By Dec. 1, 2023
  • Valley Companies HQ
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    Valley Companies names VP for enterprise partnerships

    Seasoned executive Jason Mansur will work with management to strengthen carrier relations.

    By Nov. 30, 2023
  • TFI International office
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    TFI acquires Nebraska-based truckload carrier

    Dahlsten Truck Line owns or leases about 75 trucks and hauls more than 27,000 loads per year in the Midwest.

    By Nov. 30, 2023
  • Hub Group Intermodal yard
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    Hub Group replaces CFO

    Kevin Beth will succeed Geoff DeMartino as the transportation services and brokerage firm's finance chief on Jan. 1.

    By Nov. 29, 2023
  • President Joe Biden gives remarks on his Trucking Action Plan on the South Lawn of the White House in front of a pair of trucks.
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    White House launches DOT Multimodal Freight Office

    The office, created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will develop a national multimodal freight network and advance freight logistics improvements.

    By Nov. 27, 2023
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    White House creates cabinet-level supply chain council

    After years of focusing on supply chains’ role in the economy, President Joe Biden is expanding high-level meetings on the topic.

    By Nov. 27, 2023
  • United Petroleum Transports to acquire Patriot Transportation Holding

    The $66 million deal will create a tanker company with over 1,000 drivers and 30 terminals from Arizona to Florida.

    By Nov. 27, 2023
  • Estes Express Lines' headquarters is in a former life insurance building on West Broad Street in Richmond.
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    Timeline: How Estes responded to a cyberattack

    The company shut down its systems after detecting “outside actor activity” on Oct. 1 and restored all capabilities in about three weeks, executives said.

    By Nov. 22, 2023
  • Schneider National eCascadia Freightliner electric truck
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    Schneider: EV fleet is a competitive advantage

    The intermodal provider invested in more than 90 electric trucks this year as it prepares for California emissions rules.

    By Nov. 22, 2023
  • A trucker fuels up his truck at the Love's truck stop in November 2021 in Springville, Utah.
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    Truck drivers seek better base pay, company communication

    Even happy drivers are considering switching jobs more than they did four years ago, per a Drive My Way survey.

    By Nov. 21, 2023
  • Monterrey, Mexico
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    Q&A

    Redwood Mexico president bullish on cross-border trade

    Products not being made in Mexico “certainly will be in the next decade,” Jordan Dewart told Trucking Dive.

    By Nov. 21, 2023
  • Forward Air Corp
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    Forward Air shareholder calls out ‘intimidation tactics’ by Omni

    Ancora Holdings Group claimed Omni has “unleashed an army of lawyers” on the shareholder over its opposition to a merger.

    By Nov. 20, 2023
  • President Joe Biden, dressed in a dark suit with white hair, stands behind a podium in front of a brick tunnel and train.
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    2 years in, infrastructure law has funded 40,000 projects

    The largest portion of the money is going to road and bridge construction, followed by rail, broadband, power and water projects, according to a CNBC analysis.

    By Julie Strupp • Nov. 20, 2023
  • Aerial drone view of a container ship navigating beneath a tractor-trailer crossing a suspension bridge.
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    ATA projects truck tonnage will grow past 14B by 2034

    The projections are in line with federal data forecasts in expecting continued growth for the industry.

    By Nov. 20, 2023