Mergers and acquisitions

Planned merger could create largest tank truck carrier in U.S. Heniff Transportation and Superior Bulk Logistics to merge.

Quebec-based Morneau Eskimo nearly doubles fleet with purchase of long-standing Toronto partner Beacon Transit Lines, strengthening coverage of food industry customers.

Liquid and dry bulk carrier TransWood, Inc. announces the acquisition of Kane Transport and its fleet of more than 150 tractors.

MODE Transportation announces that it has completed the acquisition of SunteckTTS.

Roadrunner Transportation continues to overhaul its portfolio with the sale of its flatbed unit.

France-based contract logistics provider ID Logistics Group SA gains access to a U.S. e-commerce platform in its acquisition of Jagged Peak.

Court indicts a few UPS employees for drug trafficking; EU commercial vehicle registrations decline; pop-up electric charging stations come up in Oxford.

Americold Realty Trust continues to grow its temperature-controlled storage footprint through acquisition. The company looked north of the border for its latest deal.

Third-party transportation and logistics provider MODE Transportation has acquired SunteckTTS for an undisclosed amount. The combined entity is expected to generate $2 billion in annual revenue.

A spate of deadly trucking-related accidents has taken place around Australia over the last week. Truck rollovers were a major contributor to the death toll. There was also a range of other tragic accidents involving moving vehicles. In other Down Under Trucking news, a criminal trucker gets years in jail for killing another driver; hill descent apps; Freightways buys Big Chill.

Canadian e-commerce company plans to scale its nascent U.S. Fulfillment Network in 2021, leveraging third-party warehouses and a robot-enabled platform from recent 6 River acquisition.

Canadian firm’s earnings report reveals August purchases of Quebec cross-border carrier Craler and Georgia-based logistics provider

Canadian transportation and logistics firm’s freight-forwarding arm makes second acquisition in two weeks, purchasing a company specializing in moving refrigerated cargo and renewable energy components across the world.

Middle-market leveraged buyouts are cooling, but institutions still taking risk on the venture and growth equity side of the industry.

Group accused of hijacking of truck with 8,500 mobile devices, stealing three commercial vehicles and attempting warehouse robberies in an unusually well-planned and brutal case of cargo theft in Canada.

I.D. Systems, which renamed itself PowerFleet, will keep the Pointer brand, a well established player in the international wireless truck asset management space.

Electric vehicle firm boosts battery capabilities with the purchase of Toronto-area company specializing in high-volume manufacturing.

Canadian third-party logistics provider purchases asset-based firms in Calgary specializing in large-format deliveries of consumer goods.

Ontario-based firm acquires Trailwood Transport, an automotive specialist located near two Honda plants, and nearby Nexus Freight, which will bolster local capacity.

Digital freight-forwarding platform grows European business – and gains 10,000 connected vehicles – after an aggressive year for fundraising.