Yellow’s fate likely in hands of Kansas district court

Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas to enter a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction barring the Teamsters union from a work stoppage. A hearing is scheduled for Friday in Kansas City at 1:30 p.m. local time. The Thursday request follows a strike notice issued by…

TriumphPay records progress on profitability in tough quarter

Although some of the metrics at TriumphPay weakened in the second quarter, the trucking-focused Triumph Financial said that segment — which management sees as the key to its future — continued to move toward EBITDA profitability. The management at Triumph Financial (NASDAQ: TFIN), which operates the TriumphPay payments and audit network as well as its…

CSX continues to target truck-to-rail conversions

CSX is playing a long-term game when looking at encouraging shippers to switch from using trucks to using the railroads, and quantifying what that might look like could take some time, executives said during the eastern U.S. Class I railroad’s earnings call to discuss second-quarter 2023 results.  “I think in terms of numbers we’ll probably…