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M&A in Transportation Continues It seems to have started with TFI’s acquisition of UPS Freight, or Penske’s deal with Black Horse, and now Uber announced today that they’ve agreed to purchase Transplace for $2.25B. This on the heels of Knight Swift’s deal with AAA Cooper and Werner’s acquisition of a couple smaller regional truckload carriers. The covid era brought supply/demand…
One of the dirty little secrets that your freight broker may not reveal is that in negotiating the low prices they offer, many times the brokers give the carriers low liability limits in the event of loss or damage. For example, an LTL carrier’s tariff might say that they will only be responsible for a valuation that corresponds to the…
U.S. House Expected to Pass Bill That Would Impose Huge Insurance Hike on Truckers Washington D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on a surface reauthorization bill that would impose a huge insurance hike on trucking companies. The five-year $547 billion INVEST in America Act is filled with highly contentious measures which would have deep impacts on the trucking…
General Average Declared for Ever Given Suez Disruption
LTL giant UPS Freight is in the cross hairs of Canadian firm TFI. The offer appears to be an $800M all cash offer from TFI who will rename the company TForce Freight. Click Here for full the TFI Press Release
Looks like the YRC name is going to fade away as YELLOW has been resurrected! With that, Yellow is hiring 1500 drivers and expanding their in house driver training program. This is decidedly good news in an industry with diminishing capacity
Rates surge, no ‘significant rate relief’ in 2021, Cass says
December LTL volumes ‘remain healthy’
COVID-19, the Coronavirus, is presenting some challenges in the LTL world that shippers need to be aware of.
Transport Topics is reporting today that the FMCSA has offered Hours of Service Rules relief to driver’s transporting medical supplies, food and fuel to areas affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.