Prime plans to spend more than $160 million building a regional hub for the southeastern U.S. near Griffin, Ga., the state’s governor, Brian Kemp, announced April 14.

The carrier’s post-market announcement April 16 is intended to reset expectations ahead of the release of earnings for the first quarter on April 22.

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

The action follows a federal audit of New York’s commercial driver licensing program that identified widespread violations of federal requirements.

TFI International-owned TA Dedicated is adding Minneapolis-based warehousing and distribution company Triangle Warehouse to its operations, the carrier said.

Classes 4-7 retail truck sales for the month decreased 14.7% to 17,019 from the 19,942 units during the prior-year period, Omdia Automotive reported.

The Tennessee-based carrier's current customer base is led by three verticals: industrial (30%), transportation and logistics (15%) and consumer goods (14%).

Local news reports included witness descriptions of a chaotic scene in which some drivers fled through nearby residential yards to evade the ICE agents.

FedEx Chief Financial Officer John Dietrich will step down after the courier completes a planned spinoff of its freight division into a stand-alone company.

At a time when margins are tight and operating costs continue to climb, preventing and managing driver injuries has become a core business priority.