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  • Wheaton Bekins moving van
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    Wheaton Bekins promotes executive to sales, marketing role

    The relocation specialty carrier promoted Central Regional Sales Director April Milner just months after appointing a new president.  

    By • Sept. 10, 2024
  • A California Department of Motor Vehicles sign outside an office in Fullerton.
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    California seeks public feedback on self-driving heavy-duty trucks

    The state’s DMV put forth draft regulations to spur stakeholder comments.

    By • Sept. 9, 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
  • A Teamsters union member holds a picket sign while speaking to a truck driver at the entrance of CN Rail - Intermodal Yard on August 22, 2024 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
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    ATRI calls on carriers to share trucking’s top concerns

    The American Trucking Associations’ research arm uses the input to help prioritize industry strategy.

    By • Sept. 6, 2024
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    Low-carbon materials a ‘huge opportunity’ to green the transportation sector

    The DOT is releasing $800 million to reimburse builders for using cleaner construction products, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt said.

    By Julie Strupp • Sept. 6, 2024
  • A worker at a Groendyke Transport tanker.
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    Groendyke to acquire New Jersey-based tanker business

    The deal will help the hazmat and asphalt transportation provider regain a presence in the Northeast.

    By • Sept. 5, 2024
  • A crash photo showing the wreckage of a 2014 crash between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer. A fire truck is shown in the background and the wreckage was resting primarily in a grassy median. Debris was shown across the road.
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    Texas Supreme Court to hear Werner appeal of $100M-plus judgment

    Oral arguments in the case, which stems from a 2014 fatal crash, are scheduled for December.

    By • Sept. 5, 2024
  • A Swift Transportation tractor-trailer drives down a road next to the company's Lancaster, Texas, terminal.
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    Knight-Swift forecasts higher effective tax rate amid income tumble

    The company expects the measure to remain above 30% in Q3.

    By • Sept. 5, 2024
  • ABF Freight trucks at a dock.
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    ABF Freight to raise LTL pricing 5.9%

    The increase may vary across specific lanes and shipments, according to the company.

    By • Sept. 4, 2024
  • A close-up of a white Freightliner eCascadia.
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    DOT awards $102M for zero-emission West Coast freight corridor

    The funding will pay for charging stations and hydrogen fueling sites along Interstate 5 in California, Oregon and Washington.

    By • Sept. 4, 2024
  • A freight truck on the road near a desert location.
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    Maersk trims Ground Freight to boost asset utilization, profitability

    The shipping giant consolidated sites and offloaded unneeded capacity to “stabilize operations” in Q2, an executive told Supply Chain Dive.

    By • Sept. 3, 2024
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    California legislators OK driver requirement for large AVs again

    Meanwhile, the state Department of Motor Vehicles moved to potentially advance regulations allowing fully autonomous heavy-duty vehicles on public roads.

    By • Sept. 3, 2024
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    The road to retirement: Using 401(k) plans to deliver careers to drivers

    Key considerations when selecting a 401(k) provider to help attract and retain talent.

    By Thomas Howley • Sept. 3, 2024
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    Teamsters Canada railroad workers appeal binding arbitration order

    While the union said government action stripped it of its right to collectively bargain, trains will keep running.

    By • Aug. 30, 2024
  • An exterior photo of J&J Snack Foods' distribution center in Terrell, Texas. The cold storage facility makes it the first self-owned DC for the company.
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    J&J Snack Foods benefits from regional distribution centers

    The food maker is shipping more products from the new network while reducing its average length of haul. 

    By • Aug. 30, 2024
  • BRW intermodal Haney and White B.R. Williams Trucking
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    Haney and White acquires Alabama carrier, LTL brokerage

    The combined operations with B.R. Williams will operate as BRW, employing 300 people across four states. 

    By • Aug. 30, 2024
  • Snow is on the ground in an aerial shot of Estes Express Lines' terminal in Rockford, Illinois.
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    Estes spends $22M to buy back 7 more Yellow terminal leases

    The carrier will move into six of the sites from smaller nearby facilities and could sublease the seventh in Joliet, Illinois, President and COO Webb Estes said.

    By • Aug. 29, 2024
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    Ex-Forward Air CEO hired by Nikola

    The zero-emissions truck maker appointed Tom Schmitt as chief commercial officer.

    By • Aug. 29, 2024
  • A portrait of CRST's new CEO, Mike Gannon.
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    CRST names new CEO

    Former COO Mike Gannon succeeds Hugh Eckberg, who announced his retirement last week.

    By • Aug. 29, 2024
  • Canadian Pacific Kansas City CPKC train
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    Canadian rail carriers’ recovery from work stoppage may take weeks

    Embargoes put in place prior to the disruption have created freight backlog for Canadian National and CPKC.   

    By • Aug. 28, 2024
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    Sustainability reporting, ESG management roles on the rise: Deloitte

    The accounting firm’s survey of 300 executives at public companies pointed to an increase in sustainability oversight as disclosure requirements mount.

    By Zoya Mirza • Aug. 28, 2024
  • White hydrogen refuse vehicle made by New Way and Hyzon for Recology
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    Hyzon plans more pilots, reports progress on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

    A strong Q1 translated to $10.3 million in revenue through the first half of the year.

    By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 27, 2024
  • An ACT trucker drives on a Texas highway next to passenger vehicles in May 2024 under a clear blue sky.
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    Knight-Swift expects to open 38 LTL service centers this year

    CEO Adam Miller said the locations will add more than 1,000 doors to the company’s network, a 22% increase.

    By • Aug. 27, 2024
  • An Amazon truck is seen entering the LDJ5 Amazon Sort Center on April 25, 2022 in New York City.
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    Amazon equips sellers with more choice on trucking providers

    The company is also providing sellers with carrier metrics such as on-time delivery rates and no-show percentages.

    By • Aug. 26, 2024
  • Trucks shown beside intermodal containers lined up at the Port of Los Angeles
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    Universal Logistics abruptly shutters brokerage subsidiary

    The shutdown of Universal Capacity Solutions will allow its parent company to focus on its priorities, a securities filing said.

    By • Aug. 26, 2024
  • The Federal Reserve building at sunset.
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    Economic confidence in North America plummets

    Finance professionals grew suddenly more concerned as the pace of expansion cooled from its heady 2023.

    By David McCann • Aug. 26, 2024