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Truck transportation jobs had an uneventful month in June, dropping by the smallest increment that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Changes up or down are reported by the BLS in increments of 100 (unless they’re zero), and that is the change reported by the BLS for June: a decline of 100 jobs to 1,548,600…
Frances Hall was sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication after pleading no contest to charges she was part of a multimillion dollar fraud scheme while she was co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking in San Antonio, Texas. Hall was sentenced Wednesday in the 147th District Court in Austin, Texas. As part of her no contest…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services told analysts Tuesday night it’s still too early to say how the 2023 peak shipping season will shape up. The company reported second-quarter earnings per share of $1.81 after the market closed, 11 cents light of the consensus expectation and 61 cents worse year over year (y/y). A 100-basis-point increase in…
Ryder System Inc. has opened a logistics facility in El Paso, Texas, aiming to tap into growing cross-border trade between the U.S. and Mexico. Ryder’s newly built 50,000-square-foot logistics facility is aimed at supporting global firms that are nearshoring manufacturing operations to Mexico, officials said. The facility is near the Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge, which connects…
Canada’s largest railroads, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, early Thursday locked out 9,300 union employees represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), shutting down the country’s rail network in a move that is expected to disrupt supply chains across North America. The lockout of train crews and control personnel at 12:01 a.m….
Container trade is providing keen insight into retailer expectations of the consumer for this back-to-school season. Depending on the product category, logistics orders are flat or slightly up, American Shipper recently reported. But what about the basics? There are some things parents need to buy for their kids when they go back to school. If…