Tag: Trucking News

KCS Certified Premier Sites Reduce Industrial Development Timeline for Prospective Shippers

KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced today the introduction of KCS Certified Premier Sites. These sites are larger, shovel-ready sites that are certified and pre-approved for rail service. “Prospective shippers often need a quick turnaround from site selection to shovel ready. A KCS Premier Site saves time and money, because the site has […]

Old Dominion Freight Line Provides Update for Third Quarter 2022

THOMASVILLE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$ODFL–Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (Nasdaq: ODFL) today reported certain less-than-truckload (“LTL”) operating metrics for August 2022. Revenue per day increased 14.5% as compared to August 2021 due to an increase in LTL revenue per hundredweight that was slightly offset by a 0.9% decrease in LTL tons per day. The change in LTL […]

Ryder Chairman & CEO to Address the Morgan Stanley 10th Annual Laguna Conference

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Robert Sanchez to address the Morgan Stanley 10th Annual Laguna Conference. Who: Ryder System, Inc. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Robert Sanchez     What: Morgan Stanley 10th Annual Laguna Conference     Where: Virtual     When: Wednesday, September 14, 2022     […]

Sonic Automotive Continues to Grow its EchoPark Nationwide Distribution Network with Retail Hub Opening near Sacramento, California

The EchoPark brand offers guests a modern eCommerce automotive buying experience that allows for any car to be sold to anyone, anywhere SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sonic Automotive, Inc. (“Sonic’’ or the “Company”) (NYSE:SAH), a Fortune 500 Company and one of the nation’s largest automotive retailers, today announced the continued expansion of the EchoPark Automotive brand with […]

Clean Energy Supplied Fuel for Inaugural Bunkering of First Maritime LNG-powered Ship Deployed on US West Coast

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$CLNE–Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, supplied fuel for the first bunkering with liquified natural gas (LNG) of Pasha Hawaii’s new container ship MV George III. This was the first LNG bunkering of a container ship on the U.S. West Coast. […]

EIG to Acquire 25% Of Repsol’s Entire Global Upstream Business in New Partnership

Large Scale, High-Graded Upstream Portfolio Provides Reliable Energy to Support Growing Demand WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Repsol S.A. (“Repsol”) to acquire a 25% stake in Repsol Upstream, a newly-formed global exploration & production (“E&P”) company […]

Seatex Acquires ChemQuest Chemicals Company

ROSENBERG, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Seatex, LLC (“Seatex”, or the “Company”), a leading specialty chemical manufacturer and formulator, is pleased to announce the acquisition of ChemQuest Chemicals, LLC (“ChemQuest”), a custom chemical manufacturer headquartered in Pasadena, Texas. For over twenty-five years, ChemQuest has provided custom toll manufacturing services to customers globally, with expertise in complex blending and reactionary […]