Tagged: Transportation

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Freight Shipments Climbing

Freight shipments climbing with a sequential uptick in trucking shipments during the 2Q. Freight payments data released in late July showed a sequential uptick in trucking shipments during the second quarter, reversing the declining trend…

Smith Transport Inc

Heartland Buys Smith Transport

Heartland buys Smith Transport Heartland Express Inc. has acquired dry van truckload carrier Smith Transport Inc. and related entities for about $170 million. The Smith companies will continue to operate from Roaring Spring under the leadership of Todd Smith…

Forward Air acquires Edgmon Trucking

Forward Air Acquires Edgmon

Forward Air acquires Edgmon Trucking. Intermodal drayage company generating about $22 million in revenue each year in Kent, Washington. Edgmon serves the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, operating a five-acre facility in Kent and a…

Rail and trucking join forces to increase efficiencies via an increase in capacity and getting freight moving

Rail and Trucking Join Forces

Rail and trucking join forces to increase efficiencies via an increase in capacity and getting freight moving. It’s no secret the supply chain has been backed up, bottlenecked, scrambled, and …

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Warehouse Demand At Record Level

Warehouse demand at record levels. Driven by rising e-commerce demand and related one and two-day shipping demands, the need for new warehouses has never been higher. Real estate services firm JLL published a survey…

NGVAmerica

New CNG Guidance

NGVAmerica, the national trade association for natural gas use in transportation, has reissued its recommended Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel System Inspection Guidance document to reflect new federal standards. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National…

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U.S. Reinstating Truck Usage Survey

U.S. reinstating truck usage survey, after two dormant decades, the federal government is resurrecting the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS), a tool for measuring light, medium and heavy-duty truck trends in the U.S., which…

XPO Logistics

XPO Increasing Capacity

XPO Logistics, a provider of freight transportation services, has opened two less-than-truckload (LTL) terminals to increase customer service capacity in its North American network. In addition, the company increased production capacity at its trailer manufacturing…

Zenith Freight Lines

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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