Trucking

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: ALABAMA MOTOR EXPRESS) Alabama Motor Express is celebrating 30 years in business by performing 30 acts of kindness that touch both the trucking and logistics industry and the wider Alabama community, including raising driver wages and donating time and supplies to a local homeless shelter. “We’re a company that cares about our […]

Prime offerings gained serious traction over holidays.

The formula for the rights offeirng could leave Elliott in control of more than 95% of the company’s outstanding common stock.

Fatigue is a big driver-safety issue. SmartCap is wearable technology that helps drivers to monitor and manage their fatigue levels.

Chris Henry, Program Manager, TCA Profitability Program (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) If you’re in the Flatbed / Open Deck segment, you’re probably very familiar with the Daseke name. In recent years, Daseke has emerged as the de facto gorilla in this fragmented component of the North American transportation industry. Since 2015, they have added industry stalwarts such […]

New center to employ 850 full-timers

The numbers year-on-year are still way up, but there’s been a definite sign of some slowdown.

Even the Port’s director agrees something needs to be done; East Coast port notches new record; ATA crows about California victory.

Bison Transport operates twin 53-foot trailers in Canada, and generally has lower rates of incidents than with single trailers.

Transfix is reportedly trying to raise a Series D that values the company at 10x gross revenues.

The United Kingdom’s Port of Dover has welcomed the government’s decision to join the Common Transit Convention , allowing trucks to pass through countries without border controls.

Ashley Coker SPC. TREY DODDS, A TRUCK DRIVER WITH THE 110TH COMPOSITE TRUCK COMPANY, ATTACHES A TRAILER TO A VEHICLE ON SEPT. 13, 2018, IN PREPARATION FOR DEPLOYMENT IN HURRICANE AFFECTED AREAS ON THE EAST COAST. (PHOTO: ARMY PHOTO BY SGT. LIANE HATCH) Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) and CRST International made the list of 2019 […]

The beleaguered carpet hauler was over-leveraged and running out of cash.

The web-based TMS automates operations and financial activity, and integrates with other trading partners.

Economic issues not yet on the table.

FMCSA has ruled that California can’t dictate meal and rest break requirements that conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations.

States will soon be able to give would-be drivers more time to get their CDLs at the same time potentially lowering knowledge exam costs.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure to garner enough support in Parliament for her withdrawal plan, mainly because of the Irish backstop has seen the protagonists dancing around each other in the UK Parliament while Europe refuses to join the ceilidh.

The vote, with one council member abstaining, took place at 1:05 a.m. this morning.

The history books will say many things about 2018, but whatever else is recorded, it will go down as one of the strongest years for spot and contract pricing increases in the history of trucking in the U.S. Will that trend continue?