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Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Old Dominion Freight Line Q2 Profit Falls 22.3% Year-On-Year

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. profits fell 22.3% year-over-year to $292.4 million in the second quarter of 2023 from $376.1 million in the year-ago period, it said.

July 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

ArcBest Q2 Profit More Than Halves on Weak Demand

ArcBest posted lower earnings and revenue on weaker demand for the second quarter, the Fort Smith, Ark.-based carrier announced July 28.聽

July 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, Private

Amazon to Double Number of Same-Day Delivery Facilities

Amazon.com Inc. will double the number of U.S. same-day delivery facilities in the 鈥渃oming years,鈥 the company announced July 31.

July 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Yellow Ceases Operations

Less-than-truckload company Yellow shut down operations, ending a nearly 100-year history as one of the nation鈥檚 largest carriers, and the company began posting notices at terminals.

July 30, 2023
Business, Equipment

Allison Q2 Profit Jumps on Strength of On-Highway Sales

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. reported net income of $175 million in the second quarter of 2023, up 43% compared with $122 million in the same period a year earlier, the company said.

July 28, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Yellow Puts Logistics Division Up for Sale

Yellow Corp. says it is shopping its third-party logistics broker, Yellow Logistics, to raise cash as the less-than-truckload company attempts to remain in business.

July 28, 2023
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Backup Driver in Autonomous Uber Death Pleads Guilty

PHOENIX 鈥 The backup Uber driver for a self-driving vehicle that killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in 2018 pleaded guilty July 28 to endangerment.

July 28, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel

US Targets 43.5 MPG for New Vehicles by 2032

DETROIT 鈥 The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy of new vehicles 18% by the 2032 model year so that all new vehicles would average about 43.5 miles per gallon in real-world driving.

July 28, 2023
Business, Equipment, Safety

Spero, Colantuone, Hicks Take It to the Next Level

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. 鈥 Anthony Spero,聽William Colantuone and Joe Hicks claimed titles at the New England Tri-State Truck Driving Championships to punch their tickets for nationals.

July 28, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment

Carrier Global Q2 Profits Pegged Back by Sale Charge

Carrier Global Corp. reported a narrowed second-quarter profit of $199 million, down from $573 million in the year-ago period.

July 28, 2023