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Business: Page 3

Business
Why freight volumes peaked early and what it means for carriers
Tariff-driven frontloading pushed the freight surge into summer, creating a flatter holiday season.
October 15, 2025
Peak Season
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October 14, 2025
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Business
The cost of fleet compliance failures
Compliance failures are threatening fleet survival. Industry experts reveal the critical gaps costing carriers millions.
October 14, 2025
Fleet Compliance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Smith System's latest acquisition connects data insights to driver safety
Insights from Utilimarc’s business intelligence platform, which integrates data across telematics, fleet management information systems, maintenance software, and safety cameras, are now combined with Smith System’s training and driver risk expertise.
October 9, 2025
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Business
Cargo theft costs trucking $18 million per day, most loads never recovered
Nearly three-quarters of all stolen cargo is never recovered, and many thefts go unreported.
October 8, 2025
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Business
Werner CEO: Capacity contraction ahead
Werner CEO says trucking's worst downturn is setting the stage for a multi-year capacity crunch.
October 8, 2025
Werner Enterprises CEO Derek Leathers at the WEX OTR Summit.
Business
TCA President Jim Ward to retire
Jim Ward, former president and CEO of CCJ Top 250 fleet D.M. Bowman, will retire from his post at the Truckload Carriers Association in the coming months. Also: NTSB calls for safety tech on trucks in fatal-crash report; Canadian province shuts down trucking schools, companies for safety issues.
October 7, 2025
Jim Ward
Business
FedEx Freight builds out leadership team ahead of spin-off
Former IT CFO will take the financial reigns of FedEx Freight.
October 6, 2025
FedEx freight semi-trucks driving on a tree-lined highway
Mergers & Acquisitions
Trimac acquires Service Transport Company
Trimac Transportation is expanding its chemical hauling footprint in the U.S.
October 6, 2025
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Business
Turnage, TFX, Oberman, Clifford Hay advance to Small Fleet Champ final round
Turnage & Sons LLC, Thomasville Furniture Xpress, Oberman Logistics and Clifford Hay Inc. -- all are mastering the fine arts of trucking-biz management in myriad ways. Two Small Fleet Champs among these finalists will walk away with the title belts at NASTC's annual conference Oct. 23 in Nashville.
October 3, 2025
Four fleets represented by the pictures above will square off in the final round of the Small Fleet Championship for the title belt in their respective categories October 23, 2025, at the annual NASTC conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Business
ArcBest sees path to long-term growth despite market challenges
ArcBest execs remain confident in long-term growth, pointing to AI-driven innovation, efficiency gains, and a clear path to stronger financial performance.
October 3, 2025
Arc Best Investor Day
Business
Isuzu breaks ground on 1M square foot truck plant in South Carolina
Isuzu breaks ground on a new U.S. production hub in Greenville, SC.
October 1, 2025
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Business
TCI acquiring Success Truck Leasing
With the acquisition of Success NationaLease, TCI grows to more than 4,000 pieces of equipment, 1,900 employees, and 25 facilities nationwide.
September 30, 2025
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Business
Uncertainty in freight is overstated
I seem to recall there was some certainty in freight just before the 1998 Consent Decree that introduced NOx emission requirements and created all that fun with the introduction of EGRs.
September 29, 2025
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Outlook and Benchmarking
How private fleets avoided the market downturn
NPTC's annual benchmarking report shows that private fleets are growing despite the freight rate recession. Is that private fleet capacity behind the rate downturn for the for-hire trucking sector?
September 25, 2025
Tom Moore
Business
LTL furniture specialist TFX lays solid ground for growth, profit, support
Thomasville Furniture Xpress owners Scott Denmark and Scott Cruthis both got their start in the trucking business as owner-operators decades ago. Today, after long careers centered in the LTL furniture space out of North Carolina, their small fleet is poised for continued growth, profits, and service excellence.
September 25, 2025
Small Fleet Champ semi-finalist Thomasville Furniture Xpress has grown quickly since founding within the last decade, helmed by co-owners Scott Denmark and Scott Cruthis.
Business
Skin in the leased owner's game: Oberman Logistics' simple, transparent plan for expansion
Owner-operator Wes Oberman and his business partner and wife, Laura, have built a home for leased owner-operators at their Tennessee-based fleet with a promise of transparent, simple fees -- and clear investment in the success of their business partners. Growth has been steady over six years.
September 23, 2025
Oberman Logistics owner Wes Oberman's personal truck is this Kenworth T680 -- purchased to replace a lower-fuel-mileage 2020 389 that powered his maiden voyage in trucking as an owner-operator. He's getting 10 mpg now, and providing a reliable home for leased owners has the fleet up to 11 trucks as of August.
Business
How Mexico's growth as U.S. trade partner affects trucking
Mexico has become the United States’ leading trade partner in recent years. Through July of this year, trade with Mexico represents more than 15% of all U.S. trade, ahead of Canada at 13% and China at almost 8%.
September 19, 2025
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'Don't trust, always verify' is the expert advice when carriers onboard new products
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Regulations
How DOT's non-citizen CDL crackdown could affect driver recruiting
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EPA won't delay 2027 NOx rule, but plans 'major changes'
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Workforce
No retirement plans on deck for aging drivers, but job satisfaction high
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Workforce
Show me the money: Drivers report falling pay, shrinking miles and pay disputes with carriers
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