WASHINGTON — The Senate may soon consider a three-year tax package that includes financial benefits for both large and small trucking companies. It passed the U.S. House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, approved in the House by a vote of 357-70 on Jan….
On episode 681 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is joined by Zeem Solutions founder and CEO Paul Gioupis. Zeem just cut the ribbon on its charging depot in Inglewood, California. We’ll find out why Gioipis thinks this is the first step toward electrifying millions of trucks in the state. Uber Freight has released a Scheduling…
Kenan Advantage Group (KAG) said Monday it has acquired Northern Dry Bulk for an undisclosed amount. Clare, Michigan-based Northern Dry Bulk primarily hauls and stores plastic resins used in the automotive, packaging and electronics industries. The carrier serves the U.S. and Canada out of two terminals with a fleet of 36 tractors and 91 trailers….
With geopolitical tensions rising around the Suez Canal and water levels dropping at the Panama Canal, one could be forgiven for expecting U.S. imports to fall in January. But, according to new data from Descartes, they were shockingly robust. The U.S. imported 2,273,125 twenty-foot equivalent units of containerized goods in January, up a surprising 7.9%…
When RXO came out with its first-quarter earnings for 2023, its performance was clearly superior to those of its brokerage peers, and it looked like the company might have found the magic sauce to handle a weak freight market. But the latest quarterly report from the stand-alone 3PL had landed with a thud, a declining…