Truck tech impacted by AT&T outage: Here’s what’s happening

AT&T began experiencing sweeping outages of its cellular networks across the United States on Thursday morning. While mass reports of driver connectivity issues have not surfaced, back-end TMS and visibility systems are experiencing outages. Motive, Samsara and Trimble are a few of the transportation tech platforms that reported issues, warning customers of potential problems. These…

J.B. Hunt acquiring Walmart’s intermodal fleet part of long-term agreement

J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Thursday it has entered a long-term intermodal deal with Walmart that includes volume and capacity commitments. As part of the deal, J.B. Hunt will acquire Walmart’s intermodal assets. The multiyear deal expands an existing relationship between the two Northwest Arkansas companies, with J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) buying Walmart’s (NYSE: WMT)…