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  • One of Roadtex's new facilities, located in Greenville, South Carolina, showing pallets of items scattered in a vast warehouse.
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    Roadtex opens terminals in South Carolina, Tennessee

    The temperature-controlled facilities add 50,000 square feet to the company's nationwide network.

    By • June 26, 2025
  • A FedEx Freight truck on the road on Oct. 21, 2021.
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    FedEx Freight operating income drops 6%

    The dip comes as the segment plans to break off as its own company in June 2026.

    By • June 25, 2025
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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
  • A tractor-trailer parked near a door of A. Duie Pyle's new facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
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    A. Duie Pyle opens new facility at former Yellow site in West Virginia

    “We have full state coverage now,” COO of LTL Solutions John Luciani said.

    By • June 25, 2025
  • A line of trucks down the road next to an ocean port.
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    Early peak season signals challenging market ahead for trucking

    Shippers continued to frontload cargo in May ahead of tariffs, giving a boost to dry van volumes, but analysts note carriers still lack pricing power.

    By • June 25, 2025
  • The headquarters of Hub Group.
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    Hub Group chief accounting officer resigns, replacement named

    Brent Rhodes is leaving to pursue other opportunities after a little more than a year in the role.

    By • June 24, 2025
  • Toyota Daimler Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors
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    Toyota, Daimler ink deal to merge truck companies

    Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors will become equals under a new holding company that is expected to begin operations in April 2026.

    By • June 23, 2025
  • A Kodiak autonomous truck at a Roush facility in Livonia, Michigan. The space is large enough to allow multiple trucks to be upfitted at once with the driverless technology.
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    Kodiak partners with Roush to upgrade trucks with autonomous tech

    The move ties into developing operations with customer Atlas Energy Solutions, which is running autonomous Kodiak-equipped trucks 24/7.

    By • June 23, 2025
  • A construction worker sites on a jobsite, looking sad.
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    Economy heading toward ‘significant slowdown,’ Conference Board says

    “Maybe we should start thinking about cutting the policy rate at the next meeting, because we don’t want to wait until the job market tanks,” a Federal Reserve official said.

    By Jim Tyson • June 20, 2025
  • A red freight truck.
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    Nussbaum Transportation adds Lytx dash cams for fleet safety

    The DriveCam Event Recorders will be installed in the carrier’s full fleet of 600 trucks by year-end.

    By • June 20, 2025
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    Hyundai debuts Class 8 hydrogen refueling hub vision

    The company will open a $30 million hydrogen production and dispensing facility for heavy-duty, zero-emission vehicles near the Port of Savannah, Georgia.

    By • June 20, 2025
  • Equipment and terminal doors for FedEx Freight's new service center in Indiana.
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    FedEx Freight opens new service center in Indianapolis area

    The 125-door facility creates additional capacity in Louisville, Kentucky, and Muncie, Indiana, as well. 

    By • Updated June 23, 2025
  • Refrigerated containers stacked at a container terminal.
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    Tariffs, manufacturing weakness expected to further drag down truckload demand

    Carriers will "be playing catch-up for the rest of the year,” DAT’s Dean Croke projected.

    By • June 17, 2025
  • An aerial view shows a rail freight station with shipping containers and warehouses in Chicagoland.
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    Chicagoland trucking firm files for bankruptcy following railroad suit

    Union Pacific Railroad alleged Nortia Logistics defaulted on a payment plan and owes over $3.2 million.

    By • June 17, 2025
  • An aerial view of shipping containers on trucks and railcars at the Port of Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 2024.
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    Truckers see less business as Los Angeles port volumes slow

    Global tariffs have led to ripple effects across the supply chain, including fewer ships and containers to haul, per the port's executive director, Gene Seroka.

    By • June 16, 2025
  • Part of Highway 401 with the Toronto skyline in the background during the day showing the blur of traffic on the road
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    LTL producer price index shows some increases

    Selling prices for businesses, as opposed to costs for consumers, increased by 5.4% in May compared to a year ago.

    By • June 16, 2025
  • A Ferromex and BNSF rail train transport JB Hunt containers.
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    JB Hunt, BNSF, GMXT launch cross-border intermodal service

    All three companies seek to capitalize on the untapped potential from shippers converting over-the-road freight between the U.S. and Mexico to rail intermodal.

    By • June 12, 2025
  • Passenger cars and trucks on two directions of a highway in Virginia.
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    Garten Trucking’s union wage comment was improper, US appeals court says

    An internal message to workers was rough but acceptable — except for a final line about raises, the three-judge panel found.

    By • June 11, 2025
  • A truck equipped with Plus' autonomous technology on the road with blue skies and white clouds in the background.
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    Plus Automation to go public via SPAC deal

    The virtual driver software firm expects to get up to $300 million by merging with Churchill Capital Corp IX later this year.

    By • June 11, 2025
  • Five trucks with the Pepsi logo parked.
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    PepsiCo expects nearly $1M in fuel savings for its EV semitrucks

    The beverage and food company now has daytime charging access and more megawatt capacity at a bottling facility in Fresno, California.

    By • June 10, 2025
  • Traffic backed up on a highway in Chicago in 2023 with the cityscape in the distance.
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    LTL carriers see tonnage drop amid low shipper demand

    Tonnage per day declined for Old Dominion Freight Line, Saia and XPO but rose for ArcBest.

    By • June 10, 2025
  • Aerial of Fort Worth during autumn with the Trinity River and riverbank parks in the foreground as well as city skyline in the background.
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    Balkan Express files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

    The Fort Worth, Texas-based transportation company’s estimated liabilities total over $10 million.

    By • June 9, 2025
  • A DHL Supply Chain Class 8 electric truck.
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    CH Robinson, Ikea, others join coalition to test heavy-duty EVs

    Several carriers and shippers will test battery-electric vehicles along the U.S. I-10 corridor between Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas.

    By • June 6, 2025
  • Traffic moves along highway lanes with San Jose skyscrapers in the background.
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    Knight-Swift LTL subsidiary expands in California

    DHE opened a San Jose service center as its parent company continues its efforts to develop an in-house nationwide LTL network. 

    By • June 5, 2025
  • The Chicago skyline in the background with the diagonal stretch of Elston Avenue in the foreground.
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    Illinois carrier files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    AZA Transportation looks to reorganize its business to pay down its more than $826,000 in debts. 

    By • June 5, 2025
  • P.A.M. Transportation has acquired Metropolitan Trucking for $77.4 million.
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    "P.A.M. Transport Truck in Indianapolis" by Luke Coyle is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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    PAMT CEO inks consulting deal amid departure

    Joseph Vitiritto, who is resigning, will be available to advise senior management beginning June 30.

    By • June 4, 2025