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In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, TFI International has acquired another carrier. Plus, the CDC says most truck drivers don’t have to wear masks, and flatbed operator Daseke is looking for acquisition targets.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, YRC announces changes, tapping of loan agreement, plus Landstar’s CFO suddenly stepped down and FreightWaves gets ready to kick off the two-day LIVE @HOME virtual event.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, OOIDA will back FMCSA in a lawsuit defending hours-of-service changes. Plus, regional carriers could see a strong holiday season and equipment orders are up and that could complicate 2020 rate forecasting.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA denies an HOS exemption for drivers with animals, YRC is boosting pay for some new drivers, OOIDA criticizes cost estimates for broker transparency and the conviction of the former Pilot Flying J president is overturned.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a short seller has laid out a blistering report on Nikola; plus, Trimble has announced layoffs within its transportation business and HOS changes could impact safety.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, YRC is looking at a large equipment buy, C.H. Robinson adds new shipping options to Freightquote and a turf haulers group finds out it doesn’t need to follow HOS.
Anthony and Zach discuss the booming freight market and reasons why it will or will not sustain into July as well as the implications for the new insurance bill and YRC bailout.
Activist investor Barna Capital seeks to swap out YRC Worldwide board members and make non-executive level changes in management.
YRC swaps CFOs, names new chair as traffic levels weaken
The company is following through on a pledge to acquire 1,000 branded intermodal containers by the end of 2020.
If YRC Worldwide, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:YRCW) second-quarter results could talk, they would tell investors and shippers to give them the benefit of the doubt. But after a disappointing quarter, an equity price that’s down nearly 80 percent in the past 12 months, and a model that has destroyed untold amounts of wealth in the past 14 […]
Trucks are omitted from a study analyzing congestion pricing options; YRC scraps satellite radio in cabs; FedEx drops Amazon in dollars-and-sense decision
YRC’s CEO hints at more changes to come after it announces closing of its New Penn HQ
Transport honchos see better times in 2nd half–maybe
YRC names T.J. O’Connor as COO; O’Connor to remainas head of YRC Freight
Justin Hall has left the chief customer officer post at YRC almost 3 years to the day that he took the newly created job.
Rank-and-file approve by 60-40 margin.
As workers decide their fate, management works to wean itself off high-volume business.
Will it make money? Does it matter?
