Chart of the Week: Spot to contract rate spread (excluding estimated fuel costs above $1.20/gal, Van Outbound Tender Rejection Index – USA SONAR: RATES12.USA, VOTRI.USA The difference (spread) between dry van truckload spot and contract rates has risen to its most balanced level since the holiday season last year. While the weather has certainly played a role…
A major legal hurdle to tearing down the interstate 81 viaduct through Syracuse, New York, and replacing it with an urban boulevard was cleared Friday when a New York court overturned a ruling blocking the project. The only legal route now for Renew 81, a group opposing the “new urbanism” project, would be to seek…
Nikola Energy has appointed Ole Hoefelmann as president of the Nikola Energy division, effective Feb. 5. Most recenty, he served as Nikola’s global head of infrastructure operations, where he led the reorganization […]
Warehouse on Wheels, formerly known as American Trailer Rental Group, has a new brand, logo and messaging to more accurately reflect the company’s mission – to provide customers with effective […]
An investigation is underway after a Norfolk Southern train engineer died this week after being hit by a train in Decatur, Alabama. The National Transportation Safety Board said the incident happened just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Chris Wilson, 55, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He was a 30-year employee of…