J.B. Hunt Strikes Acquisition Deal With BNSF Logistics
J.B. Hunt Transportation Services' acquisition of BNSF Logistics is expected to close before the end of the year. (J.B. Hunt) J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Sept. 14 that its transport subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the brokerage operations of BNSF Logistics. A supply chain services subsidiary ...more
UAW May Consider Strikes at Small Number of Factories
United Auto Workers members walk in the 2019 Labor Day parade in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press) DETROIT — Leaders of ...more
Union Pacific’s New CEO Won’t Rule Out Cuts
(Union Pacific Railway via Facebook) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s new CEO, who came into the job last month with ...more
Hyundai Could Get $2.1 Billion in Aid to Make EVs in Georgia
A banner welcomes Hyundai Motor Group to their future home at the Bryan County site in Ellabell, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah ...more
Startup Merger Partners Eye Class 8 Truck Launch by 2027
A Tevva hydrogen electric truck on the road. Tevva is based in England, and ElectraMeccanica is based in Canada. (Tevva) ...more
ATA Leader Chris Spear Presses Congress for AV Framework
Chris Spear addresses the U.S. House panel on highways and transit operations on Sept. 13. (SunJae Smith/American Trucking Associations) WASHINGTON ...more
Nearshoring Boom Faces Growing Pains
C.H. Robinson opened a new facility in Laredo to speed up cross-border movements for customers. (C.H. Robinson) The escalation of ...more
ATA Touts USDOT Truck Parking Investments
ATA President Chris Spear (left), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (middle) and ATA Chairman Dan Van ...more
BP CEO Looney Quits Over Past Relationships With Colleagues
Looney has been the strongest advocate among the CEOs of the oil supermajors for a ...more
Panama Canal Says Shipping Congestion Will Last Into 2024
Cargo ships wait in the anchor zone to cross the Panama Canal from the Pacific ...more
Wabtec Denies Charges of Anticompetitive Behavior
Wabtec's fully electric FLXdrive locomotive. (Wabtec) Progress Rail, a division of Caterpillar Inc., has accused ...more
Walmart Now Offers Late-Evening Delivery, Pickup
The late-evening service will be available at more than 4,000 stores nationwide. (Walmart) Walmart is ...more
Cashless Tolling Is Coming to Kansas Turnpike in 2024
A truck passes under a tolling gantry on the Kansas Turnpike. (Kansas Turnpike Authority) Making ...more
Illinois Welcomes Expansion of Soybean Plant for Biodiesel
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (second from right) joins other dignitaries at the groundbreaking ceremony Sept. ...more
Peterbilt Celebrates Model 389 Milestone
Massey Motor Freight owner Troy Massey accepts a plaque acknowleding the 100,000th Peterbilt Model 389. ...more
ATA’s Spear: Emission Mandates Must Follow Realistic Timelines
ATA President Chris Spear speaks at the American Truck Dealers event. Spear urged government agencies ...more
AI Provides Vital Assistance to TMS Companies
Screenshot of shopping center in Somerset County, N.J. With AI assistance, fleets can pull in ...more
Fleets Can Expect Long Timelines for Facility Connections
Ryan Wheeler says fleet electrification projects tend to be bigger than most utility connections. (Blake ...more
Active military and veterans eat free at TA truck stops on the Fourth of July
TravelCenters of America (TA) is offering current and former military members a free meal on ...more
Knight-Swift finalizes blockbuster $808 million acquisition of U.S. Xpress
On Wednesday morning, trucking giant Knight-Swift announced that the acquisition of U.S. Xpress is now ...more
VIDEO: Motorcyclist jumps to safety before backing big rig runs over his bike
A motorcyclist shared frightening video of his way-too-close encounter with a backing semi truck. The ...more
TikTok trucker sounds the alarm on alleged tow scam targeting big rigs in North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia
A trucker popular on social media recently shared a video to warn the trucking community ...more
Sleeping driver helped pull passengers from burning Greyhound bus in fatal accident
One of the truck drivers struck by a Greyhound bus while parked outside of a ...more