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Category: Trucking

  • The ‘ingenious strategy’ behind most truckers’ least favorite week of the year: International Roadcheck

    The ‘ingenious strategy’ behind most truckers’ least favorite week of the year: International Roadcheck International Roadcheck Week is hardly the sexiest topic in trucking, but it is a darn-tootin’ important one. Inspectors in the U.S. and Canada halt tens of thousands of trucks for vehicle inspections for a few days every summer or early fall.…

  • Why the Northeast is quietly running out of diesel

    Why the Northeast is quietly running out of diesel The East Coast of the U.S. is reporting its lowest seasonal diesel inventory on record. And some trucking companies appear spooked. The East Coast typically stores around 62 million barrels of diesel during the month of May, according to Department of Energy data. But as of…

  • Exclusive: Central Freight Lines to shut down after 96 years

    Exclusive: Central Freight Lines to shut down after 96 years Nearly, 2,100 employees will be laid off right before Christmas. Central Freight Lines is the largest trucking company to close since Celadon ceased operations in 2019. Waco, Texas-based Central Freight Lines has notified drivers, employees and customers that the less-than-truckload carrier plans to wind down…

  • LTL rates projected to keep rising y/y in Q2, TL rates to stay ‘at the bottom’

    LTL rates projected to keep rising y/y in Q2, TL rates to stay ‘at the bottom’ Amid soft demand and trade uncertainty, less-than-truckload pricing remained resilient during the first quarter while truckload rates stayed depressed. The trends are expected to continue through the second quarter, a Tuesday report from 3PL AFS Logistics and financial services…

  • CRST Expedited settles claim it pulled job offer over criminal history

    CRST Expedited settles claim it pulled job offer over criminal history Iowa-based carrier CRST Expedited Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 and take corrective actions to settle claims that it unlawfully rescinded a job offer based on the applicant’s criminal history, according to the California Civil Rights Department. California’s Fair Chance Act requires employers to…