John Christner Trucking

El transportista de temperatura controlada Hirschbach adquiere John Christner Trucking

Hirschbach builds national footprint through M&A

El transportista frigorífico Hirschbach anunció el miércoles la adquisición de John Christner Trucking (JCT). . El acuerdo formará una de las mayores flotas de temperatura controlada del país con más de 3.000 camiones (800 en JCT), 5.000 remolques y unos ingresos totales que superan los 1.000 millones de dólares.

En comparación, el transportista frigorífico que cotiza en bolsa, Marten Transport (NASDAQ: MRTN) , generó apenas unos ingresos de 1.000 millones de dólares durante 2021 con una flota...

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Temperature-controlled carrier Hirschbach acquires John Christner Trucking

Hirschbach and JCT form national temperature-controlled truckload network

Refrigerated carrier Hirschbach announced Wednesday the acquisition of John Christner Trucking (JCT). The deal will form one of the biggest temperature-controlled fleets in the nation at more than 3,000 trucks (800 at JCT), 5,000 trailers and total revenue exceeding $1 billion.

By comparison, publicly traded refrigerated carrier Marten Transport (NASDAQ: MRTN) generated just shy of $1 billion in revenue during 2021 with a fleet of 3,200 units.

Financial terms of the transaction were not...

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Cold Chain Summit: Refrigerated carriers adapt to new food purchasing habits

This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves Cold Chain Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How refrigerated carriers are adapting to new buying trends

DETAILS: Danny Christner, chief executive officer of John Christner Trucking (JCT), describes changes in food habits and how carriers can stay agile to meet customer expectations. Christner explains the difficulties of modifying food supply chains and his thoughts on whether these changes in habits are here to stay.

SPEAKER: Danny...

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Independent contractor definition battles may further complicate lawsuits over lease purchases

With the definition of independent contractors (ICs) pinballing around the three-legged stool of the states, Washington and the federal courts, there’s a particular group of truck drivers with an additional level of uncertainty: those operating on lease purchases.

Whether a driver on a lease purchase program is truly independent is a central feature of a number of lawsuits making their way through the courts — including several filed by California attorney Robert Boulter, whose specialty in...

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Smaller trucking companies have been raising pay rates for weeks

While Schneider’s announcement of higher driver pay may have been more prominent given its size, smaller companies had been raising their pay levels for several weeks prior to the Schneider announcement. 

Dave Ables, president and CEO of Minnesota-based Dart Transportation, is one of the companies that got a jump on others with an early August move on several fronts. In an interview with FreightWaves, Ables said the steps he took were mostly aimed at the independent owner-operators Dart employs,...

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