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The Daily Dash: Roadrunner exits truckload business and a startup designs road for autonomous vehicles

Roadrunner leaves truckload space

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Roadrunner Transportation has fully exited the truckload business, and a startup hopes to build a road for autonomous vehicles only. Plus, NFI makes a large acquisition, and taking a cross-country trip with the head of NATSO.

Don’t call us a truckload carrier

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. (OTC: RRTS) no longer operates in the truckload space. The troubled carrier has completely divested its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-roadrunner-exits-truckload-business-and-a-startup-designs-road-for-autonomous-vehicles

NFI acquires CAI Logistics, non-asset division in intermodal, flatbed and marine

NFI has made the largest non-asset acquisition in its history, buying CAI Logistics, the non-asset logistics division of CAI International.

The purchase price was not disclosed.

Acquisitive NFI has bought a three-pronged logistics service that David Broering, the president of non-asset at NFI, said had “roughly” $110 million in revenue last year. The acquisition “falls into the middle size-wise relative to NFI’s overall acquisitions over the past 20 years,” he told FreightWaves in an email. But...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/nfi-acquires-cai-logistics-non-asset-division-in-intermodal-flatbed-and-marine

J.B. Hunt gets dibs on trying out Freightliner electric eCascadia

J.B. Hunt Transport eCascadia

J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. is running drayage from the Port of Los Angeles in a Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric truck.

The subsidiary of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) is the first of 14 companies to try the zero-tailpipe-emission Class 8 tractor as part of Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) expanded exposure to fleets ahead of taking orders in late 2021.

DTNA has accumulated more than 300,000 electric miles on 20 eCascadias and 10 Class 6 medium-duty eM2 106 trucks...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/jb-hunt-gets-dibs-on-trying-out-freightliner-electric-ecascadia

Freightliner electric fleet circles globe 12 times – sort of

Freightliner electric trucks

Freightliner’s 30 battery-electric trucks get around — like a dozen times around the globe.

That is one way of explaining the 300,000 miles of accumulated driving on drayage runs and a variety of Southern California deliveries.

Or, more practically, it totals 5,660 one-way trips between the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to warehousing centers of California’s Inland Empire.

Or 2,500 average local distribution runs, including local and regional haul, and grocery and parcel delivery.

Clearing...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freightliner-electric-fleet-circles-globe-12-times-sort-of

Regional haul trucks leaving fuel savings behind

NACFE Regional Haul Chart

Regional haul trucks, helping to keep food shelves stocked and critical medical supplies delivered during the global health pandemic, could save billions in fuel costs every year.

It would not be easy because regional haul has many definitions and the estimated 800,000 regional haul trucks may travel highways and cover short delivery runs on city streets in the same 24-hour period.

So, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) fuel savings estimate of $9 billion and reduction of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/regional-haul-trucks-leaving-fuel-savings-behind

Kalmar supplies NFI Industries with 25 tractors

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply NFI Industries with 25 Kalmar Ottawa Electric T2E Terminal Tractors for use in their selected distribution centres in California. The order was booked in Cargotec’s 2019 Q2 order intake with delivery scheduled to be completed during the first half of 2020.

NFI is a fully integrated third-party supply chain solutions provider with locations across North America. Serving customers throughout a variety of industries, NFI is dedicated to providing customised...

https://container-news.com/kalmar-supplies-nfi-industries-with-25-tractors/

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