07 Sep Wilson Logistics Acquires Haney Truck Line Assets Wilson Logistics Inc., based in Springfield, Mo., has purchased the assets of Haney Truck Line, adding flatbed and heavy-specialized freight hauling to its portfolio of trucking and logistics services while significantly expanding business in the Pacific Northwest and parts of Canada. Read more...
07 Sep Wilson Logistics Acquires Haney Truck Line Wilson Logistics Inc., based in Springfield, Mo., has purchased the assets of Haney Truck Line, adding flatbed and heavy-specialized freight hauling to its portfolio of trucking and logistics services while significantly expanding business in the Pacific Northwest and parts of Canada. Read more...
07 Sep Editorial: Much-Needed Driver Appreciation Showing appreciation for truck drivers is always a good idea but never more so than now, with east Texas still drying out after Hurricane Harvey and Florida bracing for the wrath of Irma. Read more...
07 Sep Storms Hurt Fleets’ Ability to Pick Up, Deliver Fuel Long lines at fuel refineries are shortening, but the crush in demand for fuel caused by Hurricane Harvey is still putting pressure on fleets that serve the petroleum industry. Read more...
07 Sep Knight, Swift Shareholders Approve Merger in Separate Votes The $6 billion Swift-Knight truckload merger is racing to completion as shareholders of both companies approved the transaction Sept. 7, and the carriers said it would close Sept. 8. Read more...
07 Sep Traffic Nightmare as More Than 1 Million Flee Irma in Florida, Georgia MIAMI — The race to flee Hurricane Irma became a marathon nightmare for many as more than a half-million people were ordered to leave South Florida and 540,000 coastal residents to flee the Georgia coast on Sept.7. Read more...
07 Sep Inaugural NACV to Focus on Equipment Sales — And Being a Different Show From MATS The inaugural North American Commercial Vehicle Show is due to open later this month in Atlanta and is shaping up to be very different from the rival Mid-America Trucking Show: smaller but richer — and with an obsessive focus on equipment sales. Read more...
07 Sep Harvey Harms Cotton Output From Texas Several hundred thousand bales of cotton likely were lost in Texas due to Hurricane Harvey, delivering a blow not only to those who grow and sell the state’s main agricultural crop but also to the motor carriers that haul it. Read more...
07 Sep New Tennessee FedEx Distribution Center Loaded With Technology, Officials Say Every one of the up to 12,000 parcels an hour going through the new FedEx Ground distribution center in Chattanooga is run by what officials call a scanner channel. Read more...
07 Sep Industry Celebrates Truck Drivers for Dedication to Profession Truck drivers deliver virtually everything needed to sustain modern life, and Sept. 10-16 they are getting something in return: Thanks. Read more...