Heartland Express reported another quarterly loss for the three months ended September 30, but said operating discipline improved as the quarter progressed and that its multi‑brand technology integration is now complete. The truckload carrier posted a net loss of $8.3 million (–$0.11 per share) on $196.5 million in revenue, with…
Interstate Personnel Services — the employee-owned parent of Paschall Truck Lines and other carriers — has added New Ulm, Minnesota-based J&R Schugel to its platform, combining nearly 2,000 tractors and roughly 6,000 trailers under a single ESOP umbrella and expanding IPS’ temperature-controlled offering nationwide and into Mexico. The move gives…
Averitt has finished a significant buildout of its San Antonio complex along the I-35 corridor, adding an 85,000-square-foot distribution and fulfillment warehouse tied directly into an expanded cross-dock and new on-site maintenance capacity. Company leaders frame the project as a response to customers shifting production to Mexico and routing more…
25% TARIFFS ON IMPORTED MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS, PARTS TAKE EFFECT NOV. 1 A presidential proclamation set 25% duties on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts starting 12:01 a.m. ET Nov. 1 (buses at 10%). USMCA-qualified heavy trucks may apply the 25% only to non‑U.S. content via a Commerce-run…
WiseTech Global — the new owner of e2open, a key provider of transportation and supply chain software to shippers, brokers and carriers — is grappling with a law-enforcement search tied to founder Richard White just as it begins integrating the U.S.-based platform into its portfolio. The development introduces an unwelcome…
Heartland Express posted another quarterly loss as the prolonged freight recession continued to blunt pricing and utilization, but management highlighted steady month-to-month improvement and said a broad market turn is still more likely next year than in the coming months. The truckload carrier reported third-quarter operating revenue of $196.5 million…
Interstate Personnel Services (IPS), the employee-owned parent of Paschall Truck Lines, has added New Ulm, Minnesota-based J&R Schugel to its platform, creating a combined fleet of nearly 2,000 tractors and about 6,000 trailers. The move, announced Friday, October 31, strengthens IPS with temperature-controlled capacity while keeping the deal within an…
Waabi has integrated its AI “Driver” into Volvo’s purpose-built autonomous truck platform, a sign that long-haul autonomy is shifting from pilot projects to OEM-level productization. The move aligns a next‑gen virtual driver with a factory-ready tractor — a pairing aimed at getting fleets something they can actually order, insure, maintain…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is preparing to push trucking enforcement beyond drivers and carriers to the shipping docks themselves — a shift that could put shippers and receivers on the hook when they enable or ignore noncompliant operations. In remarks highlighted by FreightWaves, Duffy said the next phase of…
Freight market signals are increasingly pointing toward a goods-led slowdown in the U.S. economy. For truckers, the telltales are showing up first on the oceans and factory floors, then moving inland: softer export demand from Asia, wobblier U.S. manufacturing readings, and only tactical, short-lived bumps in ocean spot pricing. Together,…
