A former co-owner of now-defunct Westfield Transport of West Springfield, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsifying driving logs in connection with a June 2019 collision involving one of the company’s vehicles. Seven motorcyclists died in the accident in Randolph, New Hampshire. Dunyadar “Damien” Gasanov, 39, of West Springfield, pleaded guilty Tuesday in…
This story originally aired on Trains.com. MONTREAL – Canada’s labor minister has denied CN’s request to intervene in contract talks with the union representing engineers and conductors. Last week the railroad asked Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon to send stalled contract negotiations to binding arbitration to prevent a work stoppage that would halt rail traffic in…
The owners of separate asset-light and asset-heavy companies are combining in the Southeast to form a significantly larger brokerage, truckload and LTL business. The name of the new entity is BRW. It comes from the acquisition of B.R. Williams Trucking and B.R. Williams LTL Logistics by Haney and White Enterprise, which owns brokerages Haney and…
This story originally aired on Trains.com. WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board will hear from more than three dozen participants during its two-day hearing next month regarding recent trends and strategies for growth in freight railroad traffic. The hearing, set to begin at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 16 and 17 in the board’s hearing room, will…
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by Truckstop. In this issue, challenge issued to ATA and OOIDA; Tesla Semi scam; has the market bottomed?; and more. Heavyweight matchup X The Great Debate 2? — The American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Owner Independent Drivers Association are at each other’s throats again, this time over…