Highways closed due to deadly tornadoes and snowstorms
Story by: Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist at FreightWaves Tornadoes killed several people in middle Tennessee overnight, including in the Nashville area. The storms hit mostly between 1 and 2 a.m. CST. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued tornado warnings for parts of Davidson, Wilson and Sumner counties. According to […]
Learn More‘Nuclear verdict’ forces trucking company to shut down operations after 19 years
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves A family-owned Arkansas-based trucking company closed its doors on March 2 after notifying its customers and drivers late last week. Randy Clifton Jr., president of RCX Solutions Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas, confirmed the news of the closure to FreightWaves on Monday. “We got everyone home and […]
Learn MoreOilpatch trucking company shuts down as bankruptcy looms
Story by: Nate Tabak, Border & North America Correspondent at FreightWaves – Monday, March 2, 2020 Dalmac Energy, a trucking company serving Canada’s struggling oilpatch, has shut down as a creditor-imposed bankruptcy looms. Alberta-based Dalmac ceased operations abruptly on Jan. 27 as a court-appointed receiver assumed control over the firm, CEO John Babic told […]
Learn MoreEinride to hire first ever remote truck operators, plans U.S. launch
Story by: Linda Baker, Staff Writer at FreightWaves Einride, a Swedish-based remote operated autonomous trucking and transportation company, announced today that they will be hiring their first remote drivers in Sweden in March 2020 and in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2020. “We are very glad to hire someone that will be taking […]
Learn MoreIllinois carrier is shutting down: cites brutal freight market, soaring insurance costs
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves Family-owned BK Trans Inc. of Arlington Heights, Illinois, said it will cease operations in March, citing a brutal freight market, the ongoing struggle to find qualified drivers and soaring insurance costs as the main reasons behind the small carrier’s decision to close after 10 years. “The market in […]
Learn MoreVideo captures train collision with tractor-trailer (Warning strong language)
Story by: Noi Mahoney A FreightWaves A motorist captured dramatic video early Tuesday morning of a passenger train slamming into a tractor-trailer just north of San Antonio. Truck driver and passengers and crew on Amtrak train uninjured. Video courtesy Chris/YouTube – Warning Strong language and high impact Officials with the Cibolo Police Department said […]
Learn MorePenske Logistics to shutter cross-dock facility, lay off 120 workers and drivers
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves A major logistics company, Penske Logistics notified approximately 120 workers and truck drivers on Feb. 24 that it will permanently shutter its cross-dock facility in Coldwater, Michigan, on April 30. The closure is in response to “the unexpected loss of a fair market bid with Ford Motor […]
Learn MoreMexican factories feel coronavirus effect
Story by: Noi Mahoney at Freightwaves Factories in Mexico feeling effect from Coronavirus Factories across Mexico have begun to feel disruptions in their supply chains caused by the coronavirus. The coronavirus has already wreaked havoc in China. Now, Mexican auto parts and electronics factories that depend on materials from China have been affected as well, said […]
Learn MoreIllinois trucking company lays off drivers, shuts off Wisconsin terminal
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves Almost 70 employees, including 61 truck drivers, got just three days’ notice that Black Horse Carriers Inc. was permanently shuttering its terminal in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday. The closure is in response to a customer’s decision to “discontinue business” with the carrier at its Pewaukee location, Nancy Brooks, director […]
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