U.S. Xpress' Diesel Technicians Vie for Spot at ATA’s Skills Competition
TUNNEL HILL, Ga. — Once your vehicle's odometer goes past 200,000 miles, you might think you're making your car, truck or SUV last.
April 21, 2017Tennessee Trucking Company Lesco Logistics Winding Down Operations
Lesco Logistics, a Chattanooga trucking company with some 50 employees, will wind down its operations, according to the company's owners.
February 28, 2017How One Exec Went From Growing Up Poor in Tennessee to Leading a $100 Million Shipping Business
When Johnny Jones was a 12-year-old boy growing up poor in East Ridge, Tennessee, he had one pair of pants and one shirt.
February 6, 2017Georgia Residents Hire Attorney, Form Nonprofit to Fight Proposed Inland Port
A group of Murray County, Georgia, residents don't want to see a bucolic 42-acre pasture on U.S. Highway 411 just north of the unincorporated community of Crandall turned into an "inland port" where shipping containers would be transferred from semi-trucks to railcars.
April 4, 2016Inland Port Expected to Take 35,000 Trucks Off Atlanta-Area Freeways
Savannah, Georgia, will see bigger containerships come into port after the Panama Canal is widened this year. And some of that increased port traffic eventually should make its way to the Chattanooga area in 2018, when a new "inland port" is due to open in Murray County, Georgia.
February 16, 2016