Last week, Anheuser-Busch, in partnership with Nikola Motor Company (Nikola) and BYD Motors LLC, completed their first ever ‘Zero-Emission Beer Delivery’ in the company’s hometown of St. Louis – utilizing both companies’ innovative fleet technology to deliver beer from the local Anheuser-Busch brewery to the Enterprise Center using only zero-emission… Read more »
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. completes acquisition of Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced today the completion of its acquisition of Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery. The transaction, announced January 9, was closed and became effective February 15. “Cory’s customer-first mentality and focus on the… Read more »
Anheuser-Busch and Convoy sign partnership to drive efficiencies
Anheuser-Busch, a leading U.S. brewer, and Convoy, the leading technology-enabled trucking service, has announced an agreement to advance Anheuser-Busch’s shipping operations and improve the livelihood of American truck drivers. Anheuser-Busch and Convoy share a commitment to creating efficiencies in supply chain operations, enhancing lives and communities around the world, and reducing… Read more »
NewCold expands international operations further with major automated coldstore in US
NewCold Advanced Cold Logistics, which is expanding quickly in the UK, is making its first foray into the US with a new coldstore in Tacoma – believed to one of the largest in the country with storage capacity of over 25 million cubic feet. The $50 million warehouse in… Read more »
Trucking Industry Congestion Costs Top $63.4 Billion
Traffic congestion on the U.S. National Highway System (NHS) added over $63.4 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2015, according to research released today by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). Utilizing a variety of data sources including its unique truck GPS database, ATRI calculated delay on… Read more »
Knight and Swift announce all stock transaction with a combined enterprise value of $6 Billion
Knight Transportation, Inc. (NYSE:KNX) (“Knight”) and Swift Transportation Company (NYSE:SWFT) (“Swift”) today announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a merger of Knight and Swift in an all-stock transaction that will create the industry’s largest full truckload company. The combined company will be named Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc…. Read more »
Space Florida Names FedEx Preferred Logistics Provider
Space Florida today announced that it has named FedEx as its preferred provider of logistics, transportation and cargo related services. Space Florida maintains and operates the historic launch and landing strip—15,000 feet long and 300 feet wide—at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). “The Space industry, comprised… Read more »
34-hour restart fix passed by Senate
Last Friday night, The Senate approved legislation to fund government operations through April, and the continuing resolution included a provision to fix the hours-of-service restart. The House approved the continuing resolution Thursday, and President Obama is expected to sign the measure. The fix was needed because about a year a year… Read more »
CRST International Inc. acquires Gardner Trucking Inc.
CRST International, Inc., one of the largest privately held transportation companies in the United States, today announced the acquisition of privately held Gardner Trucking, Inc., headquartered in Ontario, Calif. Founded in 1989, Gardner is considered the largest truckload carrier based in California and a leading provider of specialized regional truckload… Read more »
Founder & CEO of Swift Transportation announces retirement
Swift Transportation Company (NYSE: SWFT), a leader in transportation solutions and one of the nation’s largest truckload providers, today announced the retirement of Founder and CEO Jerry Moyes, effective as of December 31, 2016. Richard Stocking, who joined Swift in 1992 and has served as Swift’s President and Chief Operating… Read more »
