What a fleet or driver should expect running FEMA loads

 Pallets of supplies ranging from generators, bottled water, to MREs 

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This article was originally published on freightwaves.com in 2017 in reaction to Hurricane Harvey....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2017/8/27/what-to-expect-with-fema

Loaded and Rolling: ATRI finds congestion cost trucking $94.6B

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ATRI: Cost of congestion to trucking hits $94.6 billion

(Source: ATRI)

On Wednesday the American...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-atri-finds-congestion-cost-trucking-94-6b

Knight-Swift lowers Q2 expectations, closes on U.S. Xpress deal

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Knight-Swift Transportation warned Wednesday that second-quarter results are likely to disappoint in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/knight-swift-lowers-q2-expectations-closes-on-us-xpress-deal

U.S. Xpress’ Fuller joining nonprofit focused on sustainable mobility

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Just a few weeks after announcing the sale of U.S. Xpress to Knight-Swift, the outgoing CEO at USX...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/u-s-xpress-fuller-joining-nonprofit-focused-on-sustainable-mobility

Check Call: That lemonade stand looks rough

Check Call: That lemonade stand looks rough

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

In this edition: Earnings season highlights, the rise in flatbed demand and Roadcheck starts Wednesday.

(Image: makeameme.org)

How’d the lemonade stand do? This earnings season...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-that-lemonade-stand-looks-rough

U.S. Xpress lays off staff, reports significant loss to SEC

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U.S. Xpress, on the verge of being acquired by Knight-Swift, recently laid off about 150 employees...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/u-s-xpress-lays-off-staff-reports-significant-loss-to-sec

FreightWaves’ Craig Fuller on the bittersweet sale of U.S. Xpress – WTT

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller about the personal impact of the sale of U.S. Xpress to Knight-Swift. 

FreightWaves’ Rachel Premack hears that produce season is going to be weak this year — and that’s bad news for truckers. Plus, she looks at the U.S. Xpress/Knight-Swift deal and the Big Mac cost of living index.

Is Nikola a real company or just a zero interest rate downhill phenomenon? FreightWaves’ Alan Adler’s answer may...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-craig-fuller-on-the-bittersweet-sale-of-us-xpress-wtt

Knight-Swift sigue al acecho de las fusiones y adquisiciones y busca objetivos de LTL 

La última adquisición de Knight-Swift Transportation es una pequeña inversión de las iniciativas recientes, que fueron diseñadas para diluir parte de la ciclicidad inherente a ser un transportador de carga por carretera. Dichas acciones incluían la adquisición de activos de carga inferior a la de camión y la creación de una oferta de corretaje exclusivamente de energía. 

El martes, Knight-Swift (NYSE: KNX), el mayor transportador TL del país, anunció que adquirirá a U.S. Xpress  (NYSE: USX),...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/knight-swift-sigue-al-acecho-de-las-fusiones-y-adquisiciones-y-busca-objetivos-de-ltl