Trucking

Rail jobs resume downward slide after increase a month earlier

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Heartland Express is raising driver pay, plus J.B. Hunt details its technology transition and we have complete coverage of Day 1 of FreightWaves’ LIVE @HOME virtual event.

While some truckload carriers posted significantly better-than-expected results, most saw their shares sag as the bullish trucking trade cooled heading into the third-quarter earnings season.

FleetCor’s third-quarter revenue topped most Wall Street expectations for revenue at $580.8 million, while its earnings per share missed expectations by 46 cents.

Digital brokerage increased revenue, EBITDA

Digitalization is giving freight-industry participants the flexibility they need to deal with the COVID-heightened pace of change.

Echo exec Gustafson has praise for technological changes

Plus COO Shawn Kerrigan joined FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller on a special episode of Fuller Speed Ahead Thursday as part of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME.

Volvo Trucks North America will begin building Class 8 VNR Electric day cab trucks in Virginia in December, continuing an industry surge in bringing battery-operated commercial vehicles to market.

Executives from Horizon Fitness, Estes Forwarding Worldwide and The DDC Group talk during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME about keeping up with the trend of online ordering and home delivery.

Runaway truck ramps are a trucker’s last resort. Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels reminds truckers that the best way to tackle the downhill drive is through preventative maintenance, obeying road signage and simply taking things slow.

Keating, already sued as an organizer in a RICO suit, charged with 1 count by US attorney

Business “rebounded dramatically” in the quarter, Jacobs says.

Hyliion founder and CEO Thomas Healy make his case for why natural gas provides the best and cheapest way for the trucking industry to embrace electrification.

No more need to build information technology from the ground up when available cloud-based solutions can cheaply and efficiently modernize a trucker’s operation, experts tell the FreightWaves LIVE @HOME audience.

Wabash National saw a 37% surge in its backlog of trailers to build from the second to the third quarter as record orders piled in. Third-quarter margins declined but the trailer and last-mile equipment builder was profitable.

A comfortable merger still requires managing change and making parts fit as technology races ahead, says Trinity Logistics President Sarah Ruffcorn

ArcBest CEO Judy McReynolds talks about the company’s customer service model and how it has helped them thrive throughout the pandemic at FreightWaves LIVE @HOME on Thursday.

Leveraging more advanced data accuracy tools and processes, shippers and CPGs achieve a higher level of on-time performance by making more informed decisions in real time.

J.B. Hunt has been recognized for its five-year, $500 million technology investment, but how it got to that point is now equally well known.