A bout of harsh winter weather temporarily pushed truckload metrics higher in January, but fundamentals have receded back to trough levels, carriers said at a pair of investor conferences this week. J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT) said its intermodal volumes have not been as strong as the increases reported at the ports of Los…
Robotic Research Autonomous Industries (RRAI), the autonomous truck technology provider working with FPInnovations in the Quebec bush, has rebranded as Forterra. The company says the name change reflects its ground-based […]
Norfolk Southern Corp. on Wednesday defended the composition of its board of directors and did not address the fate of CEO Alan Shaw, who is the subject of an activist group’s efforts to remove him and replace him with Jim Barber, a former top UPS Inc. executive. In a lengthy letter to shareholders, the Atlanta-based…
On Episode 684 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is breaking down the New York trucker boycott. We’ll find out how a video from a driver in Chicago caused the media to run with the story. Is it even real? Is anyone participating and is it impacting freight? HD Drayage & Container Services’ Hope Allen shines…
Taiwan-based Starlux Airlines, which has only existed for four years and operates 21 passenger jets, on Tuesday inked a deal to buy five next-generation A350 cargo jets from Airbus. The announcement, which was made by the companies during the Singapore Airshow, is noteworthy because Starlux is so new and currently doesn’t operate cargo jets, and…