Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023:
Third-party logistics provider (3PL) FST Logistics, based in Dublin, Ohio, has acquired 80-truck for-hire carrier Hyway Trucking, based in Findlay, Ohio.
By integrating Hyway Trucking's operations, FST Logistics extends its reach and strengthens its transportation and logistics industry presence while also diversifying the company by broadening its customer base and offering extended services through dry and full-truckload assets.
"FST Logistics proudly welcomes Hyway Trucking and its valued customers to our family. As a 100% employee-owned company, we are committed to delivering excellence to our customers and vendors, community and shareholders," said Matt Hartman, Chairman and CEO of FST Logistics. “With the addition of Hyway Trucking and its asset-based truckload model, we are now uniquely positioned to offer unparalleled transportation and logistics full-service solutions to our customers, ensuring our ongoing commitment to the success of FST."
[Related: J.B. Hunt acquiring brokerage of BNSF Logistics]
Twelve drivers at Restaurant Technologies in Dallas have voted to join Teamsters Local 745.
“Restaurant Technologies is dedicated to living our values by sustaining a safe, cohesive, and rewarding work environment. This commitment involves treating all employees with respect and dignity, providing excellent benefits, offering schedule flexibility, ensuring safe and optimum working conditions, and maintaining competitive wages," the company told CCJ via emailed statement Tuesday night. "We are committed to negotiating in good faith with Teamsters Local 745 who will represent the 12 drivers in the Dallas depot. We are also committed to supporting every one of our employees, as well as ensuring that our leadership upholds our values each and every day.”
