XPO Logistics has agreed to acquire Con-way transportation, truckload and freight brokerage businesses for $3B, an acquisition that will make XPO the second-largest less-than-truckload provider in North America. Con-Way, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., is a Fortune 500 company with a transportation and logistics network of 582 locations and approximately 30,000 employees serving over 36,000…
Female truckers are sliding into long-haul cabs as companies seek to end a U.S. driver shortage, and they’re proving to be better behind the wheel than men, according to an article in Bloomberg Business. That’s no surprise to Stephanie Klang, 57, who used to drive in a team with her former husband. She stays on…
In an August 24 letter, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves asked Congress to move forward with legislation that would allow fleets to use hair samples as part of a federally required program of drug screening for commercial drivers, according to the organization. “Every day, thousands of hair tests are performed worldwide within…
Estimates released by the USDOT’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that Americans have returned to pre-Recession habits, logging more than 1.54 trillion miles in the first half of the year, eclipsing a previous high mark of 1.5 trillion in 2007. The new data, published in FHWA’s latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report, a monthly estimate of…
At the end of August, diesel fuel prices dropped for the 14th consecutive week, reaching 2009 levels. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) predicts the lower prices will cut trucking industry fuel costs by $42 billion from 2014 levels. ATA estimates the industry will spend $105 billion for fuel in 2015, compared to $147 billion in…
The revolution in self-driving vehicles could see as many as 8.7 million Americans lose their jobs in the trucking industry alone, according to a report in the Daily Caller. According to a report from BBC’s Rachel Nuwer, there are 3.5 million truck drivers in the U.S. and a further 5.2 million additional personnel in the…
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the accident near Cranbury, New Jersey, involving a truck, a limo van, and four other vehicles, was the truck driver’s fatigue, which resulted in his delayed braking to avoid traffic that was slowing and stopped for an active work zone, according to the…
DHL Global Forwarding, an air and ocean freight specialist, recently announced its Trans Border Connect Less Than Truckload (LTL) service between the U.S. and Mexico. As a part of DHL’s domestic freight services, Trans Border Connect is a bundled solution that offers a single quote for pickup transport, line-haul transport, border crossing, cross-dock, border clearances…
The early August failure of the northbound Wildcat Creek Bridge on Interstate 65 south of Indianapolis is causing truckers and other traffic to make a 60-mile detour. The bridge is not expected to re-open until mid-September, according to Indiana DOT (INDOT) officials. The bridge experienced pier settling and tilting during a widening construction project. Officials…
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, recently launched the 2015 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey, commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with appropriate strategies for addressing each issue. The survey is…
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