The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for August, came in at 119 (2015=100), for a 2.8% increase on the heels of…
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Two leading logistics technology players—New York-based Transfix, a logistics technology services provider that streamlines shipment data to better help shippers make informed decisions to optimize…
ODFL reported that revenue per day increased 14.5% annually, driven by an LTL revenue per hundredweight increase, which it said was slightly offset by a…
Johns Creek, Georgia-based multi-regional less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Saia recently announced it has set up shop with a new terminal in the Chicago area, in Franklin…
FTR reported that preliminary August North American Class 8 net orders—at 21,400—saw a 98% increase over July and were off 46% annually. August preliminary North…
For June, the most recent month for which data is available, the SCI came in at -4.0, faring better than May’s -6.2 reading. That was…
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for July, came in at 116.2 (2015=100), down 1.1% compared to June, which was preceded…
Itsaca, Ill.-based third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and global freight forwarder SEKO Logistics announced it has acquired Commerce, Calif.-based 3PL and fulfillment services provider Pixior…
Pay for American truckers rose significantly in 2021 as demand for drivers amid the ongoing driver shortage increased competition for talent. That’s according to the…
Company officials said that this facility, its West Phoenix Service Center, is “perfectly positioned” to serve the growing Phoenix market, while bringing FedEx Freight’s total…
The national average price per gallon of diesel, for the week of August 8—at $4.993—fell 14.5 cents annually, following declines of 13 cents, for the…
The Supreme Court’s refusal to review a legal challenge to California’s so-called AB5 rule that covers classifying independent owner-operators as trucking company employees has large…
New records were hit for quarterly revenue—at $3.23 billion—up 1.2% annually (and up 11% when excluding the March sale of its intermodal business), with net…
Yellow posted second quarter operating revenue of $1.424 billion and operating income of $99.2 million, which included a $3.2 million net gain on property disposals.…
For the first time in quite a while, Washington is in the chips. Computer semiconductor chips, that is. Congress late last week passed a bipartisan…
June’s TVI dry van freight reading—at 240—was up 6% compared to May, with the refrigerated TVI—at 173—down 0.6%, and the flatbed TVI up 5%, to…
Global retail giant Walmart said its Walmart Canada segment recently rolled out a new 60-foot, multi-temperature refrigerated trailer, which the company said is one of…
The report’s second quarter shipment index value—at 121.6—was up 2.3% compared to the first quarter and essentially flat annually, down 0.9%. On the freight spend…
For May, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI came in at -0.3, on the heels of a 3.21 April reading.…
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for June, came in at 120.1 (2015=100), rising 2.7%, following a 0.3% (downwardly revised from…