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,…
On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to FreightWaves’ Rachel Premack about Yellow’s last stand, the cost of a UPS strike and the Las Vegas Sphere. Freight Grim Reaper Henry Byers, who famously called last year’s ocean market collapse, has a new report and it’s not looking good. We’ll learn why ocean…
The Surface Transportation Board said it will look into why Amtrak’s Sunset Limited passenger train service is prone to delays. The investigation was triggered because Amtrak trains on the Sunset Limited service, which runs between New Orleans and Los Angeles, haven’t met on-time performance standards for two consecutive quarters, per section 213 of the Passenger…
The Shipper of Choice award, presented by FreightWaves in partnership with TriumphPay, recognizes the manufacturers, distributors and retailers that do the best job of keeping the American economy moving by fighting driver detention, providing accessible facilities and understanding what it takes to remove inefficiencies from the supply chain. Among the top 25 Shippers of Choice…
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