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American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear issued the following statement praising President Biden’s executive order to establish a Presidential Emergency Board to help avert the possibility of a rail strike that could have started next week:“We commend President Biden for taking decisive action today to avert a strike and help ensure the rail sector keeps moving freight at this critical time for our economy by appointing a Presidential ...
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Trucker protests that started July 18 over the implementation of AB5 have effectively shut down operations at shipping terminals at the Port of Oakland. The shutdown will further exacerbate the congestion of containers dwelling at the Oakland Seaport as port officials urge terminal operations to ...
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced on July 13 that will open its first transload service facility to support international cargo along the West Coast and streamline its inland transportation for customers.The strategically located ...
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American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear issued a statement calling on leaders in Washington to get serious about lowering energy prices and reducing inflation, rather than considering a proposal to temporarily suspend the federal fuel tax:
“After months of touting the passage of the ...
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DB Schenker announced an agreement under which DB Schenker will acquire all outstanding shares of USA Truck common stock for $31.72 per share in cash. The transaction values USA Truck at approximately $435 million, including assumed cash and debt.
The combination advances DB Schenker and USA ...
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Nippon Express (China) Co., Ltd., a Group company of Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. launched a new multimodal transport service on April that links China and neighboring ASEAN countries via truck transport that utilizes an international railway connecting China and Laos.The multimodal service transports cargo by ...
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Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI), veteran providers of freight management software for Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) fleets, announced the CLI Yard Management System, a trailer inventory system designed to improve efficiency in operations for asset-based LTL trucking companies.With the CLI Yard Management System, LTL carriers can manage the ...
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Descartes Systems Group announced that its Descartes ShipRush™ multi-carrier parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping solution has been integrated with its suite of ecommerce warehouse management systems (WMS). This integration allows customers to improve their warehouse and shipping performance through a unified solution.
"Fulfillment excellence requires warehouse ...
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was unchanged in February after increasing 0.4% in January. In February, the index equaled 115.3 (2015=100) the same as January.
“February was the first month that the index didn’t increase since July,” said ATA Chief ...
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The trucking industry’s charitable arm – the Trucking Cares Foundation – announced it is donating more than $40,000 to a trio of organizations involved in Ukrainian humanitarian relief efforts.
“The war unfolding in Ukraine is a terrible tragedy,” said TCF Chairman Phil Byrd, president and CEO ...
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