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The truckload industry continued to struggle in the second quarter and earnings are expected to be down year-over-year for most carriers, based on forecasts from industry analysts and interviews with several fleets.

Two major truckload carriers have announced purchases, and one of the transactions will unite companies ranked among the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest North American for-hire carriers: Heartland Express and Interstate Distributor Co.

Flatbed group Daseke Inc. announced some of the details associated with its grant of publicly traded shares to employees, especially drivers.

Daseke Inc. reported a net loss in its first earnings report since going public in February. However, company executives said the results were consistent with expectations and that recent gains in pricing and demand should bolster revenue and profits later in the year.

Flatbed carrier Daseke Inc. said May 1 that it has added two more companies to its portfolio of trucking companies: the Schilli Cos. and Big Freight Systems.

One of the first projects for flatbed group Daseke Inc. since going public on Feb. 28 will be to create a stock ownership plan for more than 2,300 drivers in the corporation’s nine operating companies, Chairman and CEO Don Daseke said in an interview.

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida — Daseke Inc. will become a publicly traded company on Feb. 28, costing $10 per share, which will raise capital for more acquisitions during 2017, the company announced at the Stifel 2017 Transportation & Logistics Conference here in Key Biscayne, Florida.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Flatbed entrepreneur Don Daseke continues to build his company by hunting for merger candidates even though the current business environment does not favor an initial public offering for what is now the second-largest company in his sector of trucking.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Flatbed entrepreneur Don Daseke continues to build his rapidly growing company by hunting for merger candidates, even though the current business environment does not favor an initial public offering for what is now the second-largest company in his sector of trucking.