Averitt Express

Averitt Express opens Dallas-area distribution center

Cookeville, Tennessee-based Averitt Express recently opened a 400,000-square-foot distribution and fulfillment center in Grand Prairie, Texas, near Dallas.

The new center, which employs about 70 workers, is aimed at streamlining supply chains for manufacturers, distributors and retailers, company officials said.

“In addition to handling cargo that moves inland from the Port of Houston, Dallas is a major regional distribution point for products and materials that travel by rail and air via the...

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Averitt announces pay bump for new truckload drivers

Driver pay on the rise

Trucking company Averitt Express has announced a pay increase for its newly hired regional truckload and flatbed drivers.

Regional drivers will now start at a rate of 50 cents per mile, $1,200 assuming a five-day week, the carrier announced on Monday. Flatbed associates will start at 52 cents per mile, $1,375 for the full week. Both regional and flatbed drivers will see a 2-cent-per-mile increase after a year if they have received their hazmat endorsement.

The Cookeville, Tennessee-based carrier...

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Cross-border operators discuss trends in 2021

The cross-border transportation and logistics industry faced unprecedented disruption in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as changes brought on by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Following are some observations from brokers, trade analysts and freight-tech providers relating to cross-border operations moving into the new year.

Deepak Chhugani, founder and CEO of Nuvocargo: “Mexico is now the U.S.’ No. 1 trade partner. The China-U.S. trade war, as well as the COVID-19...

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China edges past Mexico as top US trade partner

China is again the top trading partner of the United States, with trade totaling $59.6 billion in October, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

China’s total trade with the U.S. rose 25% in October compared to the same month a year ago, with imports from China increasing 14% and U.S. exports to China increasing 51%.

Mexico fell to No. 2, as its total trade with the U.S. rose a moderate 0.57% to $53.66 billion in October, compared to the same period in 2019. Canada was third with $48...

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Borderlands: Arizona-Mexico border trade recovering slowly

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Arizona-Mexico border trade recovering slowly; Averitt Express expands in Laredo; Port of Brownsville FTZ ranks No. 2; and CBP nabs $3M in narcotics at Pharr International Bridge.

Arizona-Mexico border trade recovering slowly

Cross-border trade between Mexico and Arizona continued to gradually improve in September.

Total trade registered a 14% year-over-year decline in...

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Best transportation companies for female employees named

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has released its 2020 list of the top transportation companies for females.

The annual Top Companies for Women to Work for in Transportation list was created by WIT magazine Redefining the Road in 2018 as part of its mission to promote the accomplishments of businesses focused on the employment of females in the trucking industry.

Companies making the list this year were listed alphabetically, beginning with AGT Global Logistics, founded and led by Angela...

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More indictments handed down in Louisiana staged accident scheme

The staged accident scandal in Louisiana keeps getting bigger.

Nine more individuals were charted in an indictment handed down by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Peter Strasser last week. The specific charges against the defendants are all based on mail fraud, as it was for the 19 people previously charged.

That brings to 28 the total number of people indicted. 

The indictments, however, have yet to reach the attorneys or other organizers allegedly behind the scheme to...

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Career Tracks: Höegh and Elemica get new CEOs

Andreas Enger will become the chief executive officer of Höegh Autoliners on Sept. 8.

Current CEO Thor Jørgen Guttormsen will continue to support the company as non-executive director and senior adviser.

Enger has served as Höegh’s chief financial officer since September 2019 and worked closely with Guttormsen on the company’s strategy and operating model. 

Enger will continue to chair Posten, Norway’s state-owned postal service. 

Prior to joining Höegh autoliners, Enger was a partner at Deloitte....

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