Trucking

Radiant Logistics is looking to deploy its unleveraged balance sheet on M&A.

Estes Forwarding Worldwide announced plans to acquire fellow forwarder Superior Brokerage Services.

Integrations solutions provider Kleinschmidt plans to help insurance tech vendor meshVI build out its future technology stack and will provide application programming interface support.

Less-than-truckload carrier Estes’ latest stalking horse bid for Yellow’s terminals replaces an offer made by competitor Old Dominion.

Complaints about transparency and accuracy of safety data that affects the operations of truck drivers and carriers has caught the attention of federal regulators.

TFI International has acquired food-grade tanker carrier Vedder Transportation Group.

J.B. Hunt provided a slightly more positive outlook at an investor conference on Wednesday.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed the American Trucking Associations and tech companies over job and safety concerns associated with driverless trucks.

In what is far from a nuclear verdict, a long-running suit against Knight Transportation in California was settled for $400,000.

A higher range of general rate increases is here to stay, consultants said at the Parcel Forum.

Truckload carrier management teams are becoming more encouraged that freight markets are balancing.

FreightWaves looks at prospects for trucking legislation as lawmakers return to Capitol Hill after the August recess.

GXO Logistics has ceased operations and laid off 378 workers at several locations across the country in recent months.

The California Senate passed a bill to ban heavy-duty driverless trucks, leaving it to Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign or veto the legislation.

On the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, truck driver Russell Vereen reflects on the 205 days he spent working at a refrigerated trailer morgue at ground zero, ensuring the trailers were fueled and running and storing the remains that medical personnel worked tirelessly to identify.

Brokerage giant C.H. Robinson has opened a 400,000-square-foot cross-dock distribution center in Laredo, Texas.

Truck driver Tim Philmon, along with millions of Americans, marked the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Monday by remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died that day.

“I understand that there are times the phone can’t be answered or there are other priorities pulling dispatchers away, but try to keep communication open,” Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels said.

UPS’ main levies are slightly above FedEx’s levels.

This week in Borderlands: Mexico averaged 58 cargo thefts a day in the second quarter; APM Terminals invests $140 million to expand a facility at a Mexico seaport; XPO adds capacity at a Texas facility; and Jaguar Transport Holdings will operate a Dallas transload facility.