LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The exhibit hall at the Omni Hotel here was filled in mid-February with booths representing airlines, logistics providers, airports, truck delivery companies and technology vendors marketing their capabilities to industry peers attending the AirCargo 2024 conference. The stall with a handful of ABX Air pilots from the Teamsters union stood out. Pilots…
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia announced Monday the opening of two new terminals, which is part of a previously disclosed $1 billion capital plan for 2024. The new locations are in Garland, Texas, and Missoula, Montana. The Garland location will be the company’s fourth terminal in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, while the Missoula site will be its…
Retail diesel prices as measured by the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration weekly average are starting to react to an overall bullish market in crude oil and petroleum products. The weekly number, the benchmark used in most fuel surcharges, rose 6.5 cents a gallon Monday to $4.061 a gallon. It’s the largest one-week increase since…
By Bart De Muynck The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Although transportation rates are still relatively low, companies have seen their overall logistics costs increase over the past few years. A big part of that has been due to increased…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says only 113 motor carriers have applied for its under-21 truck driver apprenticeship program since the agency began accepting applications in July 2022, a dismal sign for an initiative that had been expected to recruit up to 1,000 carriers and 3,000 drivers. The data, included in a…