09 Apr Transportation Firms Try New Tactics to Attract, Sign Recruits More than three-quarters of transportation industry firms plan to grow their workforce this year, but 69% say it’s a challenge to recruit qualified candidates, according to the 2018 Transportation Spotlight report taken from the annual employment screening survey from HireRight. Read more...
09 Apr 2018 Top 50 Logistics Companies: XPO Retains Its Place at the Top After a string of high-profile acquisitions pushed XPO Logistics to the top of the Transport Topics Logistics 50 list in 2017, the company kept its No. 1 ranking this year by growing its business organically and by effectively cross-selling transportation and logistics services to shippers. Read more...
06 Apr Help Names Mark Doughty President Mark Doughty is the new president and chief operating officer of Phoenix-based Help Inc., the provider of weigh station bypass and toll management platform PrePass. Read more...
06 Apr Amazon Plans Fourth Nevada Fulfillment Center Amazon plans to open an 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in North Las Vegas, Nev., that will employ more than 1,000 full-time staff. The center will join three Amazon fulfillment facilities in North Las Vegas and Reno that employ more than 3,000 full-time workers. Read more...
06 Apr TravelCenters Offers Pre-Sale Inspections on Used Trucks, Trailers TravelCenters of America announced it is offering certified used truck and trailer inspections through its TA Truck Service network to provide both the reseller and the customer with an overall view of the equipment at the time the inspection was completed. Read more...
06 Apr First-Ever Forklift Summit Planned for October The forklift industry is launching its first-ever Forklift Industry Summit as growth in their deployment accelerates at distribution centers and warehouses nationwide. The summit, hosted by UniCarriers Americas Corp., is scheduled for Oct. 10-12 at the Intercontinental Hotel Miami. Read more...
06 Apr Englander Transportation Acquires Three Companies Englander Transportation has acquired three Mountain City, Tenn., trucking companies, which will significantly increase Englander’s size. Read more...
06 Apr Minnesota Announces $1 Billion in Road and Bridge Projects in 2018 Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Charlie Zelle announced April 4 that $1.1 billion will be dedicated to state road and bridge projects that will be worked on throughout the year. Read more...
06 Apr Stock Selloff Deepens Amid Trump Trade Jabs The selloff in U.S. stocks deepened April 6 as the White House’s latest trade bluster rattled global financial markets. Read more...
06 Apr Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Says There’s ‘Level of Risk’ of US-China Trade War Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said there is “a level of risk” that the tariff dispute between the United States and China will erupt into a full-scale trade war, though he’s “cautiously optimistic” that the world’s two largest economies will resolve differences through negotiations. Read more...