The California Trucking Association and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association will appeal last month’s decision that rejected their latest attempt to block imposition of California independent contractor law AB5 on the state’s trucking sector. The decision to appeal the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, filed Friday with the U.S. District Court…
Less-than-truckload carrier Estes said Monday it will start opening terminals it has acquired from defunct Yellow Corp. as part of a “national expansion.” The carrier acquired 24 service centers for $249 million at Yellow’s (OTC: YELLQ) first auction, which concluded in early December. It picked up five leased properties for $35 million at a second…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking another round of comments from container line operators and their customers as part of its quest to build the case for potential new mandates on container shipment data sharing. The FMC wants to supplement an information request issued last year along with a May 2023 report on…
Freight shipments and expenditures in March were largely in line with February, underperforming normal seasonal trends, according to the Cass Freight Index published Monday. The year-over-year (y/y) declines in both data sets eased again during the month. March shipments were down 2.3% seasonally adjusted from February and 3.6% from the same month last year. Without…
On Episode 706 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking to Brush Pass Research’s Kevin Hill about his latest data on freight brokerages. There are 35% more freight brokerages than there were five years ago but 10% fewer than there were one year ago. Are we close to finding the floor in this market? We’ll…