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July Truck Tonnage Posts 5.1% Annual Gain

Truck tonnage in July rose 5.1% year-over-year but slipped 1.1% when measured on a sequential monthly basis, according to American Trucking Associations.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
August 23, 2022
Business, Logistics

Heartland Express to Acquire CFI Truckload Business for $525 Million

Heartland Express Inc. on Aug. 22 announced plans to acquire Contract Freighters’ nondedicated truckload business as well as Mexican entities under CFI Logistica in a $525 million deal.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
August 22, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Iowa County to Oppose CP-KCS Merger

Supervisors in Scott County, Iowa, plan to pen a letter opposing the merger of two North American rail companies that’s expected to drastically increase train traffic along the Mississippi River there.

Sarah Watson | Quad City Times
August 22, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics

FourKites Launches New Unified Customer Interface

FourKites upgraded its platform into a unified customer interface aimed at better integrating end-to-end supply chain data, the supply chain visibility company said Aug. 22.

August 22, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Wanted: 7,000 Construction Workers for Intel Chip Plants

JOHNSTOWN, Ohio — Ohio’s largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already booming building environment when there’s also a national shortage of people working in the trades.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins | Associated Press
August 22, 2022
Business, Logistics

Can Grocery Stores Save the American Mall?

Between movie theaters, fitness centers and full-on amusement parks, American shopping malls have scrambled for years to attract new visitors to counter plummeting foot traffic. Even before the coronavirus struck, the concept of the mall — once so central to suburban life — was increasingly viewed as an anachronism.

Allison Smith | Bloomberg News
August 19, 2022
Business, Logistics

Walmart, DoorDash to End Delivery Partnership

Walmart Inc. and DoorDash Inc. are ending their four-year delivery partnership.

August 19, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Port of L.A. Breaks Another Monthly Cargo Record

The Port of Los Angeles had its best-ever July, officials announced Aug. 17, outpacing the same month last year, which was the previous record, by 5%.

Kristy Hitchings | Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. 
August 19, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics

Rail Union Says Plan for Contract Deal Doesn’t Address Concerns

OMAHA, Neb. — The head of the nation’s largest railroad union says the report designed to help resolve stalled contract talks with freight railroads doesn’t do enough to address concerns about working conditions, even though it suggests 24% raises.

Josh Funk | Associated Press
August 19, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

PS Logistics Subsidiary Acquires Noble

DMT Trucking announced Aug. 9 that it has completed its acquisition of the Scottsboro, Ala.-based Noble family of transportation businesses.

August 18, 2022
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