Flatbedder PGT Trucking (CCJ Top 250, No. 101) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to lease 100 Nikola Tre heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) following the satisfactory completion of a Nikola Tre FCEV demonstration program under terms to be agreed to between the parties. The lease order will include the Nikola Tre FCEV, scheduled […]
Diesel fuel prices across the U.S. have increased 18 cents in the last two weeks, with a 7.1-cent increase during the week ending Oct. 4 followed by a 10.9-cent increase during the week ending Oct. 11, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report. The U.S.’ average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel is […]
In the midst of an ongoing microchip shortage that continues to constrain vehicle production, one major truck maker says it’s time for the Biden administration to step up and recognize the vital role of commercial vehicles. Like other OEMs, Volvo Trucks North America has remained in step with White House goals to fight climate change […]
More than 28,000 commercial vehicles were pulled over during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Operation Safe Driver Week, which was held July 11-17 across North America. Law enforcement also stopped nearly 18,000 passenger vehicles during the blitz that aims to prevent dangerous driving behaviors. Speeding was the focus of this year’s event. In the […]
While auto manufacturers may be anxious to obtain more semiconductors, they’re not so eager to talk when it comes to the Biden administration’s push for their chip data. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently threatened to use the Defense Production Act to get automakers to hand over information regarding their chip inventories versus their actual production […]
Soza Trucking small fleet owner-operator C.G. Soza of Atwater, California, believes any owner-operator seeking to find a good home with a carrier or to build his/her own carrier business strives to locate or produce three central qualities. It should be a freight niche whose work you fundamentally enjoy doing, with: Nothing in the way of dishonest […]
Cheema Logistics, a subsidiary of asset-based carrier Cheema Freightlines, on Tuesday acquired the assets and operations of Missoula, Montana-based third-party logistics company Walker Logistics. Terms of this transaction were not disclosed. Cheema Freightlines and Cheema Logistics Founder and CEO Harman Cheema said he expects the acquisition to further bolster his company’s footprint in the logistics market. Walker Logistics, Cheema said, has […]
Ryder System (CCJ Top 250, No. 14) said Wednesday it will acquire Midwest Warehouse & Distribution System, a Woodridge, Illinois-based provider of warehousing, distribution and transportation solutions primarily for food, beverage and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. Midwest operates nine multi-client and eight dedicated-customer warehouses in five regions, primarily in the greater Chicago area, but also […]
Motor carriers are seeing an unexpected trend: Drivers are working less despite getting record pay increases. A CCJ survey conducted the first week of September found that 83% of fleets increased driver pay at least once in 2021, but 29% have seen driver availability decrease in the busy summer months.
