PS Logistics announced Wednesday that one of its subsidiaries acquired the flatbed fleet of ELS, which includes more than 90 tractors and over 240 over-length trailers. Kenly, North Carolina-based ELS is a 15-year-old carrier mostly hauling steel, lumber and building products. ELS will retain and continue to operate its heavy-haul and intermodal segments. The acquisition…
On episode 670 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking to Happyrobot co-founder Pablo Palafox about the company’s AI assistant for the logistics industry. Happyrobot connects to your TMS to handle load updates, capacity requests, check calls or appointment scheduling. We’ll find out how it works. FreightWaves’ Justin Martin dives deep on the latest issues…
Canadian authorities recently shut down two trucking companies in the Vancouver area in the aftermath of collisions with a vehicle tunnel and a highway sign. The suspension of carriers TSD Holdings Inc. and International Machine Transport Inc. comes after another company — Chohan Freight Forwarders — was ordered to cease operations after one of its…
The Haslam family is out of Pilot Travel Centers. The legal battle between the Haslams and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) over the travel centers’ valuation was settled last week, the truce announced the day the case was to go to trial in Delaware Chancery Court. With that compleeted, the founding family exercised its “put option,”…
Freighter operator Cargolux, the eighth-largest all-cargo operator by traffic, is diversifying with a new firefighting business line. The Luxembourg-based airline announced Friday that the new venture, called Aquarius Aerial Firefighting, will operate a fleet of 12 Air Tractor AT-802F Fire Boss aircraft. The single-engine air tankers, a mix of single and double-seaters, will be acquired…