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Fed Ex Freight begins operations as independent, publicly-traded company
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (206+ words) 5newsonline. com Fed Ex Freight begins operations as independent, publicly-traded company MEMPHIS, Tenn. " Fed Ex Freight will now operate as an independent, publicly traded less-than-truckload company, according to an announcement made on Monday. The company's common stock will now begin "regular…...
Local trucking companies starting to feel impact of higher diesel fuel prices
2+ week, 3+ day ago (60+ words) 5newsonline. com Local trucking companies starting to feel impact of higher diesel fuel prices To stream 5 NEWS on your phone, you need the 5 NEWS app. Download the 5 NEWS app Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video…...
Higher diesel fuel prices are beginning to take a toll on local trucking companies
2+ week, 3+ day ago (382+ words) FORT SMITH, Ark. " The higher pump price has taken a major toll on Arkansans, including local trucking companies, over the last several weeks. "Greg Carman is President of Carman Inc, a small trucking firm based in Fort Smith that his…...
1-in-50 million lobster with split-colored shell found in Massachusetts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (195+ words) WASHINGTON " A fishing vessel off Cape Cod made a 1-in-50 million catch last week when it came back with a rare split-color lobster. The vessel Timothy Michael hauled in the lobster on Thursday, the Wellfleet Shellfish Co. posted to social…...
Layoffs expected as Rogers-based dealer America's Car-Mart shuttering nearly a third of its lots
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (371+ words) ROGERS, Arkansas " Northwest Arkansas-based car dealership America's Car-Mart (ACM) announced this week that it plans to close nearly a third of its lots. The company is based in Rogers, and it has 136 lots in a dozen states. However, an SEC…...
Diesel price hike strains Arkansas truck drivers
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (332+ words) ARKANSAS, USA " Diesel prices in parts of Arkansas have climbed to as high as $5 a gallon, according to AAA, as global tensions escalate with Iran." Truck drivers said the higher fuel costs are hitting the industry hard, even as some…...
Local Arkansas trucking industry leaders weigh in on federal CDL training crackdown
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (59+ words) 5newsonline. com Local Arkansas trucking industry leaders weigh in on federal CDL training crackdown To stream 5 NEWS on your phone, you need the 5 NEWS app. Download the 5 NEWS app Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video…...
Arkansas trucking industry leaders react to federal crackdown targeting CDL programs
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (619+ words) SPRINGDALE, Ark. " Trucking industry leaders are giving some insight into a federal crackdown on commercial driver's license (CDL) training schools." U. S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced in a Feb. 18 release that 557 CDL training schools violated FMCSA safety standards, including 9 in our area....
Walmart, Tyson turn to Gatik's autonomous trucks for deliveries more and more
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (185+ words) BENTONVILLE, Ark. " A new kind of truck has been making deliveries in northwest Arkansas " without drivers behind the wheel. Since 2019, a fleet of autonomous trucks operated by Gatik AI Inc. , in partnership with'Walmart and Tyson Foods, has covered nearly a…...