Omaha-based LGT Transport announced it has acquired Jason Thomas Trucking, a provider of liquid fertilizer transportation in the Midwest.
FreightWaves Classics profiles Dixon Bros., Inc. a specialty carrier that serves the Rocky Mountain and upper Midwest.
Recruiting, cybersecurity and human trafficking were major discussion topics at this year’s conference in Dallas.
Ryan Streblow, president and CEO of National Tank Truck Carriers, joins the show to discuss his work at the NTTC, what’s happening in the tank hauling segment at large, and some of the unique challenges tank carriers face in driver recruiting and retention.
Trucking companies and trade associations say the shortfall in qualified drivers is hitting specialty segments especially hard, affecting revenue and growth.
Connecticut’s governor is expected to approve a 17.5-cents-per-mile tax on large trucks.
Seeing expansion of the truck stop business as finite, Pilot Flying J is rapidly expanding its energy business. Reflecting that is a name change to the Pilot Company, an homage to the single gas station founder Jim Haslam purchased in 1958.
Planned merger could create largest tank truck carrier in U.S. Heniff Transportation and Superior Bulk Logistics to merge.
New pipelines are proving bad news for truckers, according to this RBN Energy report.
