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  • A Werner trailer is hauled on an interestate.
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    Werner board member resigns over ESG disagreements

    Vikram Mansharamani stepped down from his seat Feb. 27, according to his resignation letter.

    By March 4, 2024
  • RK Logistics Group Holdings On Time Trucking tractor trailer
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    RK Logistics buys On Time Trucking, expanding to East Coast

    The deal bolsters the 3PL’s ability to store lithium-ion batteries, a growing business segment for the firm.

    By March 1, 2024
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    Trendline

    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
  • XPO driver Steadman "Steve" Mitchell reverses his truck toward a loading dock at a customer facility in Maryland on Feb. 27, 2024.
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    Veteran XPO driver navigates trucking’s daily challenges with ease

    Steadman “Steve” Mitchell shared insights from his 30 years behind the wheel during a 15-mile delivery run to a prison commissary supplier and a luxury fitness club.

    By March 1, 2024
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    Simpson to replace Roberts as JB Hunt CEO

    The trucking giant’s president will continue in her current role when she assumes the top job in July.

    By Feb. 29, 2024
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    President and CEO: Trucking companies are splitting the jobs

    The reasoning varies by the carrier. Two trucking leaders describe how they view each role.

    By Feb. 29, 2024
  • A Kodiak truck and Martin Brower trailer outside a facility.
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    Kodiak, Martin Brower test autonomous reefer route

    The companies are collaborating to deliver time-sensitive products from Texas to Oklahoma.

    By Feb. 29, 2024
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    Knight-Swift’s Jackson steps down, Miller takes helm

    The country’s biggest TL carrier announced a series of changes involving its CEO and CFO.

    By Feb. 27, 2024
  • Wonder Bread truck prepares to make deliveries
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    SCOTUS examines which transportation workers are exempt from arbitration

    The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled in favor of Flowers Foods, finding its truck drivers were not exempt from a federal law.

    By Ryan Golden • Feb. 27, 2024
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    ATRI calls on carriers to share operational costs

    The call to action was made in the trucking industry research group’s annual survey of fleets.

    By Feb. 27, 2024
  • A portrait of Nikola President and CEO Steve Girsky.
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    Nikola close to naming next CFO

    CEO Steve Girsky has been serving as interim finance chief following Anastasiya “Stasy” Pasterick’s departure.

    By Feb. 27, 2024
  • Trailers in a yard waiting to be shipped.
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    Trailer order cancelation rate nearly doubles in January

    ACT Research noted an 18-month freight recession is impacting firms’ capital.

    By Feb. 26, 2024
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    Flexport relaunches Convoy’s load board

    Users began logging back into the platform shortly after the app reactivated, EVP and Head of Trucking Bill Driegert said.  

    By Feb. 23, 2024
  • An autonomous Einride vehicle pulls out onto a roadway in Selmer, Tennessee.
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    Autonomous Einride truck makes GE Appliances warehouse deliveries

    In Selmer, Tennessee, a robot also loads and unloads the freight.

    By Feb. 23, 2024
  • The exterior of a former Yellow Corp. truck terminal in Landover, Maryland, that was acquired by XPO at a bankruptcy auction.
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    Deep Dive

    What’s a Yellow terminal worth? It depends on location, and who you ask.

    XPO, Estes and Saia spent hundreds of millions of dollars on properties. Old Dominion skipped the auction. Executives shared their reasoning in interviews and earnings calls.

    By Feb. 22, 2024
  • A Peterbilt truck, hauling a trailer, equipped with Aurora's autonomous driving technology.
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    Aurora more than doubles AV truck pilot revenue

    Autonomous readiness and performance indicators improved in recent months, the company said, as it approaches fully driverless operations.

    By Feb. 22, 2024
  • Saia tractors without trailers at a lot in Cresson, Pennsylvania
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    Saia plans $1B in capex this year. Yellow terminals are just a quarter of it.

    The carrier expects to spend a separate $300 million on real estate, alongside equipment and technology upgrades, CFO Doug Col said on an earnings call.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
  • Ryder System Laredo Texas new warehouse near shoring
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    Ryder System sets sights on growing cross-border business

    A new warehouse in Laredo, Texas, and an expanded drayage yard in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, give the carrier capacity to handle more freight.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
  • An Estes Express Lines truck
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    Estes angles for growth in Canada with Yellow terminal acquisitions

    The LTL carrier saw the competitor’s bankruptcy auction as a chance to take on more cross-border business, President and COO Webb Estes said in an interview.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
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    Declines persist in dry van contract replacement rates

    Overcapacity is still lingering as carriers seek to maintain market share, according to DAT.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
  • A Cardinal tractor-trailer.
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    Cardinal deal to generate $1B in annualized revenue, Ryder projects

    About 85% of the North Carolina business’ operating revenue comes from dedicated transportation, Ryder CEO Robert Sanchez said.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
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    CH Robinson names new surface transportation president

    Michael Castagnetto was promoted to oversee the brokerage’s largest business segment.

    By Feb. 16, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    Why carriers, shippers use drop and hook in good times and bad

    Fleets and brokers see their drop-and-hook programs as a competitive advantage that gives shippers what they want.

    By Feb. 16, 2024
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    Bison Transport, CPKC ink intermodal services agreement

    The deal is among several partnerships between segment players to capitalize on growing cross-border shipping traffic.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
  • A photo of traffic jam in Atlanta, Georgia.
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    Atlanta’s Perimeter has 3 of the top 10 U.S. truck bottlenecks

    But Georgia Motor Trucking Association President and CEO Ed Crowell expressed optimism to Trucking Dive about ongoing improvements.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
  • Swift trailer hauled on a highway alongside traffic.
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    Knight-Swift buying 10 more Yellow leases

    The carrier is paying about $2.2 million for the additions as it continues the buildout of its LTL network.

    By Feb. 14, 2024