Love’s Travel Stops and Interstate Batteries recently signed a supply agreement that offers Interstate-branded batteries exclusively to customers of Love’s out of the big three over-the-road travel stops for the next five years. “We’re…
Greenville, Tennessee-based asset-light carrier Forward Air Corporation Wednesday, Jan. 4, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Land Air Express, Inc. a privately held full-service expedited…
A project to address a bottleneck on a key bridge for freight crossing over the Ohio River between Kentucky and Ohio will receive funding as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure…
Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023:C.H. Robinson CEO steps downC.H. Robinson announced Tuesday that Bob Biesterfeld has stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer and as…
Forward Air Corporation (CCJ Top 250, No. 57), an asset-light provider of transportation services across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, has agreed to acquire full-service expedited LTL carrier Land Air Express for $56.5 million. The…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday will publish a proposal for the implementation of several Congressionally-required regulations for brokers and freight forwarders that will help protect motor carriers…
The Electro-Motive Division of General Motors introduced a diesel-electric train at the 1939 World’s Fair. Diesel engines of all sizes were displayed and promoted as the power system of the…
In November, a report alleged that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) would lay off around 10,000 employees in a round of peak-season job cuts. Now, the figure is expected to be significantly…
Asset-light trucking provider Forward Air announced Wednesday it will acquire expedited less-than-truckload provider Land Air Express for $56.5 million. Bowling Green, Kentucky-based Land Air Express’ network includes 270 employees and…
The fallout continues from Tuesday’s abrupt firing of C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. President and CEO Bob Biesterfeld. Most of it has been negative, with some rays of hope thrown in.…