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  • Estes Express Lines CIO Todd Florence and President and COO Webb Estes discuss the October cyberattack on the company.
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    ‘Honesty’: Estes details its playbook for responding to a cyberattack

    Being open about the incident engendered goodwill from customers and colleagues, executives said.

    By Nov. 16, 2023
  • UAW President Shawn Fain speaks at a rally in a Chicago union hall.
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    UAW ends Mack Trucks strike, votes to ratify contract

    Workers will get a 36% increase in wages on average over five years, the OEM said.

    By Updated Nov. 17, 2023
  • A Heartland Express truck takes a trip on the road.
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    Heartland Express sells 3 more terminals

    The Iowa-based carrier is leasing back the properties and expects a pretax gain of about $25 million.

    By Nov. 14, 2023
  • A Ferromex intermodal train in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico.
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    Courtesy of Grupo México Transportes
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    JB Hunt, BNSF team up with Ferromex owner on US-Mexico intermodal routes

    J.B. Hunt and BNSF are teaming up with Grupo México Transportes on a rail and truck service linking multiple cross-border markets.

    By Nov. 14, 2023
  • Tractor-trailers parked in a lot next to roadways.
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    Tracker

    What trucking execs have to say about the freight cycle

    Leaders from Ryder System and Schneider National expressed optimism that the market could turn around this quarter or in early 2024.

    By Nov. 14, 2023
  • Yellow Corp. YRC Montrgomery Illlinois terminal
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    Photo by Larry Avila

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    Leaky roofs, damaged lots: Estes says Yellow facilities need $27M in repairs

    The bankrupt LTL also entered into undisclosed, month-to-month parking subleases at properties in New Jersey and Washington, Estes said in a filing.

    By Nov. 13, 2023
  • An Old Dominion Freight Line truck pulls two trailers
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    Old Dominion to raise rates for second time this year

    The year-end increase is effective almost a month sooner than the one the LTL carrier executed at the beginning of this year.

    By Nov. 13, 2023
  • An Arkansas Motor Freight Lines truck at a transfer and storage facility in a 1935 photograph.
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    Courtesy of ABF Freight
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    Deep Dive

    ABF Freight at 100: Investments in workforce, M&A pay off

    A local hauler launched in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1923 has blossomed over a century into the nation’s largest unionized LTL carrier.

    By Nov. 10, 2023
  • J.B. Hunt shipping containers are stacked on a BNSF train.
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    JB Hunt, BNSF’s new service seeks to convert just-in-time shipments to intermodal

    The trucking and rail giants are promising up to 95% on-time delivery for goods shipped on their joint Quantum service.

    By Nov. 10, 2023
  • The exterior of a remodeled Pilot store.
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    Inside Pilot’s strategy for its $1B store-remodeling program

    The travel center chain’s 400-store update program is behind schedule. But the company is pushing ahead using data and AI to plan out each location.

    By Brett Dworski • Nov. 9, 2023
  • A Werner tractor-trailer on the interstate near a passenger vehicle.
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    Werner ups projected savings, sheds high-mileage trucks from fleet

    The carrier projected it will trim $43 million in expenses annually based on a cost-reduction program.

    By Nov. 9, 2023
  • CH Robinson corporate HQ
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    Provided by C.H. Robinson Worldwide

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    CH Robinson staff cuts lower Q3 expenses

    The brokerage cut its personnel expenses by 21.5% year-over-year to $343.5 million in Q3.

    By Nov. 9, 2023
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    Offen Petroleum adds over 150 fuel stations in Douglass deal

    The wholesale business addition will strengthen its Lone Star State presence and potential for future expansion.

    By Brett Dworski • Nov. 8, 2023
  • Yellow Corp. YRC Montrgomery Illlinois terminal
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    Tracker

    Competitors won big when Yellow folded. Can they keep the freight?

    Here's how remaining players handled the surge in shipments in an otherwise soft Q3.

    By Nov. 8, 2023
  • CRST traveling south on I-355 suburban Chicago
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    Photo by Larry Avila

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    CRST acquires Texas-based carrier, brokerage

    The Iowa-based transportation giant wants to bolster its Capacity Solutions business with BCB Transport’s fleet.

    By Nov. 7, 2023
  • Schneider National truck on rural road
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    Provided by Schneider National

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    Schneider National revenue drop softened by acquisition

    M&M Transport’s organic growth and revenues offset some of the TL segment’s Q3 decline, the carrier reported. 

    By Nov. 7, 2023
  • A driver sits in a Freightliner eM2 battery-electric medium duty truck in the parking lot of Gerens Farm Supply.
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    Penske, Pitt Ohio, Ryder order Freightliner medium-duty EV trucks

    Production of the eM2 battery-electric vehicles is underway in Portland, Oregon, according to Daimler Truck North America.

    By Nov. 6, 2023
  • A tanker drives along the highway, toward the sun.
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    Premier Bulk Systems acquires 3PL

    Premier Bulk Systems added Ark Traffic Solutions to its operations, strengthening its capabilities in Canada.

    By Nov. 6, 2023
  • An Aurora autonomous truck and trailer outside the company's new Houston terminal.
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    Aurora opens Houston terminal, creates driverless lane to Dallas

    The autonomous trucking firm's terminals feature on-site weigh stations for pre-trip inspections that allows trucks to bypass inspection sites.

    By Nov. 3, 2023
  • Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Swift City, ERAzona (Glendale, Arizona).
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    Profile

    Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Metallica and more: Shomotion has hauled music’s biggest stages

    The Denver-based specialty hauler has worked for some of the biggest names in entertainment. He’s always on the lookout for the next up-and-coming act.

    By Nov. 3, 2023
  • ATA Chairman Andrew Boyle, First Vice Chairman Dennis Dillinger and President and CEO Chris Spear speak to the trade press in a conference room at the end of ATA MCE 2023.
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    Q&A

    ATA execs elaborate on speed limiters policy

    In response to a driver's question posed by Trucking Dive, CEO Chris Spear said carriers have seen returns on adopting safer technologies.

    By Nov. 2, 2023
  • A truck hauling a Convoy trailer on a highway.
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    Flexport buys Convoy’s tech stack, plans to relaunch truckload service

    Convoy’s network of more than 80,000 carriers will help Flexport build out its nascent trucking services, CEO Ryan Petersen said.

    By Nov. 1, 2023
  • A general view of atmosphere at the New York Magazine + Bloomingdale's celebration of the new Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Shop-in-Shop at Bloomingdale's on March 8, 2018 in New York City.
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    Ryder, bankrupt Mitchell Gold reach deal on undelivered products

    Customers would have to pay the logistics provider to release and deliver goods that, in many cases, were purchased with shipping fees months ago.

    By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 1, 2023
  • A Kodiak Robotics truck is linked to a Forward Air trailer.
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    Omni sues to force Forward Air merger

    The lawsuit followed Forward Air's CEO telling investors the company is considering ending the deal and pursuing other options. The company filed a legal response on Monday.

    By Updated Nov. 13, 2023
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    Forward Air CEO says scrapping Omni deal would provide M&A ‘breathing room’

    The company is considering bidding on Yellow terminals or making other acquisitions to grow its LTL operations, whether or not the Omni deal proceeds.

    By Updated Nov. 1, 2023