PS Logistics announced it has acquired flatbed and dedicated truckload carrier Buddy Moore Trucking (BMT). The combination of the two Birmingham, Alabama-based transportation providers will expand PS Logistics’ presence in the Southeastern U.S. Founded in 1999, Buddy Moore Trucking touts a flatbed fleet of 130 tractors and a dry van operation with 120 trucks. It…
LAS VEGAS — Tires are the only part of an autonomous truck that touch the road. So it helps when those tires are smart enough to send road information to the driverless vehicle. Middle-mile autonomous trucking leader Gatik has been working with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. on tire technology for several years. Now the…
Seattle-based startup Flexe has laid off 99 workers, about 38% of its workforce, according to a filing in Washington state. Officials for the on-demand logistics and warehousing firm said the layoffs were due to “ongoing market volatility in the logistics industry driven by continued macroeconomic uncertainty. While we have a very strong cash position, it…
A California-based third-party logistics company, which had 34 power units and 33 drivers, filed for bankruptcy liquidation on Thursday. Wise Choice Trans. Corp., headquartered in Hayward, California, filed its petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. The 3PL, which was founded in 2009, offered final mile, less-than-truckload and full truckload…
Craig Fuller, CEO and founder of FreightWaves, has joined the board of directors of Repowr, a Chattanooga-based FreightTech company pioneering the largest commercial trailer marketplace in North America. With Repowr, asset-based fleets, brokers, shippers and owner-operators can tap into the Universal Trailer Network (UTN) to seamlessly exchange trailer capacity. The Repowr platform supplements existing fleet…