Truck tonnage on a seasonally adjusted basis rose 0.8% in January compared with year-ago levels, according to American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, which was released Feb. 18.

Canada’s largest railroad, the Canadian National Railway, is beginning a progressive and orderly shutdown of its eastern Canadian rail network, which effectively will stop all of its cross-country freight trains.

AURORA, Colo. — It is unlikely in 2020 both the U.S. economy and the trucking industry will soar to the levels they did in 2018, but that doesn’t mean the year won’t see adequate growth to continue the expansive economic recovery, according to ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello.

Six months after being named interim CEO of Addison, Texas-based Daseke Inc., Chris Easter was named the flatbed carrier’s permanent CEO on Feb. 7.

The price of diesel fuel declined 4.6 cents a gallon nationally Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, dipping to $2.91 a gallon from $2.956 the previous week.

According to bankruptcy court documents, P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. is seeking to purchase a trucking terminal and property in Laredo, Texas, that is owned by Celadon Group.

Van Buren, Ark.-based truckload carrier USA Truck says in the fourth quarter it reduced its nondriver staff by 8% as the company reported a quarterly loss of $4.8 million or 56 cents per share, compared with net income of $5.3 million or 64 cents per share for the same period last year.

UPS Inc., fueled by demand from e-commerce giant Amazon.com, on Jan. 30 reported a gain in fourth-quarter profit on an adjusted basis and in revenue while noting a one-time charge that dragged net results.

Schneider National Inc. reported Jan. 29 that fourth-quarter 2019 and yearly financial numbers declined when compared with 2018’s record year.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Jan. 28 announced an agreement to make the Portsmouth Marine Terminal a staging area for equipment and other materials owned by Denmark-based energy company Ørsted to expand its wind energy projects throughout the United States.