500 Employees Lose Jobs in Jacksonville, Fla. as Part of CSX Layoffs
CSX has finished the layoffs it announced more than two weeks ago. The final numbers: 800 employees lost their jobs, including 500 in Jacksonville, Fla..
March 10, 2017Tennessee Trucking Firm Keeps Drivers Longer With Feedback Software
Southern Refrigerated Transport, one of the trucking subsidiaries of the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant Transport, prides itself on its family atmosphere.
March 8, 2017Lytx, SmartDrive Add Customers as More Truck Fleets Tap In-Cab Video to Improve Safety
Steve Mitgang occasionally sits down with commercial truck drivers for coffee and doughnuts, asking them what they think of having video cameras in the cab to monitor their driving.
March 8, 2017EU Block on UPS-TNT Merger Annulled by Court
The EU's lower court on March 7 annulled a 2013 decision by the European Commission blocking a planned merger between UPS and TNT Express, two international package delivery services.
March 8, 2017Connecticut UPS Driver Celebrates 45 Years, 4 Million Miles on Job Without Accident
After 45 consecutive years with the company, and not so much as a fender bender, UPS driver Walter Beasley, who will turn 72 on March 12, has been named to an elite group in the company.
March 7, 2017Shippers Warehouse to Relocate to Expanded Texas Headquarters
Logistics firm Shippers Warehouse is moving its headquarters to Hutchins, Texas.
March 7, 2017U.S. Xpress Offers Apprenticeship Program for Vets to Fill Truck Driver Jobs
Don Davis and his wife, Rebekah, nearly doubled their combined income when the two military veterans became commercial truck drivers and started making longhaul trips between Chicago and the East Coast for the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress Enterprises.
March 6, 2017Canadian Trucking Company Planning Its First US Hub in Pennsylvania
A Canadian trucking company plans to establish its first U.S. hub in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and create about 25 jobs.
March 6, 2017New GPS Technology Will Help Keep Freight Trains From Crashing. Why is it Taking So Long to Arrive?
Nine years ago, Union Pacific Railroad supervisor Ricky Durrant was called to a ghastly scene in Southern California.
March 6, 2017Port of Portland to Split With Container Terminal Operator ICTSI
The Port of Portland, Oregon, and the company operating its container terminal have agreed to part ways at the end of March, nearly a year after the terminal was idled by labor strife.
March 3, 2017