Operations: Page 52

  • A rendering of a Nikola truck pulling a Covenant Logistics trailer.
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    Covenant hit with $7.5M increase in maintenance, operations costs

    Executives are now pursuing a more aggressive replacement strategy as they seek to control inflation.

    By • Nov. 2, 2022
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    Love’s adds store with 60 truck parking spaces

    The 12,000 square-foot site grows the company's footprint to 600 stores nationwide.

    By Brett Dworski • Nov. 2, 2022
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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
  • A Schneider National tractor.
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    Bohannon, J.. (2007). "Schneider Truck" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Wikipedia.
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    Schneider records $57M legal hit after losing contract battle

    Watkins & Shepard, which Schneider purchased in 2016 to expand first-and-last mile services, alleged the carrier failed to help grow the business.

    By • Nov. 1, 2022
  • An XPO truck in Queens, New York
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    The image by Tdorante10 is licensed under CC BY 4.0
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    XPO spins off its brokerage arm

    XPO Logistics completes brokerage spinoff

    RXO is now a standalone company based in North Carolina.

    By • Nov. 1, 2022
  • Old Dominion truck outside a service center
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    Courtesy of Old Dominion Freight Line
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    Old Dominion is back to fully insourced domestic linehaul operations

    Regional demand trends helped the LTL’s purchased transportation spend return to preferred levels.

    By • Oct. 31, 2022
  • A driver in an Old Dominion Freight Line truck
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    Courtesy of Old Dominion Freight Line via Business Wire
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    Old Dominion is not filling vacancies as it seeks to lower short-term costs

    Reluctant to lay off drivers it already trained, the company is instead relying on attrition to lower its headcount.

    By • Oct. 28, 2022
  • A gasoline truck on a road.
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    Justin Sullivan via Getty Images
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    Flashback: Companies hit with record-high fuel prices

    Diesel prices dipped further into trucking’s bottom line in October, approaching a peak level in June.

    By • Oct. 28, 2022
  • A headshot of Drew Wilkerson, courtesy of XPO on May 9, 2022.
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    Courtesy of XPO Logistics
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    Q&A // XPO spins off its brokerage arm

    Incoming RXO CEO talks brokerage strategy ahead of spinoff

    Drew Wilkerson, who will lead the business following the Nov. 1 split from XPO Logistics, says he is focused on organic growth.

    By • Oct. 27, 2022
  • Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at ATA MCE 2022.
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    ‘Leaving talent on the table’: Buttigieg urges trucking to recruit more women drivers

    The transportation secretary called the gender disparity “mathematical madness” amid a driver shortage.

    By • Oct. 26, 2022
  • A Knight truck on the side of the road
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    "Red Semi-Truck" by Rennett Stowe is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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    Knight-Swift projects ‘muted peak season’

    The trucking company said efforts to diversify business units could help it weather upcoming freight demand challenges.

    By • Oct. 26, 2022
  • American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear speaks at the 2022 ATA Management Conference & Exhibition on Monday.
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    ATA president touts legal, legislative victories in MCE address

    American Trucking Associations chief Chris Spear highlighted the industry's fights over the vaccine mandate, truck tolling and infrastructure.

    By • Oct. 25, 2022
  • Truck drivers navigate a rain-covered highway on the outskirts of Chicago.
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    (Scott Olson/Getty Images) via Getty Images
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    Driver shortage eases slightly in 2022 but relief likely temporary, ATA reports

    The industry is short about 78,000 drivers, an improvement from last year’s 80,000-person gap estimate, the group’s chief economist said.

    By • Oct. 25, 2022
  • Drivers fill up their trucks at a gas station in Milford, Connecticut.
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    Fuel prices are trucking’s top concern in 2022: ATRI

    The driver shortage fell to No. 2 after five years as the industry’s top problem, but that doesn’t mean the issue is improving, the group’s president said.

    By • Oct. 24, 2022
  • Parked tanker trucks from Kenan Advantage Group, or KAG.
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    KAG Logistics steps into Canada market with Connectrans acquisition

    In-house cross-border operations carry advantages, especially for companies handling large amounts of freight.

    By • Oct. 20, 2022
  • A rendering of a Nikola truck pulling a Covenant Logistics trailer.
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    Courtesy of Covenant Logistics
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    Covenant Logistics closes sale of California terminal

    The price fell after a previous buyer walked away from a planned $45 million deal to buy the freight terminal in June.

    By • Oct. 20, 2022
  • Trucks wait to cross the Mexico-U.S. border.
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    Freight volumes see largest quarterly drop in over a year: US Bank

    Inflation, consumer spending changes and weaker home building activity affected the decrease, per the ATA's chief economist.

    By • Oct. 19, 2022
  • A line of J.B. Hunt tractors.
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    "JB Hunt semi-tractors at the company's intermodal facility in Chicago, IL 08-19-2017" by Richard Hurd is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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    JB Hunt considers ‘rightsizing’ options as freight demand slows

    The carrier is reviewing certain business segments after maintenance costs crept up.

    By • Oct. 19, 2022
  • The storefront of an Ikea in Charlotte, NC
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    Ikea tests autonomous trucking deliveries with Kodiak Robotics

    The two companies, which began discussing autonomous tech in 2019, are now testing it through daily longhauls in Texas.

    By • Oct. 18, 2022
  • A company portrait of Rich Frazer, Yellow driver and training instructor, in front of a Yellow truck.
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    Filling the Driver's Seat

    How Yellow plans to train 1,000 drivers by the end of 2022

    As the carrier expands its private driver academy network, it is relying heavily on safety trainers like Rich Frazer.

    By • Oct. 18, 2022
  • An aerial view shows dozens of trucks at a rest top next to a four-lane highway.
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    5 trucking behaviors are strongly linked to future crashes: ATRI

    A truck driver with a prior crash involvement had a 113% increased likelihood of a future crash, according to the report.

    By • Oct. 17, 2022
  • The entrance to the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.
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    Retrieved from GAO.
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    FMCSA ends COVID-19 hours of service relief

    An emergency provision to help ensure deliveries of certain freight during the pandemic expired.

    By • Oct. 17, 2022
  • A portrait of Jason Kerr, the new chief accounting officer of XPO Logistics
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    XPO spins off its brokerage arm

    RXO finalizes C-suite ahead of spinoff with accounting hire

    Jason Kerr will serve as chief accounting officer and assist in the pure-play brokerage’s split from XPO Logistics.

    By • Oct. 14, 2022
  • Headshot of Mario Harik, incoming CEO of XPO Logistics
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    Q&A // XPO spins off its brokerage arm

    XPO’s next CEO on the carrier’s future as a pure-play LTL

    After years of acquisitions, the carrier will now focus on organic growth. "M&A is not in the priority list," Mario Harik said in an interview.

    By • Oct. 13, 2022
  • A Ryder employee works on a vehicle.
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    Ryder turns to social media for maintenance tech hiring push

    COVID-19 disrupted retention efforts and one of the carrier's school hiring pipelines.

    By • Oct. 13, 2022
  • RXO staff working in an office on computers.
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    XPO spins off its brokerage arm

    RXO outlines risks, growth potential ahead of XPO spinoff

    The brokerage noted that the revenue tied to its top customers could present risk. An industry expert downplayed those concerns.

    By • Oct. 12, 2022