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Supply chain software provider Descartes again reported record quarterly results, noting it is “picking up a bunch of business from competitors.” Descartes (NASDAQ: DSGX) reported consolidated revenue of $148.2 million, a 19% year-over-year (y/y) increase, for its 2024 fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 31. Services revenue was up 20% to $135.7 million. The period benefitted…
United Road, a major carrier of new and used automobiles, has an unidentified new group of owners. The fact that the company is no longer fully owned by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) was revealed earlier this month through actions taken by S&P Global Ratings (NYSE: SPGI) and Moody’s (NYSE: MCO). The two agencies changed…
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago. In this week’s edition, from the March 1977 issue of American Shipper, FreightWaves looks…
Daimler Truck CFO Jochen Goetz, an architect of the company’s split off from Daimler AG into a stand-alone company, died “suddenly and unexpectedly” on Saturday, the German truck maker said Sunday. Goetz, 52, was a member of Daimler Truck Holding AG’s Board of Management. Daimler did not reveal a cause of death. In a news…
Startups planning commercial vehicle charging operations are pursuing an idea that was big 30 years ago when corporate fuel islands dispensed gasoline and diesel instead of electricity. Twice this week we were reminded that, like Solomon wrote in the biblical book of Eccelsiastes: “What has been will be again, what has been done will be…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck is coming up next month. It is a high-visibility, high-volume inspection and compliance enforcement initiative, and carriers should begin preparing now to avoid racking up unexpected violations. This three-day Roadcheck — which takes place in Canada, Mexico and the United States — is scheduled for May 14-16….