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 […]
Supreme Court blocks vaccination/testing mandate on larger employers The U.S. Supreme Court on January 13 stayed an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that generally would have required employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that all employees are either vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID) or undergo weekly COVID testing. A federal appeals court in December had […]
Greenville, South Carolina-based Dedicated Transport Solutions (DTS) has been acquired by Atlanta-based trucking company Ascend. Ascend, a dryvan full truckload carrier, earlier this month acquired Jackson, Tennessee-based Milan Supply Chain Solutions and its subsidiary J&B Services. The acquisition of DTS expands Ascend’s dedicated contract carriage business and further broadens the company’s coverage of the southeastern seaboard in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and […]
A 5.5-cent gain during the most recent week ending Jan. 24 has the national average for diesel prices at its highest since September 2014, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report. The U.S.’ average for a gallon of on-highway diesel is now $3.78, surpassing the 2021 high of $3.734 set during the week ending […]
ELD selection should not be taken lightly according to trucking experts who say that beyond setting high expectations in the C-Suite, carriers should avoid obsessing over cost and turn to additional stakeholders who can better ensure the best pick for the price. When former trucking consultant Louis Giardelli, who now leads information technology at Veltri […]
