Tearing down the Interstate 81 viaduct in Syracuse, New York, and replacing it with an urban boulevard moved closer to fruition after a Friday court decision.

As the Bureau of Labor Statistics signaled in August, the annual revision of employment data shows fewer truck transportation jobs last year than initially reported.

New Jersey is raising its truck liability insurance requirement to $1.5 million, one of the highest in the U.S.

Ryder System is increasing its dedicated footprint with the acquisition of Cardinal Logistics.

There was little good news in C.H. Robinson’s fourth-quarter earnings.

It was a tough earnings report for Norfolk Southern, and a few Wall Street analysts let management know of their disappointment.

The benchmark price used for most diesel fuel surcharges rose for the third time in six weeks.

J.J. Schickel, CEO of Omni Logistics, will not be in an executive role at the combined Forward Air-Omni company.

Love’s plans on adding as many as 2,000 truck parking spots this year, less than in recent years.

Marten Transport reported net fourth-quarter income that was more than 50% lower than a year ago.

TriumphPay came in at positive EBITDA in the fourth quarter, a full year ahead of schedule.

The benchmark price of diesel used for most fuel surcharges was down again, its 14th drop in 18 weeks.

Drivewyze has launched a new service to push safety notifications live to ELDs and other devices.

The January State of Freight webinar from FreightWaves looked at low temperatures and signs of a warming market.

Supply chain software providers Manhattan Associates, Blue Yonder and AWS Supply Chain used the National Retail Federation’s annual meeting to tout new offerings and discuss recent challenges.

The Haslam family has exercised its option to have Berkshire Hathaway buy the final 20% of Pilot Travel Centers it did not already own.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose for only the fourth time in the past 17 weeks.

At the big National Retail Federation meeting in New York, a daylong discussion on supply chains looked back on the craziness and ahead to a bold future.

The Teamsters had a good few months at the end of 2023 in their organizing efforts, racking up several victories.

The final Department of Labor rule on independent contractors was mostly unchanged but with some small wins for the trucking industry.

A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to review a case involving broker liability leaves that question unresolved among the circuit courts.

The benchmark used for most diesel surcharges was down for the 13th time in 16 weeks.

Berkshire Hathaway and the former owners of Pilot Travel Centers have settled their legal differences on the day trial was set to begin.

The Fair Labor Standards Act can be applied to team drivers for some of the time spent in the sleeper berth, according to a federal court.

The monthly BLS report showed a relatively modest gain for truck transportation jobs but another decline in warehouses.

After a year in which crude and diesel prices fell, new refineries and the supply and demand balance appear to be bearish in ’24.

Truckload carrier Prime is moving into the hopper business and took to YouTube to announce its expansion.

After an increase last week, the benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges declined in its first posting of 2024.

A rule on warehouse emissions that the California Trucking Association viewed as like a zero-emission vehicle mandate has been upheld in court.

California won’t enforce its rule that only zero-emission vehicles can be registered as drayage trucks after the start of 2024.

At this year’s Benesch conference, the panel on mergers and acquisitions focused on survival in a market where most valuations have plummeted.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose Tuesday, the first increase since the end of October.

The California Clean Truck Check registration deadline has been extended to Jan. 31.

In the closing edition of Drilling Deep for 2023, P. Sean Garney of Scopelitis looks at the regulatory landscape for the new year.

A lawsuit challenging the waiver granted by the EPA to California for its Advanced Clean Trucks rule will be delayed.

There’s a new nuclear verdict against a trucking company and it comes out of a case in Georgia.

An earlier Uber/Postmates court victory over AB5 in California has been vacated.  

A small victory in court over a new California rule doesn’t slow another part of the state’s march toward zero-emission refrigerated trucks … but not trailers.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges was down Monday, but its long decline is threatened by Red Sea strife.

A panel at a conference on private equity in transportation reviewed the reasons why Convoy collapsed.

On this week’s Drilling Deep, we talk truck parking and weakening oil demand. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

The upcoming trial between the Haslam family and Berkshire Hathaway will see some limits on discussing a contentious issue.

FreightWaves’ December State of Freight webinar looked at the disconnect between healthy volumes and low rejection rates.

California has asked the Environmental Protection Agency for a waiver to implement the Advanced Clean Fleets rule.

The sophistication of the world’s cybercriminals keeps improving and trucking companies need to invest, according to NMFTA’s Antwan Banks.

GlobalTranz prefers the Supreme Court not review its appellate court victory in a case involving a fatal accident. 

The basis for most fuel surcharges declined for the eighth time in 10 weeks.

XPO founder turns away from logistics to “highly fragmented” industry.

The small rise in truck transportation jobs in November contrasts with more recent big swings.

Two of the most significant plotters in the Louisiana staged accident scheme were to be sentenced Thursday but it’s been delayed.

The first deadline for a little-noticed environmental rule affecting all trucks traveling in California is Dec. 31.

Hydrogen as a fuel is being used in a San Francisco ferry and now it has money to go farther.

The benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges dropped for the ninth time in 11 weeks.

A Berkshire lawsuit against Pilot’s founding family over payments made to company executives won’t be heard alongside another case.

XPO founder Brad Jacobs is acquiring SilverSun Technologies as a platform to make acquisitions in a yet-to-be-announced industry.

The numbers out of BMO’s transportation sector, which are heavily loans to trucking companies, showed deterioration in credit metrics.

The Pilot vs. Berkshire lawsuit in Delaware has gotten personal, with the recent Pilot chairman accused of secret payments to benefit a sales price.

United Petroleum is buying Patriot Transportation in a deal that is a solid win for Patriot shareholders.

The DOE/EIA diesel price declined for the eighth time in the past 10 weeks.

A request for the Supreme Court to review a lower-court ruling could bring clarity to conflicting decisions across multiple courts about broker liability.

With the U.S. mostly saturated with weigh station bypass technology, Drivewyze snagged a rare opportunity for new growth in Canada.

Mother Nature isn’t delivering significantly more water to the Mississippi but barge rates haven’t moved up.

A leading industry conference in New York about the state of railroads was unusually positive this year.

The price used for most fuel surcharges dropped again, with prices now down more than $1 compared to last Thanksgiving. 

Outgoing STB Chair Martin Oberman had harsh words for Union Pacific at the RailTrends conference.

Two leading execs at Estes Express, including an Estes family member, have presented a recap of the hack that took the LTL carrier mostly offline.

Coyote Logistics won a legal battle over liability, but the victory may have repercussions beyond this particular case.

The benchmark diesel price for most fuel surcharges was down, though other numbers are suddenly pointing higher.

It’s back to the courtroom for the CTA and OOIDA as they continue their legal battle against California’s AB5.

Reliance’s Thom Albrecht provided his company’s perspective on how fast capacity is disappearing from truck markets during FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival. 

Greater speed is a highlight of the new interface for FreightWaves SONAR introduced at the F3: Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga. 

In a keynote address to the F3 conference, Alex Epstein laid out the case for continued fossil fuel use.

In a tough quarter, Uber Freight showed small signs of improvement in both EBITDA and revenue.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges has declined for the fourth time in five weeks.

A white paper by factoring company OTR Solutions highlights risks it sees from the combination of 3PL bankruptcies and asset-based lending.

Total employed in the sector now more than 30,000 fewer than at May peak

The family who founded Pilot Travel Centers and sold 80% of it to Berkshire Hathaway has filed suit over valuing the final 20%.

CRST is making its first acquisition since 2020 by buying BCB Transport.

3PL C.H. Robinson had a weak third quarter, as expected, but the late trading in its stock liked what it heard.

Oil prices, including the benchmark used for most fuel surcharges, are below or close to Oct. 7 levels.

FreightWaves CEO Fuller talks Convoy collapse and why things aren’t improving for carriers.

Tough freight market hits Echo’s debt ratings, down a notch at S&P.

A company can “go through all your tests, due diligence, cyber resilience and everything, but if you don’t know what to do when something happens, then all bets are off,” IT exec Steve Hankel said during the Digital Solutions Conference.

President and COO Webb Estes reviews restored functions, praises customers that stuck around.

Coming on the heels of the hack against LTL carrier Estes, an industry meeting maps out ways to battle cyberattacks.

Soy Transportation Coalition director says farmers diverting product from weak export market.

Triumph Financial’s earnings saw a tighter EBITDA loss at TriumphPay and a largely flat average invoice price in its transportation factoring business.

Digital brokerage Convoy is closing, with no buyer coming in to rescue its operations.

Truckload carrier Marten saw its earnings fall from a year ago and detailed how much of that was caused by higher fuel prices. 

Digital brokerage Convoy has canceled all shipments and shut its load board, with an announcement of its future upcoming.

J.B. Hunt’s overall financial performance in the third quarter was weak, but slight strengthening in intermodal volumes was celebrated.

The California Trucking Association has filed suit in federal court, seeking to block implementation of the California Advanced Clean Fleets rule.

Decline in this week’s benchmark is catching up from an earlier slide at CME.The retail diesel benchmark used for most fuel surcharges fell although futures and wholesale prices continue to trend higher.

Supply chain software provider e2open has a new shareholder in activist investor Elliott Management.

California says, once again, that the state’s trucking sector is holding up under AB5.

Like with most shippers, 2022 started out tough but by the beginning of 2023 it had all changed. In this Q&A, Fresh Del Monte VP describes the stark difference.

Supply chain software provider e2open has parted ways with its CEO while the CCO has laid out problems with its sales operations.

Uber Freight has rolled out new technology solutions for its TMS, procurement and use of generative AI.

As the diesel futures price starts to rise due to the Israeli conflict, the benchmark for most fuel surcharges has moved down.

Jeremy Daily, a cybersecurity expert and presenter at an upcoming conference on the issue, discusses the Estes hack in a Q&A.