FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) unit of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) has expanded its final-mile delivery operation, “FedEx Freight Direct,” to 19 U.S. markets.- According to the article in...
Read more“Heartland Express announced it has acquired family-owned Millis Transfer and related companies for approximately $150 million, including debt. Including the payoff of all assumed debt, which is...
Read moreAt least one person has died, and 5 others injured in a fiery crash involving five tractor-trailers and at least one passenger vehicle.- According to Louisiana State Police “Troopers are current...
Read moreStarting Jan. 6, 2020, carriers will be required to query the database for all driver hires, as well as once a year for existing drivers.- According to the article in overdriveonline.com and Overdrive...
Read moreThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a decrease in Unified Carrier Registration fees for trucking companies, brokers and freight forwarders in 2020 and beyond.- According to th...
Read more“Fourteen months after announcing its intent to develop a Class 8 electric truck, Daimler Truck North America officially delivered the first two Freightliner eCascadia models to representatives ...
Read moreChart of the Week: Outbound Tender Volume Index — USA (SONAR: OTVI.USA) After approximately nine months of flat or contracting volumes and rates, the freight market has started to change course. T...
Read moreBernie Sanders wants to spend $216 billion to replace all long-haul diesel trucks with fast-charging electric trucks if he is elected president in 2020.- According to the article in the freightwaves.c...
Read more“Taylor Barker, a tank-hauling owner-operator out of Kingsport, Tennessee, won the 2019 Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search contest after a live finale held Friday, Aug. 23 at the ...
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