05 Feb Universal Logistics Buys Fore Transportation, Expands in Chicago Market Universal Logistics Holdings Inc. has acquired intermodal carrier Fore Transportation Inc. for $34.9 million in cash, the Warren, Mich.-based truckload company announced Feb. 2. Read more...
05 Feb Four Defendants and a Cache of Questions Face Jury in Pilot Flying J Fraud Trial CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - In a trial that exposed an underbelly of greed, fierce competition, thievery and even racism within a division of the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer, jurors now face a slew of questions as the case comes to a close. Read more...
05 Feb BNSF Announces $3.3 Billion CapEx Program in 2018 BNSF Railway Co. plans to invest $3.3 billion in capital expenditures in 2018, including $2.4 billion in maintenance projects, according to a budget outline that roughly matches the same spending as 2017. Read more...
02 Feb PS Logistics Buys Shelton Trucking PS Logistics purchased the assets of Shelton Trucking Services for an undisclosed price to expand its operations in the Southeast and garner terminals in Jacksonville, Fla., and Mobile, Ala. Read more...
02 Feb New Truck Drivers Thrive as Companies Struggle to Hire Emily Duck is only 5-foot-4, but she has no trouble shifting the gears, hitting the brakes or climbing into the cab of a big rig that she drives from Edwardsville, Ill., to Kansas City almost every night. Read more...
02 Feb RoadOne IntermodaLogistics Merges with Robin Hood Container Express RoadOne IntermodaLogistics reached a deal to bring Southeast drayage provider Robin Hood Container Express into its family of companies. Read more...
02 Feb Odyssey Logistics Opens Houston Innovation Center Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. opened an engineering technology center in Houston, a key market for many of the products that the company helps to transport. Read more...
02 Feb Special Truck Lane in New Mexico Speeds up Border Shipments As NAFTA renegotiation talks wind down, a dedicated cargo lane for trucks is speeding up shipments from a massive Foxconn plant on the Mexican side of the Santa Teresa, N.M., border crossing. Read more...
02 Feb Port of Virginia to Introduce Appointment System on March 1 The Port of Virginia will launch an online appointment system for trucking companies visiting the Norfolk International Terminals beginning on March 1, a decision the port authority there hopes will accelerate the supply chain by shortening turn times. Read more...
02 Feb Canada Wants Electric, Driverless Cars to Factor in NAFTA Canada wants North American automakers to get extra credit for making cars more environmentally friendly or able to drive themselves as negotiators try to bridge one of NAFTA’s sharpest divides. Read more...