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On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Ben Schill, CEO of Wisconsin-based Paper Transport, and Jeremy Reymer discussed the importance of creating a top-notch workplace by leveraging innovative and progressive approaches to achieve success. “Our purpose is to build a great place to work,” Schill said. “This truly is a people business, and…
Houston-based SMG Industries Inc. (SMGI) has acquired the Barnhart Transportation group, a 20-year-old trucking company and logistics brokerage with 167 drivers and 170 trucks. Officials for SMGI said the acquisition doubles the company’s annual revenue and creates operational and revenue diversification. “The acquisition of Barnhart creates an attractive and diversified platform,” Matt Flemming, SMGI chairman,…
Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Transportation are creating a roadway capable of wirelessly charging electric vehicles, including Class 8 trucks, traveling at highway speeds. Researchers say that could lead to smaller batteries and lower barriers to electric fleets. A quarter-mile roadway is being outfitted with the technology on U.S. Highway 231 in West…
Union Pacific is asking a federal district court to review the decision by the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. UP had expressed concerns during STB hearings on the merger that the board needed to impose conditions upon CP and KCS that would ensure competition at interchanges….
A truck driver has been charged after he was involved in a crash on a North Carolina highway that left five people dead. Charles Christian Haskell, 51, of Las Vegas, was charged with five counts of death by motor vehicle after a crash involving his tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Wilson County on July 24. …
The rate of decline in cargo revenue at Delta Air Lines slowed further in the first quarter, reflecting an overall improvement in global market conditions for airfreight. Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) on Wednesday reported record first-quarter adjusted revenue of $12.6 billion, but cargo revenue fell 15% year over year to $178 million. The world’s second-largest…