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Todd Maiden

Based in Richmond, VA, Todd is the finance editor at FreightWaves. Prior to joining FreightWaves, he covered the TLs, LTLs, railroads and brokers for RBC Capital Markets and BB&T Capital Markets. Todd began his career in banking and finance before moving over to transportation equity research where he provided stock recommendations for publicly traded transportation companies.
Aug - 2024 -
06 August
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Views on transportation capacity, pricing signaling recovery

The July Logistics Managers’ Index points to a freight market recovery, a Tuesday report showed.

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02 August
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ArcBest’s Q2 results muted by headwinds in asset-light unit

ArcBest misses second-quarter expectations as losses at its asset-light business continue.

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First look: ArcBest’s Q2 misses consensus

ArcBest reported second-quarter results on Friday, which came in light of analysts’ expectations.

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01 August
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Lineage to share $100M from IPO proceeds with employees

Temperature-controlled real estate investment trust Lineage Inc. announced it will give $100 million in equity awards to its workforce.

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XPO expects to deliver solid execution in ‘flattish’ back half

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO bested second-quarter expectations on Thursday as tonnage and yields continued to move higher.

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XPO Q2 first look: LTL carrier beats expectations again

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO beat second-quarter expectations as tonnage and yield increases were complemented by effective cost management.

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Jul - 2024 -
30 July
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Landstar sees stabilizing trends, still awaiting TL market turn

Freight broker Landstar System shared some signs of market stabilization with analysts on a Tuesday call but said it’s still too soon to say the market has turned.

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Landstar Q2 first look: Truck broker breaks 2-year string of revenue declines

Broker Landstar System beat second-quarter estimates Tuesday as the period ended a two-year streak of sequential revenue declines.

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Knight-Swift acquires DHE as next piece of national LTL map

Knight-Swift announced its third less-than-truckload acquisition on Tuesday, purchasing Los Angeles-based Dependable Highway Express for an undisclosed sum.

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29 July
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Love’s acquires US freight factoring portfolio from REV Capital

Love’s said Monday it has acquired the U.S. transportation factoring portfolio from REV Capital.

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26 July
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Freight mix, terminal openings weigh on Saia’s Q2; stock drops 20%

Growth-related costs and a less favorable freight profile led to Saia’s second-quarter results coming up short of expectations.

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Saia Q2 first look

A first look at less-than-truckload carrier Saia’s second-quarter earnings report.

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25 July
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Cold storage REIT Lineage IPO hauls in $4.4B

Cold storage real estate investment trust Lineage Inc. announced that its initial public offering priced near the high end of the range and will include at least 10 million more shares than expected.

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Pam Transportation reports net loss in Q2

Truckload carrier Pam Transportation Services lost money again in the second quarter but said it saw signs of an improving freight market as the quarter closed.

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24 July
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Knight-Swift seeing signs of market stabilization

Knight-Swift Transportation said the trough of the freight cycle has likely passed and that it is now focused on growing its less-than-truckload business.

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Old Dominion notes green shoots, ready for market inflection

Old Dominion Freight Line beat second-quarter expectations Wednesday as it continues to ready its network for an improving freight economy where it plans to win market share.

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23 July
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Heartland Express says recovery likely in 2025

Truckload carrier Heartland Express reported another quarterly net loss on Tuesday and said improvement in the freight market will not likely occur until 2025.

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22 July
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Saia opens 2 new terminals, eyes 18 to 21 sites in ’24

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia announced two new terminal openings on Monday and said it will now open 18 to 21 terminals this year versus a prior expectation of 16.

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18 July
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ABF Freight head Seth Runser named president of parent ArcBest

ABF Freight head Seth Runser has been named president of ArcBest. He will be succeeded by the less-than-truckload carrier’s engineering vice president, Matt Godfrey.

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17 July
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Prologis sees improving logistics real estate market in 2025

Logistics warehouse operator Prologis said uncertainty around interest rates and the political landscape should be resolved in the coming months, clearing a path for a more constructive 2025.

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Western Express talks safety at Enterprise Fleet Summit

Western Express shared some of its safety strategies at FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

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Prologis says demand ‘improving’ in ‘uncertain macroeconomic environment’

Logistics real estate landlord Prologis noted “subdued” but “improving” demand in its second-quarter report issued Wednesday.

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XPO expands cross-border service with launch of XPO Mexico+

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO said it has expanded its cross-border service with the launch of XPO Mexico+.

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16 July
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J.B. Hunt stays the course despite burdensome capacity costs

J.B. Hunt missed second-quarter expectations Tuesday as soft freight demand and costs associated with carrying the capacity needed to meet future demand weighed on the period.

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Sagging intermodal results, broad volume weakness sink J.B. Hunt’s Q2

J.B. Hunt missed second-quarter expectations as volumes remained weak across all modes, expenses remained elevated and intermodal yields declined.

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Lineage IPO could deliver $3.9B in proceeds

Real estate investment trust Lineage announced the pricing of its initial public offering on Tuesday.

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15 July
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Cass data melts lower in June

Freight shipments and expenditures remained depressed in June, Monday data from Cass Information Systems showed.

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Ryder acquires mobile fleet maintenance provider Pit Stop

Ryder System said Monday it will acquire mobile maintenance and repair services provider Pit Stop Fleet Service.

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03 July
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Forward Air adds second former Yellow executive to financial team

Forward Air said Wednesday that interim Chief Financial Officer Jamie Pierson will assume that role on a permanent basis and that it has added James Faught as chief accounting officer.

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02 July
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Transportation capacity in June: No growth for first time in over 2 years

The June Logistics Managers’ Index captures no growth in transportation capacity for the first time since March 2022.

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Jun - 2024 -
27 June
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Forward Air’s recalculated Q1 shows improved leverage ratio

Forward Air’s review of the first quarter shows the company has a little more breathing room to upcoming debt covenants.

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Cold storage REIT Lineage files for IPO

Temperature-controlled facility operator Lineage plans a public listing on the Nasdaq.

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24 June
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Saia adds terminals in Southern California, Minnesota

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia continues to open terminals acquired from bankrupt Yellow Corp.

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21 June
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TFI acquires food-grade tank hauler

TFI International has acquired food-grade tank hauler Entreposage Marco for an undisclosed sum.

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17 June
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Forward Air cuts workforce as it navigates post-merger landscape

Forward Air confirms it has implemented workforce reductions and other restructuring initiatives.

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Freight market pressured again in May, Cass data shows

Shipments and cost data for May show no letup in the freight downcycle.

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C.H. Robinson joins TriumphPay’s payments platform

C.H. Robinson has joined the TriumphPay Network, a freight payments platform connecting brokers, shippers and carriers.

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12 June
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Werner Enterprises sees better days ahead

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises’ CEO noted some reasons for optimism at an investor conference.

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11 June
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Descartes acquires BoxTop Technologies for $13M

Descartes has completed its third acquisition of the year, acquiring BoxTop Technologies for $13 million.

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07 June
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ArcBest again trades volume for yield in Q2

ArcBest’s efforts to improve freight mix are producing big swings in its operating metrics, a May update revealed.

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06 June
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XPO seeing higher volumes, ‘above-market yield growth’ in Q2

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO reported a modest increase in volumes during May, but yields took a notable step higher.

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05 June
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Old Dominion’s tonnage turns positive in Q2

Old Dominion’s volume metrics continue to lag peers, largely by design.

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Transports-only hedge fund manager hopeful despite ‘perfect negative storm’

Former FreightWaves analyst turned hedge fund manager Seth Holm shared his outlook for transportation stocks at Future of Supply Chain on Wednesday.

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Forward Air shareholders OK conversion of Omni’s shares to voting stock

Forward Air’s shareholders approved the conversion of Omni’s nonvoting shares to voting common stock, giving the group 35% control of the combined entity.

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Transfix sells brokerage unit to NFI

Transfix is selling its brokerage business to supply chain services provider NFI.

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04 June
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3PL FLS Transportation acquires flatbed specialist ATL

Broker FLS Transportation announced it has acquired Anderson Transportation and Logistics, which brings flatbed brokerage expertise to the platform.

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Radiant Logistics acquires Cascade Transportation

Radiant Logistics has acquired Cascade Transportation, a provider of time-critical domestic and international transportation services.

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Cass, FreightWaves SONAR partner on supply chain intelligence

FreightWaves SONAR and Cass Information Systems announced on Tuesday a channel and integration partnership on supply chain intelligence.

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May sentiment survey sees higher transportation rates but capacity up again

Supply chain managers indicated higher transportation pricing in May but also noted that capacity continues to grow.

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Saia’s stock pops on May’s volume acceleration

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia reported an acceleration in its volume metrics for May, sending its share price up 14% on Tuesday.

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03 June
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Yellow’s shareholders get desired ruling in Delaware bankruptcy court

Yellow Corp. gets to exclusively oversee its liquidation for another 90 days, keeping shareholders’ hopes for recovery alive.

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May - 2024 -
30 May
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Higher ocean volumes propel Descartes’ Q1

Supply chain services provider Descartes reported improved fiscal first-quarter results.

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28 May
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RoadOne breaks ground on 100-acre site near Port of Charleston

RoadOne has started construction on a 100-acre distribution project near the Port of Charleston.

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Midwest Express, Sterling building national wholesale linehaul network

Midwest Express and Sterling Transportation have launched a strategic partnership to better compete on the national stage.

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23 May
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Prologis, Maersk launch heavy-truck charging hub near SoCal ports

Logistics real estate operator Prologis and Maersk subsidiary, Performance Team, launch a 96-truck electric charging station in Southern California.

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22 May
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Truckload carriers hopeful but not calling cycle turn yet

A couple of truckload carriers provide an update on recent trends following a slew of poor first-quarter reports.

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20 May
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Forward Air hires former YRC restructuring architect Jamie Pierson as interim CFO

Forward Air announced it has hired two-time YRC Worldwide chief financial officer Jamie Pierson.

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Forward Air shareholders file class action complaint over Omni merger

An amended class action complaint from Forward Air’s shareholders has been filed in a Tennessee court.

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14 May
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April Cass data shows no improvement in freight demand

April data from freight payments platform Cass shows freight demand remains near cycle lows.

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Saia hires new CFO from within

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia has tapped Matthew Batteh, vice president of finance, as its new chief financial officer.

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09 May
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Radiant Logistics sees sequential quarterly improvement moving forward

Radiant Logistics reported an in-line result for its recent fiscal quarter and said the market has moved off the cycle bottom.

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Forward Air books big loss in post-merger Q1; stock drops 30% premarket

Forward Air’s first quarter missed expectations, sending shares 30% lower in pre-market trading Thursday.

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07 May
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Transportation metrics weak in April but improve throughout month

A monthly supply chain survey shows a reversal in transportation metrics during April but points to improvement on the horizon.

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XPO relaunches next wave of Yellow terminals

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO will open the bulk of the terminal portfolio it acquired from defunct Yellow Corp. this year.

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03 May
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XPO sees Q1 strength carrying forward

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO says robust yield improvement is still on the horizon even after it laps easy post-Yellow repricing comparisons.

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XPO cruises past Q1 consensus estimate

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO easily surpassed analyst expectations for the first quarter as significantly higher yields amplified modest tonnage gains.

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02 May
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Schneider National cuts 2024 outlook, notes some positive trends

Schneider National cut full-year earnings guidance by 25% but said contractual truckload pricing turned positive in the first quarter.

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01 May
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E-commerce, onshoring drive Q1 demand for Link Logistics

Logistics real estate operator Link Logistics continues to see favorable demand for space on the downside of the freight cycle.

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Apr - 2024 -
30 April
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Werner Enterprises says end of downcycle getting closer

Werner Enterprises missed first-quarter expectations Tuesday and lowered some components of its 2024 outlook.

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Change in freight mix continues to weigh on ArcBest’s volumes

ArcBest saw big first-quarter tonnage declines as it continued to swap transactional business for contract freight.

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ArcBest misses mark in Q1

ArcBest missed first-quarter expectations on Tuesday.

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26 April
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Saia’s Q1 miss, weak March shipments send shares 20% lower

Saia and other less-than-truckload stocks sink for a second time in a week as quarterly reports disappoint.

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25 April
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Landstar still waiting for break in freight recession

Broker Landstar System’s first quarter showed the year-over-year declines are lessening while the trucking industry awaits an inflection to a prolonged freight recession.

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24 April
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Knight-Swift cutting costs, focuses on asset utilization 

Knight-Swift Transportation said Wednesday it will cut costs and focus the bulk of its investments away from truckload-related offerings in the near-term.

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Freight market stabilization helping buoy M&A activity

Transportation M&A adviser Spencer Tenney said a stabilizing freight market is helping to support M&A demand.

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Old Dominion’s Q1 earnings meet estimate, but LTL stocks fall anyway

An in-line earnings report and tepid guidance from Old Dominion sent shares of less-than-truckload carriers lower Wednesday.

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23 April
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Heartland Express books another net loss

Heartland Express said Tuesday weak freight fundamentals led to another net loss during the first quarter.

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18 April
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Pam Transportation books operating loss in ‘extremely challenging’ Q1

Pam Transportation Services joined other carriers Thursday, reporting a poor start to 2024.

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17 April
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Prologis sees market tightening again once interest rate cuts begin

Prologis modestly reeled in 2024 expectations on Wednesday as it believes the recent demand weakness is tied to near-term uncertainties.

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Prologis reports in-line Q1, slightly trims 2024 outlook

Logistics warehouse landlord Prologis modestly lowered expectations for 2024 on Wednesday.

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Knight-Swift slashes H1 2024 expectation by more than half

Knight-Swift Transportation cuts its first-half forecast one day after a notable earnings miss from J.B. Hunt Transport Services.

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16 April
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J.B. Hunt’s long-term intermodal growth plan weighs on Q1 result

J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ first-quarter earnings miss sent shares 6% lower in after-hours trading on Tuesday.

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J.B. Hunt posts big Q1 earnings miss

J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported a miss on first-quarter expectations Tuesday after the market closed.

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15 April
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Estes to open at least 20 terminals this year

Less-than-truckload carrier Estes plans to add nearly 1,000 doors in 2024 as it brings former Yellow sites online.

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March freight metrics flat with February, Cass data shows

March provides little relief from the freight downturn, contrary to what carriers had hoped.

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11 April
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WARN Act claims against Yellow may not be settled this year

The outcome of nearly 25,000 claims by employees that Yellow Corp. gave inadequate notice before mass layoffs may not be resolved this year.

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10 April
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XPO starts opening terminals acquired from Yellow

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO said it has opened three of the 28 terminals it acquired from defunct Yellow Corp.

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08 April
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Saia starts opening new terminals

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia has opened two terminals as part of a plan to open up to 20 this year.

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Mar - 2024 -
27 March
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Yellow gets favored venue for hearing on $7.8B in pension liability claims

A Delaware bankruptcy court overseeing Yellow’s liquidation said Wednesday it will hear the case regarding nearly $8 billion in pension withdrawal liability claims against the estate.

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26 March
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Court dismisses Yellow’s $137M lawsuit against Teamsters

Yellow’s breach-of-contract suit against the Teamsters union has been dismissed by a federal court in Kansas.

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25 March
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Truckload carriers’ forecasts cut heading into Q1 prints

First-quarter earnings estimates for truckload carriers have been reeled in again as the industry awaits a meaningful turn in the cycle.

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22 March
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Enservco to acquire Buckshot Trucking for $5M

Onshore well services provider Enservco Corp. has entered an agreement to acquire Buckshot Trucking.

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19 March
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ArcBest deploys Nvidia’s AI technology on its autonomous forklifts

ArcBest announced a partnership with Nvidia in which it is swapping out 3D lidar sensors for an AI-based technology.

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Trimac acquires bulk hauler Feldspar Trucking

Bulk hauler Trimac announced the acquisition of North Carolina-based Feldspar Trucking, which hauls materials used for glass and ceramics production.

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Carriers installing solar panels to reduce costs, extend battery life

A prolonged period of elevated expenses has some fleets harnessing the power of the sun to mitigate the impact.

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18 March
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Landstar adds 2 new sales roles to the C-suite

Broker Landstar System has added two top sales positions following its CEO transition.

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14 March
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Yellow asks court to toss claims it failed to give layoff notifications

Yellow filed an objection to numerous WARN Act claims in a Delaware bankruptcy court on Tuesday, saying its shutdown was sudden and it fought until the end to save the company.

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11 March
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TFI acquires LTL carrier Hercules Forwarding

TFI International has acquired less-than-truckload carrier Hercules Forwarding, which generates over $100 million in revenue each year.

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PS Logistics adds Yordy Transport to its flatbed fleet

PS Logistics announced the acquisition of flatbed fleet Yordy Transport on Monday.

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