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Business
Daseke crosses $1B revenue mark with acquisition of three fleets
Following Daseke's acquisition of three more fleets, the company says it will bring its revenues to $1.2 billion for the 2017 year. Get the details here on CCJ.
December 5, 2017
Business
Knight-Swift earnings tumble in first quarterly report due to merger-associated fees
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings' first quarterly report shows a dip in revenue due to merger associated fees. Get details on Commercial Carrier Journal.
November 9, 2017
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Knight, Swift officially merge after approval by shareholders
The two Phoenix-based carriers announced the merger deal. The new company, to be called Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings.
September 8, 2017
Business
Heartland Express acquires Interstate Distributor in $113M deal
Heartland Express has acquired 100 percent of the outstanding stock of Tacoma, Washington-based Interstate Distributor Co. Read more about this here.
July 10, 2017
Business
Flatbed conglomerate Daseke acquires Midwest fleet Steelman Companies
Flatbed & stepdeck conglomerate Daseke, Inc. announced it has acquired The Steelman Companies. The heavy haul and flatbed fleet operates in the Midwest.
July 5, 2017
Business
Carrier conglomerate XPO says it’s eying new acquisitions
XPO Logistics, says it’s eyeing acquisition targets in North America and Europe, according to a Wall Street Journal. Read more about this here.
June 26, 2017
Business
XPO completes rebranding effort following Con-way acquisition
XPO Logistics says its rebranding efforts following the Con-way acquisition are officially finished. Get more fleet industry news on Commercial Carrier Journal!
May 10, 2017
Business
FTC stamps approval on Knight-Swift merger
The Federal Trade Commission gives a thumbs-up to Swift Transportation and Knight Transportation to continue their merger as planned. Get more news here on CCJ!
May 3, 2017
Business
Merger of Swift, Knight meant to boost profits while maintaining two separate carriers
New company to be named Knight-Swift. The goal is to increase Swift’s efficiency and profitability by bringing Knight’s management style to the truckload giant.
April 19, 2017
Business
Carrier giants Swift, Knight to merge
Swift Transportation and Knight Transportation announced that they will merge later this year. What could this mean for the trucking industry as we know it?
April 10, 2017
Business
Top 250 acquisition: Central Freight plans to purchase Wilson Trucking
Central Freight Lines, a less-than-truckload carrier, announced it intends to buy certain assets of Wilson Trucking. Read more on Commercial Carrier Journal.
February 23, 2017
Business
Daseke announces plans to go public via $626 million merger
Daseke has entered into a merger deal with investment firm Hennessy Capital and will become a publicly traded company.
January 3, 2017
Business
Maverick USA acquires 25-truck boat hauling fleet
The company purchased 25-truck boat hauling fleet Marine Transport Inc. Read details on this at Commercial Carrier Journal.
January 3, 2017
Business
XPO sells truckload business to TransForce a year after acquiring Con-way
XPO Logistics (No. 3 in the CCJ Top 250) announced it has sold its truckload business –the bulk of which came via a October 2015 acquisition of Con-way — to TransForce Inc. (No. 7 in the CCJ Top 250) for approximately $558 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments
October 27, 2016
Business
Continental acquires Zonar; DTNA to retain minority stake
Established in 2001, Zonar pioneered what it calls “smart fleet telematics” in markets that include commercial trucking, vocational and passenger fleets.
October 6, 2016
Business
Schneider acquires two companies to expand final-mile delivery
Schneider (No. 8 on the CCJ Top 250) has announced it is expanding its final-mile delivery service with the acquisitions of trucking company Watkins & Shepard (No. 126) and logistics technology provider Lodeso.
June 2, 2016
Business
FedEx finalizes $4.4 billion deal to acquire European carrier TNT Express
The May 25 purchase settlement concludes FedEx’s acquisition of 88.4 percent of TNT’s shares, purchased at 8 Euros each, about $9 a share, for an aggregate value of 3.879 billion Euros, or about $4.4 billion.
May 25, 2016
Business
ABF Logistics acquires brokerage firm Bear Transportation Services
ABF Logistics announced Dec. 1 it has acquired Bear Transportation Services, a private, non-asset truckload brokerage firm located in Plano, Texas.
December 2, 2015
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