J.B. Hunt Transport Services (CCJ Top 250, No. 3) is acquiring Conover, North Carolina-based Zenith Freight Lines, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of furniture manufacturer Bassett, for roughly $87 million, the companies announced Monday. Post-closing next month, J.B. Hunt will provide transport services for Bassett, and President and CEO John Roberts noted his company’s investment in Zenith “enhances J.B. Hunt’s furniture delivery […]
Supreme Court blocks vaccination/testing mandate on larger employers The U.S. Supreme Court on January 13 stayed an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that generally would have required employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that all employees are either vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID) or undergo weekly COVID testing. A federal appeals court in December had […]
Greenville, South Carolina-based Dedicated Transport Solutions (DTS) has been acquired by Atlanta-based trucking company Ascend. Ascend, a dryvan full truckload carrier, earlier this month acquired Jackson, Tennessee-based Milan Supply Chain Solutions and its subsidiary J&B Services. The acquisition of DTS expands Ascend’s dedicated contract carriage business and further broadens the company’s coverage of the southeastern seaboard in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and […]
A 5.5-cent gain during the most recent week ending Jan. 24 has the national average for diesel prices at its highest since September 2014, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report. The U.S.’ average for a gallon of on-highway diesel is now $3.78, surpassing the 2021 high of $3.734 set during the week ending […]
ELD selection should not be taken lightly according to trucking experts who say that beyond setting high expectations in the C-Suite, carriers should avoid obsessing over cost and turn to additional stakeholders who can better ensure the best pick for the price. When former trucking consultant Louis Giardelli, who now leads information technology at Veltri […]
Isuzu on Thursday announced a partnership with Cummins on the development of a medium-duty battery electric prototype truck for North America. This truck would be the first zero-emissions solution from the Isuzu Cummins Powertrain Partnership (ICPP) formed in May 2019. Under the terms of the agreement, Cummins will integrate the its PowerDrive6000 into Isuzu’s F-Series truck and […]
Schneider National (CCJ Top 250, No. 8) announced last week it is closing its operations in Canada and relocating its equipment there to the U.S. The Green Bay, Wisconsin-based fleet is closing its facility in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. In a statement, the company said its Canadian operations “do not fit within Schneider’s long-term strategic focus.” The […]
Ben Schill has been named Chief Executive Officer of Paper Transport, a Wisconsin-based for-hire truckload carrier and provider of brokerage services. Schill succeeds Jeff Shefchik, who has served the company as president for 15 years and will continue to serve on Paper Transport’s board of directors and transition into an advisory role. Schill has served as Paper […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in a Federal Register notice published Jan. 14, officially announced the establishment of its Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program that will allow 18-20-year-old CDL holders to cross state lines after extensive training. The program has been in the works since September 2020, when FMCSA first published a request for comments regarding […]
