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    Canadian border agents ratify labor deal

    The new agreement for the more than 9,000 represented employees runs through June 2026.

    By • July 8, 2024
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    Nikola progresses toward ambitious 2024 sales goal

    The company wholesaled 72 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks in the quarter, besting its projected output.

    By • July 8, 2024
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Trucking Dive

    These five stories detail the top trends and issues facing the trucking and transportation industry. 

    By Trucking Dive staff
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    Estes reopens former Yellow terminals in Minnesota, California

    The carrier acquired the leases to the St. Cloud and San Fernando sites along with two dozen properties from the shuttered LTL last year.

    By • July 3, 2024
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    Trucking firms add automated scheduling software

    R.E. Garrison is among the firms using Qued's technology to reduce the amount of tedious manual tasks.

    By • July 3, 2024
  • A black Veneer Chip Transport truck is parked on a gravel road next to a wooden fence.
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    Veneer Chip Transport acquires bulk, livestock hauler

    The acquisition of Signature Transport's assets and property in Kelso, Washington, is expected to boost Veneer's service.

    By • July 2, 2024
  • A Torc Robotics self-driving tractor-trailer being tested on a road under overpasses in New Mexico.
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    Torc Robotics expects to remove truck drivers on public roads by 2027

    The company plans to initially launch its autonomous technology on an I-35 lane in Texas, its VP of commercialization told Trucking Dive.

    By • July 2, 2024
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    Texas carrier abruptly shutters after funding halts

    U.S. Logistics Solutions faces a lawsuit from a former employee following its sudden closure last month.

    By • July 1, 2024
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    Cannabis rescheduling won’t affect truck driver testing, Buttigieg says

    The transportation secretary detailed the department’s stance on potential effects of a pending policy shift by the Biden administration.

    By • July 1, 2024
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    Wellington Group acquires Contract Express

    The deal expands the Canada-based logistics company’s brokerage, truckload and LTL services.

    By • June 28, 2024
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    Bulldog Hiway Express CEO retires

    Philip Byrd, a former American Trucking Associations chairman, has accepted a part-time lobbying role with the heavy-haul carrier’s parent company, TFI International.

    By • June 28, 2024
  • Ryder techs work alongside a Gatik autonomous truck in a maintenance shop.
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    Ryder executives to assess AI opportunities

    Company leaders will gather to discuss how the business approaches the technology.

    By • June 27, 2024
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    DOT appoints acting AI chief to lead FMCSA

    The selection of Vinn White as acting administrator highlights the growing role of automation in transportation.

    By • June 26, 2024
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    Hydrogen truck developer Hyzon narrows its target market focus

    The company will also explore a potential sale of its business.

    By • June 25, 2024
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    Corn growers file legal challenge against EPA’s trucking emissions rule

    Industry groups argue that a transition to battery-powered trucks would have unintended consequences for the biofuels and agricultural industries.

    By Nathan Owens • June 25, 2024
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    Saia reopens Yellow terminals in Texas, California, Minnesota

    The site in Laredo, Texas, one of the carrier's most expensive acquisitions, will support its partnership with Fletes México.

    By • June 25, 2024
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    Survey shows how often location affects worker pay

    More than one third of Payscale respondents say they no longer require a degree for salaried positions.

    By Laurel Kalser • June 25, 2024
  • RXO staff work at computers in a modern office with a TV screen showing the company's logo and green lights illuminating desk dividers.
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    RXO to acquire UPS’ Coyote Logistics

    The parcel giant expects to complete the $1.025 billion deal by the end of 2024.

    By • June 24, 2024
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    CH Robinson promotes COO to chief strategy, innovation officer

    Arun Rajan, who also previously served as chief technology officer, took on the newly created role last week.

    By • June 24, 2024
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    7 stats that show how inflation, AI are reshaping employee expectations

    2024’s talent trends will likely drive “seismic change” in the world of work, ADP research says.

    By Kate Tornone • June 24, 2024
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    Forward Air announces layoffs following Omni acquisition

    The company did not disclose the number of jobs eliminated but said the cuts were “necessary to right-size the combined companies” and cut costs.

    By • June 21, 2024
  • XPO driver Steadman "Steve" Mitchell scans a pallet of cup lids as it comes off his truck at M&K Food.
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    Freight classification overhaul to begin next year

    The National Motor Freight Traffic Association will host listening sessions next month for carriers, shippers and third-party logistics firms.

    By • June 21, 2024
  • A crash photo showing the wreckage of a 2014 crash between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer. A fire truck is shown in the background and the wreckage was resting primarily in a grassy median. Debris was shown across the road.
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    Chamber of Commerce decries nuclear verdicts, Werner case

    Such cases leave carriers liable for upwards of $10 million, drive up insurance fees and increase consumer prices, the chamber wrote in a filing Tuesday.

    By • June 21, 2024
  • White and red tractors in a truck parking lot in western Maryland in May 2024.
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    Truckload producer pricing index falls in May

    The 2.9% drop, however, was the smallest year-over-year decline of 2024.

    By • June 20, 2024
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    Intel chip equipment ‘super load’ makes its way across Ohio

    The delivery is one of 24 massive loads bringing air processing machinery to the upcoming $28 billion manufacturing campus.

    By • June 18, 2024
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    Fixing engagement? Consider employee workload, report says

    Achieving optimal workload, however, isn’t just about eliminating work, said a McLean & Co. leader.

    By Carolyn Crist • June 18, 2024