Category: News

Canadian American Transport Holding Inc. announced that it has acquired SLH Transport in Kingston, Ontario — a move that triples the size of its truck fleet in Canada and provides stability for employees of SLH Transport, a carrier whose owner, Sears Canada, filed for bankruptcy protection in June.

Idelic Inc., a technology startup recently spun off by Pitt Ohio, a regional freight carrier based in Pittsburgh, has received $1 million in seed financing to develop SafetyBox, a program that analyzes data to help trucking companies and fleet operator…

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp. will lay off 69 employees in Salem, Va., on Dec. 2 because of the “unexpected termination of a major business contract,” according to a filing with the state.

The Port of Virginia will receive a grant of $1.55 million from the Federal Highway Administration to reduce truck congestion through better technology.

Ryder System Inc. upgraded its maintenance facility in Grapevine, Texas, to service both diesel and advanced fuel vehicles.

Savi Technology named Jeffrey Friedman chief financial officer, citing his more than 30 years of financial management for public and private companies operating in the technology, telecommunications and software industries.

Titanium Transportation Group has acquired Canadian dry van truckload and flatbed carrier Xpress Group, based in Windsor, Ontario, for C$3.1 million in cash and the assumption of C$5.2 million in debt.

In the future—and you have to look far ahead when considering the movements of CEO Jeff Bezos—Amazon could expand the services to any merchant selling anything to anyone. This would push it deeper into the territory of UPS and FedEx.

The number of workers on U.S. payrolls declined last month for the first time since 2010, reflecting major disruptions from hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Labor Department figures showed Oct. 6. The jobless rate fell to a new 16-year-low while wage gains …