JB Hunt To Buy Zenith
J.B. Hunt Transport announced Jan it entered an agreement to acquire furniture hauler Zenith Freight Lines for $87 million. The deal is expected to bolster J.B. Hunt’s final-mile and furniture delivery network.
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Groendyke Acquiring Georgia Tank Lines
Groendyke Transport Inc. of Enid, Okla., and Georgia Tank Lines (GTL) have signed a purchase agreement for Groendyke to acquire all the tank-truck assets of GTL. The companies anticipate a closing date of Jan…
Bulk Carriers Founder Dies
Richard Stephen Hartrick, who in March of 1976 founded Bulk Carriers Transportation Equipment Co., died Dec. 18 at his home in New Philadelphia, Ohio, following a year-long illness. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1946…
Major Carrier Central Freight Closing After 96 years
Waco, Texas-based Central Freight Lines (CFL) notified drivers, employees and customers in mid Dec that it would be shutting down. A source close to CFL said the company had “too much debt and too many unpaid bills”…
Wait Times Cutting Into Driver Pay
As carriers continue to try to attract drivers by enticing them with more pay, delays caused by disruptions in the supply chain that show no signs of letting up could be eating away at those…
Trucker Adds LTL
Transervice Integrated Solutions (TIS) has launched a less-than-truckload (LTL) division to support shippers across North America. TIS’s new LTL division ‘’complements the existing full truckload service and rounds out the company’s entire freight management offering,’’…
Drivers Prefer Smaller Firms
Drivers, technicians and office workers in the trucking industry are more likely to be satisfied at small or medium-sized companies, according to WorkHound’s mid-year report. Workhound is a website that provides a forum for those…
Andlauer Acquires Boyle
Andlauer Healthcare Group (AHG) has acquired 100% of Boyle Transportation for $80 million. In addition to the Boyle acquisition, AHG has acquired the remaining 51 percent of Skelton USA after the group previously acquired the first 49%
Freight Piling Up On West Coast
Carriers have a clear preference in terms of where they are trying to position themselves in the U.S. and it illustrates just how unbalanced transportation capacity continues to be. Loads traveling more than 800 miles…
Teamsters Fighting Speed Limiters
The Teamsters union is fighting a move by TFI International’s TForce Freight to cut the maximum speed of trucks from 68 miles per hour to 65. The union’s national negotiating committee for TForce quietly filed…
