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  • Werner Enterprises tractor trailer back
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    Deep Dive

    Why carriers, shippers use drop and hook in good times and bad

    Fleets and brokers see their drop-and-hook programs as a competitive advantage that gives shippers what they want.

    By • Feb. 16, 2024
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    Bison Transport, CPKC ink intermodal services agreement

    The deal is among several partnerships between segment players to capitalize on growing cross-border shipping traffic.

    By • Feb. 15, 2024
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Trucking Dive

    These five stories detail the top trends and issues facing the trucking and transportation industry. 

    By Trucking Dive staff
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    Atlanta’s Perimeter has 3 of the top 10 U.S. truck bottlenecks

    But Georgia Motor Trucking Association President and CEO Ed Crowell expressed optimism to Trucking Dive about ongoing improvements.

    By • Feb. 15, 2024
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    Knight-Swift buying 10 more Yellow leases

    The carrier is paying about $2.2 million for the additions as it continues the buildout of its LTL network.

    By • Feb. 14, 2024
  • Three of ArcBest's new Vaux autonomous forklifts stand in a row with their lights illuminated in a dark warehouse.
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    ArcBest debuts line of automated forklifts, reach trucks

    The company has piloted the remotely operated equipment in customers' distribution centers and manufacturing facilities, CEO Judy McReynolds said in an interview.

    By • Feb. 13, 2024
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    AV restrictions bill reintroduced in California

    The measure seeks to require safety operators onboard heavy-duty self-driving trucks until politicians further authorize the technology.

    By • Feb. 13, 2024
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    Trucking executives point to potential for 2024 market recovery

    “The freight downcycle seems unlikely to last through the entire year 2024,” Wabash CEO and President Brent Yeagy said on an earnings call.

    By • Feb. 12, 2024
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    Q&A

    Torc Robotics’ 2024 goals include expanding testing locations

    Company executive Walter Grigg highlighted the changes in an interview with Trucking Dive at a recent technology conference.

    By • Feb. 12, 2024
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    Top 7 trucking dispatch software providers for 2024

    Regardless of your fleet size or business model, selecting the right dispatch solution is crucial for success.  

    By Bryan Jones, CEO of Truckbase.com • Feb. 12, 2024
  • XPO CIO Jay Silberkleit points to a QR code above a door at the carrier's Hagerstown terminal in Pennsylvania.
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    XPO will add 2,000 doors with Yellow terminal acquisitions

    Half of the 28 facilities will expand the size of the carrier's real estate network, while it moves into the rest from smaller, existing locations nearby.

    By • Feb. 9, 2024
  • P.A.M. Transportation has acquired Metropolitan Trucking for $77.4 million.
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    PAM Transportation Services posts Q4 loss, notes impact of UAW strikes

    Its truckload operating ratio was 103.7% for the quarter and 97.7% for the year.

    By • Feb. 9, 2024
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    Yellow repays $700M Treasury loan

    The LTL carrier’s bankruptcy proceeds covered the COVID-19 relief loan, plus interest.

    By • Feb. 8, 2024
  • A tractor and trailer bearing the Heartland Express brand drives down a hill on an interstate.
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    Heartland Express acquisitions bite into Q4 earnings

    Despite operating ratio woes, CFI and Smith Transport helped the carrier's revenue reach a record high in 2023.

    By • Feb. 8, 2024
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    Forward Air CEO out following Omni merger

    Chief Legal Officer Michael Hance will lead the company as interim CEO following Tom Schmitt’s departure.

    By • Feb. 7, 2024
  • Plow trucks work to clear the Interstate 235 John MacVicar Freeway Freeway as winter storm Gerri dumps inches of snow with high winds in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 12.
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    Tracker

    Extreme weather in January obscures carriers’ Q1 outlooks

    ABF Freight had more than twice as many service center closures last month as usual.

    By , • Updated Feb. 9, 2024
  • A Werner tractor-trailer on I-95 in Virginia in May 2023.
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    Werner to lean into dedicated business, allow further eclipse of one-way

    Amid a transitioning portfolio mix, the carrier projects its truckload tractor count to remain flat or decrease by as much as 3% this year.

    By • Feb. 7, 2024
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    ArcBest saves $1M per month with AI routing tech

    The city route optimization tool helps its LTL, ABF Freight, reduce mileage and decrease fuel consumption.

    By • Feb. 7, 2024
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    CH Robinson workforce shrinks for 5th straight quarter

    With 2,400 fewer employees, the brokerage reduced personnel expenses 15.3% year-over-year in Q4. 

    By • Feb. 6, 2024
  • A Marten Transport tractor-trailer in June 2023 on I-95 in Virginia.
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    Marten posts 93.2% operating ratio in Q4

    The carrier’s operating ratio for 2023 faltered when compared to the previous five years.

    By • Feb. 5, 2024
  • Electric forklifts are parked inside Estes' new LTL terminal in Banning, California.
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    Estes buys $2M worth of Yellow load bars, air bags, other supplies

    Some of the equipment will be inventory for use in coming years, President and COO Webb Estes told Trucking Dive.

    By • Feb. 2, 2024
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    Schneider truckload revenue grows in Q4, bucking downward trend

    The carrier credited business gained from recent deals with the segment’s YoY revenue growth.

    By • Feb. 2, 2024
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    Walmart hires Kodiak Robotics COO

    James Reed, a leader in autonomous trucking and former CEO of USA Truck, will serve as VP of transportation development.

    By • Feb. 2, 2024
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    Ryder acquires Cardinal Logistics

    The deal brings 200 operating locations and 3,400 drivers to the South Florida-based company.

    By • Feb. 1, 2024
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    Railroads see trucking partnerships as key for intermodal growth

    Trucking firms fighting to retain customers with low-emissions offerings could provide new business, rail executives said.

    By • Jan. 31, 2024
  • A. Duie Pyle outside warehouse Allentown Pennsylvania LTL
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    A. Duie Pyle will add 225 terminal doors this year

    Increased capacity and tech upgrades are key to positioning the LTL carrier for growth and profitability, said Frank Granieri, COO of supply chain solutions.

    By • Jan. 31, 2024