Freight News Updates

Bot Auto completed its first over-the-road longhaul commercial shipment without a human in the cab or remote operator, the autonomous truck technology firm said.

Old Dominion Freight Line saw demand for its services improve during Q1 despite a year-over-year decline in revenue and earnings, the company reported April 29.

ArcBest posted an increase in first-quarter revenue despite freight market uncertainty, the company reported April 28.

Knight-Swift Transportation reported a first-quarter net loss but cited improving conditions as excess and invalid capacity exit the freight market.

Truck tonnage posted its largest year-over-year gain in more than three years in March and delivered the best quarterly result in almost a decade, ATA said.

Saia opened its newest terminal in York, Pa., to enhance its network in the Northeast, the Johns Creek, Ga., carrier announced April 20.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services CEO Shelley Simpson described a “meaningfully different” freight environment while reporting first-quarter results April 15.

Two companion bills intended to deter cargo theft by imposing higher criminal penalties are moving through the Michigan Legislature.

A Dallas executive helped thwart an alleged cargo theft by tracking a $240,000 load of copper apparently rerouted to California instead of Illinois.

BeyondTrucks is rolling out freight rate calculation programs that can be customized using simple language, the dispatch management company announced March 31.