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    FMCSA names BakerHostetler partner as lead counsel

    The agency noted Melody Drummond Hansen's experience in emerging transportation technologies, such as fleet management to electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

    By • July 18, 2024
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    JB Hunt Q2 operating income falls 24%

    The company remains optimistic, based on "what used to be a typical end-of-month and end-of-quarter lift in June," an executive said.

    By • July 17, 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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    DOT rolls out $5B in bridge infrastructure grants

    The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will fund 13 economically significant projects to address traffic and freight bottlenecks.

    By • July 17, 2024
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    TFI acquires Canada-based flatbed hauler

    The freight giant continues to bolster its truckload unit ahead of an anticipated spinoff.

    By • July 16, 2024
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    Walmart Canada debuts hydrogen truck

    The Nikola tractor contributes to the retailer’s goal of a 100% alternatively powered fleet by 2028.

    By • July 15, 2024
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    Averitt Express to lay off 55 workers after Costco contract ends

    The layoffs in West Palm Beach, Florida, are effective Sept. 1, but the carrier is working to find transfers for all affected employees.

    By • July 15, 2024
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    ‘Still highly negative’: Capacity attrition slows in Q2

    Carrier exits consistently outweighed additions to the market, per federal data compiled by Trucking Dive.

    By • July 12, 2024
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    Supply chain data-sharing leader promoted in federal multimodal office

    Andrew Petrisin, creator of the DOT's Freight Logistics Optimization Works program, has been named deputy assistant secretary.

    By • July 11, 2024
  • White and red tractors in a truck parking lot in western Maryland in May 2024.
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    How trucking costs reached a new high in 2023

    Last year’s average marginal cost per mile increased to $2.27, according to the American Transportation Research Institute.

    By • July 11, 2024
  • A truck hauls a red Textainer shipping container on a blue chassis with Port of Virginia mudflaps on tree-lined Interstate 95 North in Maryland.
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    Emergency waivers extended for Baltimore truckers

    The FMCSA will continue to relax ELD and hours of service rules until July 15.

    By • July 10, 2024
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    How to make employees feel included, according to researchers

    Burnout and inclusion are statistically intertwined, Boston Consulting Group said in a recent report.

    By Ryan Golden • July 10, 2024
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    Parts, labor costs slide again in Q1

    The 1.7% quarter-over-quarter decrease followed a 1.4% drop in Q4, according to ATA and Decisiv.

    By • July 10, 2024
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    PGT Trucking opens terminals in Kentucky, South Carolina

    The additional facilities expand the Pennsylvania-based specialty carrier’s presence in the Southeast.

    By • July 9, 2024
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    Department of Transportation rolls out $1.8B in infrastructure grants

    The awards include highway upgrades, bridges and other infrastructure improvements relevant to the trucking industry.

    By • July 9, 2024
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    Have employers ‘hit a wall’ on reducing worker burnout?

    Employees continue to cite workloads and a lack of flexibility as the driving factors behind burnout, Eagle Hill Consulting’s CEO said.

    By Laurel Kalser • July 8, 2024
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    Reeling from Q1 setbacks, Forward Air secures permanent CFO

    The LTL carrier also named another former Yellow Corp. executive its chief accounting officer.

    By • July 8, 2024
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    Canadian border agents ratify labor deal

    The new agreement for the more than 9,000 represented employees runs through June 2026.

    By • July 8, 2024
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    Nikola progresses toward ambitious 2024 sales goal

    The company wholesaled 72 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks in the quarter, besting its projected output.

    By • July 8, 2024
  • An exterior photo shows Estes Express Lines' new terminal in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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    Estes reopens former Yellow terminals in Minnesota, California

    The carrier acquired the leases to the St. Cloud and San Fernando sites along with two dozen properties from the shuttered LTL last year.

    By • July 3, 2024
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    Trucking firms add automated scheduling software

    R.E. Garrison is among the firms using Qued's technology to reduce the amount of tedious manual tasks.

    By • July 3, 2024
  • A black Veneer Chip Transport truck is parked on a gravel road next to a wooden fence.
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    Veneer Chip Transport acquires bulk, livestock hauler

    The acquisition of Signature Transport's assets and property in Kelso, Washington, is expected to boost Veneer's service.

    By • July 2, 2024
  • A Torc Robotics self-driving tractor-trailer being tested on a road under overpasses in New Mexico.
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    Torc Robotics expects to remove truck drivers on public roads by 2027

    The company plans to initially launch its autonomous technology on an I-35 lane in Texas, its VP of commercialization told Trucking Dive.

    By • July 2, 2024
  • Trucks and cars traverse along the Beltway 8 highway in Houston.
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    Texas carrier abruptly shutters after funding halts

    U.S. Logistics Solutions faces a lawsuit from a former employee following its sudden closure last month.

    By • July 1, 2024
  • Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Thursday, June 27.
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    Cannabis rescheduling won’t affect truck driver testing, Buttigieg says

    The transportation secretary detailed the department’s stance on potential effects of a pending policy shift by the Biden administration.

    By • July 1, 2024
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    Wellington Group acquires Contract Express

    The deal expands the Canada-based logistics company’s brokerage, truckload and LTL services.

    By • June 28, 2024