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Driverless Trucks: A Seismic Shift for the Labor Force

For decades, trucking has provided big-rig driver Frank Mora and his family a decent living. He doesn’t expect that will last forever.

March 13, 2017
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Winter Storm Stella Is Bearing Down: What You Need to Know

Winter Storm Stella is forecast to blast up the East Coast late March 13 and March 14, providing much of the region with its biggest snowfall of the winter.

March 13, 2017
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100 Years of Controversy and Potholes at South Carolina Department of Transportation

The S.C. Department of Transportation turned 100 years old March 10. The department was controversial almost from its first day.

March 10, 2017
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500 Employees Lose Jobs in Jacksonville, Fla. as Part of CSX Layoffs

CSX has finished the layoffs it announced more than two weeks ago. The final numbers: 800 employees lost their jobs, including 500 in Jacksonville, Fla..

March 10, 2017
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Tennessee Trucking Firm Keeps Drivers Longer With Feedback Software

Southern Refrigerated Transport, one of the trucking subsidiaries of the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant Transport, prides itself on its family atmosphere.

March 8, 2017
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Lytx, SmartDrive Add Customers as More Truck Fleets Tap In-Cab Video to Improve Safety

Steve Mitgang occasionally sits down with commercial truck drivers for coffee and doughnuts, asking them what they think of having video cameras in the cab to monitor their driving.

March 8, 2017
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EU Block on UPS-TNT Merger Annulled by Court

The EU's lower court on March 7 annulled a 2013 decision by the European Commission blocking a planned merger between UPS and TNT Express, two international package delivery services.

March 8, 2017
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Connecticut UPS Driver Celebrates 45 Years, 4 Million Miles on Job Without Accident

After 45 consecutive years with the company, and not so much as a fender bender, UPS driver Walter Beasley, who will turn 72 on March 12, has been named to an elite group in the company.

March 7, 2017
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Shippers Warehouse to Relocate to Expanded Texas Headquarters

Logistics firm Shippers Warehouse is moving its headquarters to Hutchins, Texas.

March 7, 2017
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U.S. Xpress Offers Apprenticeship Program for Vets to Fill Truck Driver Jobs

Don Davis and his wife, Rebekah, nearly doubled their combined income when the two military veterans became commercial truck drivers and started making longhaul trips between Chicago and the East Coast for the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress Enterprises.

March 6, 2017