Author: Jim Stinson

Today’s recruitment efforts to attract truck drivers have tended to lean on digital media. But in a sea of digital information, recruitment opportunities can be lost. That concern is why some trucking companies are returning to older media approaches for recruitment.

TFI International Inc., one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in the United States and Canada, is making moves in the tanker business, snapping up two trucking companies in February.

The nation can conserve fuel and reduce emissions by improving the nation’s highway infrastructure, according to a report by the American Transportation Research Institute.

FedEx Corp. unveiled an autonomous delivery device designed to help retailers make same-day and last-mile deliveries to customers, showing off the robot on “The Jimmy Fallon Show” on Feb. 26.

FedEx Corp. unveiled an autonomous delivery device designed to help retailers make same-day and last-mile deliveries to customers, showing off the robot on “The Jimmy Fallon Show” on Feb. 26.

TransForce Inc. purchased USA Drivers, an Atlanta regional staffing agency, according to a TransForce news release. The acquisition was TransForce’s 14th since 2013.

Refrigerated storage company Lineage Logistics of Novi, Mich., said it has agreed to purchase Preferred Freezer Services, a network of temperature-controlled cold storage warehouses based in Chatham, N.J.

Platinum Equity has acquired Livingston International, a Toronto-based firm that specializes in customs brokerage, freight forwarding and trade consulting, according to the Beverly Hills, Calif., investment firm.

Expeditors International of Washington Inc. saw revenues shoot up 18% for both the final quarter of 2018 and the fiscal year, a record-setting accomplishment which company officials attributed to growing but volatile volumes in ocean and airfreight.

A strong economy and demand for freight movement led Ryder System Inc. to declare record revenue for its final 2018 quarter and the full year.