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  • An Estes Express Lines truck.
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    Estes reopens Yellow terminal in Mississippi

    The Olive Branch location adds 80 doors and nearly 30,000 square feet of dock space to the company’s network.

    By March 21, 2025
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    Trucking groups renew push to kill NYC congestion tolling

    The American Trucking Associations and Trucking Association of New York asked Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to stop the program.

    By March 20, 2025
  • A truck and other vehicles drive on a highway with the Charlotte, North Carolina, skyline in the background in an aerial photo.
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    Charlotte, North Carolina, debuts truck parking tool

    The city described the app as an innovative resource designed to help truck drivers find safe, authorized places to park.

    By March 20, 2025
  • Former President Biden giving a speech on the White House South Lawn with a semi truck parked behind him.
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    ATA’s Women in Motion launches survey on non-driver career paths

    The trucking group’s council aims to gather insights for best practices for recruitment and retention in the industry.

    By March 19, 2025
  • A Pitt Ohio truck sits next to a building.
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    Carriers upgrade border shipping amid tariff tumult

    Estes Express Lines and Pitt Ohio rolled out new services focused on Canada and Mexico, respectively.

    By March 18, 2025
  • Greenlane's EV truck charging facility in Colton, California.
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    Greenlane launches EV charging app for truck drivers

    The program is part of a technology suite that includes a fleet portal and smart software interface.

    By March 18, 2025
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    After 5 years, construction still reels from COVID’s labor impact

    Though building's “essential” status kept workers busy through lockdowns, the industry still has not recovered from the blow to an already-persistent trades shortage.

    By Zachary Phillips • March 18, 2025
  • Parked tanker trucks from Kenan Advantage Group, or KAG.
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    Kenan Advantage Group acquires Evergreen Transport

    It’s the North Canton, Ohio-based company’s fourth deal since entering the dry bulk transportation market last year.

    By March 18, 2025
  • Differently sized trucks under the awning of a gas station pumps area.
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    ATRI to log changing costs patterns in annual survey

    Carriers are asked to share driver pay, insurance premiums and equipment lease or purchase payments in exchange for operational insights.

    By March 17, 2025
  • A side view of a large Amazon Prime tractor-trailer, with motion blur on the background as it passes on Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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    Amazon’s LTL pursuit threatens to shuffle retail volumes in market

    The company could upend the sector just by handling its own shipments.

    By March 17, 2025
  • NMFTA Director of Product Holly Taylor demonstrates the ClassIT+ tool at the group's Spring Meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
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    NMFTA aims to simplify freight classification with new tool

    The ClassIT+ platform, coming this summer, contains several upgrades intended to ease changes for shippers and carriers.

    By March 14, 2025
  • President Donald Trump, then-Vice President Mike Pence and then-Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma welcome American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear to the White House on March 23, 2017.
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    Trucking groups cheer Trump EPA’s review of emissions rules

    The Biden administration’s GHG3 and NOx rules were unachievable on current timelines, industry groups said.

    By March 14, 2025
  • Smoke pours from the exhaust pipe of a truck in Washington, D.C.
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    EPA reconsiders auto, truck emissions requirements

    The agency is reevaluating stricter rules for model-year 2027 cars and trucks set by the Biden administration.

    By March 12, 2025
  • A sign showing electric and hydrogen fueling areas with an arrow pointing forward.
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    Benore Logistic Systems adds 10 hydrogen trucks to fleet

    The transportation provider’s Hyundai Xcient hydrogen fuel cell trucks are traveling on dedicated routes in Savannah, Georgia. 

    By Haley Cawthon • March 12, 2025
  • Snow coats a road in Minneapolis on March 5, 2025.
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    Blizzard halts Midwest trucking operations

    Estes Express Lines, Saia, XPO, TForce Freight and Midwest Motor Express were affected by last week’s snowstorm.

    By March 12, 2025
  • A white TFI International tractor-trailer drives on a road.
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    TFI scoops up another former Yellow terminal

    The LTL carrier plans to add a small site in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to its network following the bankrupt company’s latest asset sale.

    By Haley Cawthorn • March 11, 2025
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    The Home Depot grows its flatbed distribution network

    The company has three FDCs under construction with more in the pipeline, Senior EVP Ann-Marie Campbell said during its earnings call.

    By March 11, 2025
  • Trucks drive across the U.S.-Mexico border on Feb. 1, 2025, in San Diego.
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    Tariffs create frenzy in cross-border trucking

    Some customers have seen an increase in wait times at U.S.-Mexico border, while others are adjusting to avoid higher duties.

    By , March 10, 2025
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    ABF Freight acquires 2 more Yellow terminals

    The ArcBest-owned LTL carrier plans to spend $11.5M for properties in Washington and Colorado.

    By Haley Cawthorn • March 7, 2025
  • FedEx Freight expands South Dakota terminal

    The Sioux Falls service center, located off Interstate 29, has 35% more capacity and a new fleet maintenance shop.

    By Haley Cawthon • March 5, 2025
  • Two trucks pass each other at night on a rain-covered highway near Chicago.
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    5 ways truck brokers are using AI to boost efficiency

    Companies like C.H. Robinson and ITS Logistics are turning to the technology to improve freight matching, trailer management and more.

    By March 5, 2025
  • A ladle of holt molten iron is poured into a Basic Oxygen Process furnace where it will be transformed into liquid steel.
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    Manufacturing is on the rebound, but tariffs threaten growth: PMI

    Production and demand rose last month as customers rushed to put in new orders ahead of the Trump administration's levies. The bump, however, could prove short-lived as prices spike amid tariff-induced inflation. 

    By March 4, 2025
  • A Bison Transport double trailer with a mountainous scenery in the background.
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    Bison adds barcode tech to give real-time freight updates

    The carrier is continuing the rollout of Scanbot scanners across its operations, which began late last year.

    By March 4, 2025
  • A sky-eye view of a white building surrounding  by grass and trees.
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    Isuzu to establish $280M commercial EV South Carolina plant

    The automaker’s investment will convert the Piedmont facility to manufacture gas and battery-powered N-series and diesel-powered F-series trucks.

    By March 3, 2025
  • Autonomous trucks at Aurora's terminal in Palmer, Texas.
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    Aurora expresses optimism for national AV framework

    Technology advocates such as the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association seek a federal policy to help support the industry.  

    By March 3, 2025