Tampa, Fla.-based non-asset-based 3PL BlueGrace Logistics recently announced that Adam Blankenship, its Chief Commercial Officer, was named as a member of the Digital LTL Council,…
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Coming in under the wire on its August 31 deadline, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) announced a unanimous decision today, in rejecting the use of…
With a 1.5-cent increase, the national weekly average came in at $3.339. This followed a 3.2-cent decline, to $3.324 per gallon, for the week of…
For June, the most recent month for which data is available, the SCI reading was -12.0, which FTR noted “[reflects] a tough environment for shippers.”…
Total quarterly shipments increased 11.3%, from the first quarter to the second quarter, and were up 21.7% annually, and total revenue rose 21%, from the…
With a 0.008-cent decrease, the weekly average came in at $3.356 per gallon, following a 0.003-cent decrease, to $3.364, for the week of August 9.…
Falling 0.003-cents, this week’s national average came in at $3.364 per gallon. This followed a 2.5-cent increase, to $3.367, for the week of August 2,…
DAT reported that the number of available loads on the spot truckload freight market increased 0.3%, and the number of available trucks, for the week,…
For May, the most recent month for which data is available, the SCI reading was -11.3, a slight improvement over April’s -11.9, which was preceded…
Paced by a combination of rising truckload volumes, due largely to high levels of retail imports and peak produce shipments, June spot and contract truckload…
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for June—at 111.6 (2015=100)—fell 1.5%, from May to June, after a 1% May decline, to…
GEODIS officials said that bringing Velocity into the fold expands GEODIS’ Capacity Solutions freight brokerage offering in North America at a time when the industry…
Phoenix-based national truckload carrier Knight-Swift Transportation announced it has thrown its hat into the less-than-truckload (LTL) arena, acquiring Dothan, Alabama-based LTL carrier AAA Cooper Transportation…
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for May—at 113.7 (2015=100)—was off 0.7%, following a 12.2% April decline and a 5.1% March…
For the week of June 14, the national diesel average increased 1.2 cents, to $3.286 per gallon., ahead of weeks ending June 7, May 31,…
Lowell, Ark.-based trucking and intermodal services bellwether J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced that its subsidiary, J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. has partnered up with autonomous…
The April TCI, which is the most recent month for which data is available, came in at 16.82, topping March’s 16.17, the previous all-time high.…
The latest issue in trucking is actually a renewal of a 15-year-plus battle against truckers who go too fast. It pits safety advocates and large…
ODFL reported that revenue per day increased 47.6% annually, driven by a 28.3% gain in daily LTL tonnage, as well as LTL revenue per hundredweight…
Portland, Ore.-based DAT Freight & analytics, an online marketplace for spot market truckload freight, and Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions…