Dr Pepper Deliveries in Critical Condition With Chicago Strike
More than 150 Teamsters walked off the job in suburban Chicago early May 22 after a wage dispute with a Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. subsidiary.
May 22, 2018Daseke Creates Fleet Services Unit, Continues Purchasing Trend
Flatbed and specialized transportation carrier Daseke Inc., which has been in the throes of expansion — adding seven fleets last year and one so far in 2018 — has created a new unit to improve the way it buys, sells and maintains the thousands of pieces of equipment it operates.
May 21, 2018Judge Rejects Fired UPS Manager’s Sex Bias Lawsuit
A former UPS Inc. manager couldn’t show he was treated differently from similarly situated employees, so a federal judge on May 11 left his sex bias lawsuit at the door.
May 17, 2018Redwood Logistics Buys Roar’s Phoenix Division
Redwood Logistics purchased the Phoenix-based freight management services division of Roar Logistics to expand its presence in the Southwest. Terms weren’t disclosed.
May 17, 2018Roadrunner Continues Consolidation Efforts
Roadrunner Transportation Systems on May 15 continued the consolidation of its business divisions, moving its air transportation units into one integrated brand with a single management team and marketed as Active On-Demand.
May 16, 2018Medium-Duty Sales in April Climb Slightly
U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks in April neared 19,000, rising slightly higher than a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported.
May 15, 2018UPS to Use Futuristic-Looking Fleet of Electric Delivery Trucks in London, Paris
UPS Inc. plans to deploy a small fleet of futuristic, boxy-looking all-electric delivery trucks as part of a pilot program in London and Paris by the end of this year.
May 10, 2018Chicago Man Charged in Scam That Routed UPS Mail to His Apartment
A Chicago man has been charged in a scheme that temporarily changed the address for the global headquarters of shipping giant UPS Inc. to his tiny garden apartment, resulting in thousands of pieces of mail meant for UPS executives and other employees being delivered to his doorstep.
May 10, 2018Covenant Transport Pays $2,000 Bonuses to 44 Teams
Covenant Transport handed out $88,000 in its new team bonus program last month to 44 teams that eclipsed the 60,000 miles together to earn the company’s new $2,000-per-team bonus.
May 9, 2018PepsiCo to Add Stemco’s Fuel-Efficiency Devices
Stemco Products Inc. announced that PepsiCo Inc. will update 1,600 of its trailers with the company’s TrailerTail and EcoSkirt products to support its corporate sustainability targets.
May 7, 2018