The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is up 7.5% year-over-year, which is impacting the cost of goods across a variety of sectors. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the CPI for all goods less food and energy rose 0.6% in January, the same increase as in December. This was the seventh time in the […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a special press conference on Monday that he would invoke, for the first time in the nation’s history, emergency powers that will allow him to clamp down on protests that have roiled the U.S.-Canada border at various crossings as well as the country’s capital city, Ottawa, Ontario. While […]
Kenworth, Peterbilt trucks recalled for methane warning system issue Paccar is recalling approximately 1,107 Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks of various models because the methane detection systems in the trucks won’t function if the system loses power., according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents. As a result, the driver could be unaware of a system […]
Pilot Freight Services has been acquired by A.P. Moller-Maersk for approximately $1.7 billion in cash. A provider of end-to-end and last-mile solutions specializing in big and bulky B2C and B2B freight, Pilot Freight Services built out its last-mile home delivery solution through the acquisitions of Manna Freight Systems in 2018 and DSI Logistics in 2021, and expanded its middle-mile […]
West Side Transport (CCJ Top 250, No. 165) is opening a new logistics hub in Chattanooga, Tennessee, facilitating the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based dry van carrier’s expansion into the southeastern U.S. The Chattanooga facility – West Side’s eighth location – will allow the 550 truck and 2,100 trailer, asset-based trucking, logistics and warehousing provider to continue its strategic growth across North America and “strengthens West Side’s […]
Stoughton Trailers announced its plan for expanded intermodal chassis production. In 2022, the company will begin manufacturing chassis products in Waco, Texas. The new Waco facility will add additional chassis capacity to Stoughton’s already expanding chassis production capacity in Wisconsin. In December of 2021, Stoughton installed a new chassis production line at its Stoughton, Wisconsin […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for the first nine months of 2021, which projects that an estimated 31,720 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes from January through September 2021. These numbers, if proven accurate, represent an increase of approximately 12% from the 28,325 fatalities […]
Behind every good diversity and inclusion program is a good bot — or at least that’s some of the story at U.S. Xpress, which is enjoying a rise in its Spanish speaking driver population thanks in part to an algorithm dedicated to reaching applicants whose primary language is not English. But U.S. Xpress is not […]
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (CCJ Top 250, No. 3) is acquiring Conover, North Carolina-based Zenith Freight Lines, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of furniture manufacturer Bassett, for roughly $87 million, the companies announced Monday. Post-closing next month, J.B. Hunt will provide transport services for Bassett, and President and CEO John Roberts noted his company’s investment in Zenith “enhances J.B. Hunt’s furniture delivery […]
