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  • Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt
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    Federal highway administrator leaves for private sector

    Shailen Bhatt took a job last week as at engineering firm AtkinsRéalis as SVP and COO of U.S., Latin America, minerals and metals.

    By • Sept. 16, 2024
  • Nathan Gonzales, editor and publisher of Inside Elections, briefs trucking leaders at the TCA 2024 Fall Business Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
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    TCA Fall Business Meeting 2024

    Harris has momentum in reset race, political analyst tells trucking execs

    But the presidential election remains too close to call, and anyone who says otherwise "is not really being honest," Inside Elections’ Nathan Gonzales said.

    By • Sept. 13, 2024
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    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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    Middle class workers fear outliving their retirement savings, report finds

    Respondents said they faced competing financial priorities, such as paying off debt and covering basic living expenses.

    By Ginger Christ • Sept. 13, 2024
  • EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator Alejandra Nunez briefs Truckload Carriers Association members during their 2024 Fall Business Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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    TCA Fall Business Meeting 2024

    ‘It isn’t going to work’: Carrier execs slam EPA emissions rule

    Trucking leaders challenged the feasibility of the Phase 3 greenhouse gas reduction rule for new heavy-duty trucks during a Q&A with an EPA official Wednesday.

    By • Sept. 12, 2024
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    AAA Cooper promotes leaders to presidents of LTL, dedicated

    The Knight-Swift LTL carrier elevated Chris Durley and Cory Bingham to key roles.

    By • Sept. 11, 2024
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    Almost 4 in 10 leaders admit to ‘fauxductivity,’ Workhuman finds

    The phenomenon could be a symptom of poor culture, creating a toxic cycle of performative productivity and productivity anxiety.

    By Laurel Kalser • Sept. 11, 2024
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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
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    Yellow’s Darren Hawkins has a new job

    The former CEO of the bankrupt LTL giant will lead the North American Chassis Pool Cooperative as president and CEO.

    By • Sept. 9, 2024
  • 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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    OSHA heat prevention rule calls for rest breaks every 2 hours

    A proposal could potentially require 15-minute breaks when temperatures reach 90 degrees or above.

    By • Sept. 5, 2024
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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
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    Kroger e-commerce center drivers vote to join Teamsters

    The facility in Georgia is set to become the grocer's second fulfillment center where drivers have agreed to unionize.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • Sept. 4, 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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    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
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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
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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
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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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    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
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    Labor board orders Canada’s railroads to resume operations Monday

    While all parties pledged to comply, the Teamsters vowed to challenge the order in court.

    By • Aug. 24, 2024
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    Schneider National driver becomes 3rd to reach record safety feat

    Trucker Greg Swift received a $10,000 bonus for driving 5 million miles without a preventable accident over his three-decade career with the carrier.

    By • Aug. 23, 2024
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    Werner appeals adverse judgment in discrimination case

    The company declined to hire a driver who is deaf, leading to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit.

    By • Aug. 23, 2024
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    Canada’s major rail carriers shut down

    With no new labor deal, Canadian National and CPKC locked out union workers shortly after midnight Thursday.

    By • Aug. 22, 2024
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    Wabash COO to resign

    Dustin Smith, a longtime executive with the company, was appointed to the role last December.

    By • Aug. 20, 2024
  • Two people laugh behind a replica cake of an A. Duie Pyle truck, the trucks trailer reads, “100 service since 1924”.
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    ‘Absolutely committed’: A. Duie Pyle celebrates 100th anniversary as a family-owned company

    The Pennsylvania-based carrier survived a strike, deregulation and other challenges to grow into a premier Northeast regional LTL provider national competitors want to acquire.

    By • Aug. 20, 2024
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    ‘No possibility’ trucking can fill gap of Canada rail disruption

    The British Columbia Trucking Association’s CEO says a shutdown of Canadian railroad networks will lead to a dearth in trucking activity.

    By • Aug. 19, 2024