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    Provided by C.H. Robinson Worldwide

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    CH Robinson aids shippers with LTL classification shift

    The 3PL’s latest artificial intelligence tool can manually look up or confirm the freight class and code for emailed LTL tenders in 10 seconds.

    By July 11, 2025
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    Southeastern opens 2 relocated terminals in Florida, North Carolina

    Together, the service centers add 106 net dock doors to the LTL carrier’s network.

    By July 11, 2025
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Trucking Dive

    These five stories detail the top trends and issues facing the trucking and transportation industry. 

    By Trucking Dive staff
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    Carrier exit blip explained by June data quirk: FTR

    The FMCSA reported more revocations of operating authority in June than earlier months, but the data point might be masking industry improvements.

    By July 10, 2025
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    Southeastern Freight Lines readies for NMFC overhaul

    The carrier installed 33 new dimensioners in advance of the NMFC changes, taking its total to 121, VP of Pricing and Traffic Clete Cordero said.

    By July 10, 2025
  • The inside of an updated facility for XPO in Kernersville, North Carolina, with bay areas for loading and unloading freight.
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    XPO opens North Carolina facility, featuring 300-plus doors

    “It was a key investment for us,” East Division President Tim Staroba said.

    By July 9, 2025
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    How A. Duie Pyle prepared for the upcoming LTL classification shift

    The carrier invested in both its research department and dimensioners to prepare for the National Motor Freight Classification overhaul.

    By July 9, 2025
  • A parking area with trucks of different colors along Interstate 4 near Orlando, Florida.
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    DOT announces $180M for Florida parking — again

    The money is part of over $275 million in truck parking funding, according to the department.

    By July 8, 2025
  • President Donald Trump shakes hands with an attendee of an event at the White House promoting a sweeping tax policy measure.
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    Trump tax law draws praise, criticism from industry groups

    The final tax package restores a 100% bonus depreciation provision, but a ban on overtime taxes fails to benefit truckers, stakeholders noted.

    By July 7, 2025
  • Trucks and cars traverse along the Beltway 8 highway in Houston.
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    Overall trucking costs moderate, thanks to some relief: ATRI

    Three areas increased beyond the cost of inflation: truck and trailer costs, driver benefits and tolls, the American Transportation Research Institute found in its annual survey. 

    By July 2, 2025
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    US manufacturing activity improved in June, but sentiment remains low

    Weak demand and price increases continued last month as a return of country-specific tariffs looms, according to the Institute for Supply Management.

    By Nathan Owens • July 2, 2025
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    Love’s expands travel stop footprint in Arizona

    The company’s Winslow store adds 81 parking spaces along Interstate 40.

    By July 2, 2025
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    Retrieved from Werner Enterprises on June 27, 2025
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    Texas Supreme Court reverses nuclear verdict involving Werner crash

    The state’s highest court ruled in the carrier’s favor, dismissing the more than $100 million truck crash liability.

    By June 30, 2025
  • A FedEx Freight tractor-trailer drives on the road. The industry will be closely watching the LTL carrier's spinoff in the next 18 months.
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    FedEx Freight announces C-suite leadership for spinoff

    Longtime executives with the company and an outsider were on the list of new roles shared.

    By June 27, 2025
  • One of Roadtex's new facilities, located in Greenville, South Carolina, showing pallets of items scattered in a vast warehouse.
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    Roadtex opens terminals in South Carolina, Tennessee

    The temperature-controlled facilities add 50,000 square feet to the company's nationwide network.

    By June 26, 2025
  • FedEx Freight operating income drops 6%

    The dip comes as the segment plans to break off as its own company in June 2026.

    By June 25, 2025
  • A tractor-trailer parked near a door of A. Duie Pyle's new facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
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    A. Duie Pyle opens new facility at former Yellow site in West Virginia

    “We have full state coverage now,” COO of LTL Solutions John Luciani said.

    By June 25, 2025
  • A line of trucks down the road next to an ocean port.
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    Early peak season signals challenging market ahead for trucking

    Shippers continued to frontload cargo in May ahead of tariffs, giving a boost to dry van volumes, but analysts note carriers still lack pricing power.

    By June 25, 2025
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    Retrieved from Hub Group on June 23, 2025
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    Hub Group chief accounting officer resigns, replacement named

    Brent Rhodes is leaving to pursue other opportunities after a little more than a year in the role.

    By June 24, 2025
  • Toyota Daimler Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors
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    Toyota, Daimler ink deal to merge truck companies

    Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors will become equals under a new holding company that is expected to begin operations in April 2026.

    By June 23, 2025
  • A Kodiak autonomous truck at a Roush facility in Livonia, Michigan. The space is large enough to allow multiple trucks to be upfitted at once with the driverless technology.
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    Kodiak partners with Roush to upgrade trucks with autonomous tech

    The move ties into developing operations with customer Atlas Energy Solutions, which is running autonomous Kodiak-equipped trucks 24/7.

    By June 23, 2025
  • A construction worker sites on a jobsite, looking sad.
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    Economy heading toward ‘significant slowdown,’ Conference Board says

    “Maybe we should start thinking about cutting the policy rate at the next meeting, because we don’t want to wait until the job market tanks,” a Federal Reserve official said.

    By Jim Tyson • June 20, 2025
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    Retrieved from Nussbaum Transportation on June 18, 2025
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    Nussbaum Transportation adds Lytx dash cams for fleet safety

    The DriveCam Event Recorders will be installed in the carrier’s full fleet of 600 trucks by year-end.

    By June 20, 2025
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    Provided by Hyundai Motor America 

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    Hyundai debuts Class 8 hydrogen refueling hub vision

    The company will open a $30 million hydrogen production and dispensing facility for heavy-duty, zero-emission vehicles near the Port of Savannah, Georgia.

    By June 20, 2025
  • Equipment and terminal doors for FedEx Freight's new service center in Indiana.
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    FedEx Freight opens new service center in Indianapolis area

    The 125-door facility creates additional capacity in Louisville, Kentucky, and Muncie, Indiana, as well. 

    By Updated June 23, 2025
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    Tariffs, manufacturing weakness expected to further drag down truckload demand

    Carriers will "be playing catch-up for the rest of the year,” DAT’s Dean Croke projected.

    By June 17, 2025