CCJ StaffMergers & AcquisitionsKenan Advantage Group enters dry bulk segment with acquisitionKAG will also acquire 36 tractors, 91 trailers, two terminals with two maintenance bays, warehouse space and transloading capabilities.February 14, 2024RegulationsTexas again leads nation in freight bottlenecksThe latest ATRI Top Truck Bottlenecks List is topped by the I-95/SR 4 intersection at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey, for the sixth straight year. Also: Iowa's harvest weight exemption extended by 10 days.February 14, 2024TechnologySamsara follows lawsuit against Motive with ITC complaintSamsara asks the International Trade Commission to issue an exclusion order and a cease-and-desist order against Motive following the filing of a federal lawsuit that alleges Motive's intellectual property theft of Samsara's technologies.February 13, 2024TechnologyAI-driven container management that reduces costs and final-mile delivery solutions for LTL carriersAlso: Wisconsin-based carrier adds trigger-based events to its coaching tool, and Bestpass customers can now leverage vehicle data and GPS location through Geotab and match that information with toll charges.February 13, 2024RegulationsFleet owner pleads guilty after opening sealed trailers, illegally consolidating freightOhio-based Gurtej Singh allegedly overbilled shippers, consolidated shipments, and caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of goods. Also: ATA names 27 to Law Enforcement Advisory Board.February 13, 2024TrucksMack expanding medium-duty truck production plantThe company is investing $14.5 million to expand its Roanoke Valley Operations plant. Also: Nikola rejects slate of directors nominated by founder Trevor Milton; Radiant Logistics acquires Select Logistics and Select Cartage.February 12, 2024CompaniesAveritt employees set new company record for community service hoursThe total of 18,764 hours of community service was close to double Averitt’s previous yearly record of 10,433 hours. Also: Food processing distributor relocates Idaho distribution center.February 9, 2024WorkforceE-commerce driving job growth in transportation and warehousingThe growth in e-commerce has made transportation and warehousing the fastest-growing industry in the U.S. There are still challenges, however, with shortages of drivers and warehouse workers, an aging trucking workforce and more.February 9, 2024CCJ InnovatorsAim Transportation named CCJ Innovator of the YearCommercial Carrier Journal named Aim Transportation its 2024 CCJ Innovator of the Year Thursday night.February 8, 2024RegulationsFMCSA in planning stages of new study on sexual harassment, assaultThe study aims to help FMCSA understand and quantify the prevalence and severity of sexual assault and sexual harassment experienced across trucking. Also: C.H. Robinson launches new ‘touchless appointments’ tech; new Averitt safety director.February 8, 2024Previous PagePage 67 of 207Next PageTop StoriesBusinessCourt: Yellow Corp $1.5B lawsuit against Teamsters can proceedYellow alleges the Teamsters intentionally destroyed the company by blocking modernization plan.TrucksThe VNL hotel: Volvo's largest sleeper big on comfort and functionalityCCJ InnovatorsRoadrunner deploys AI to eliminate excuses, slash missed picksEmissionsCARB suing truck manufacturers, allege group breached emissions dealBusinessTrucking market recovery will be driven by 'necessary evil,' ATA's economist says