Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter. In this issue, school supply shortages; Bed Bath & Beyond teams with Ryder; how to stop gas pump ads; more. No more pencils, no more books Dooner / Canva Only teacher’s dirty looks…

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Thousands of Canada Border Services Agency personnel have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike – something that could throw a wrench into port, cross-border trucking, airfreight and international parcel operations.  The strike could happen as early as Aug. 6, the…

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Robinson stanches margin compression with focus on profitable freight C.H. Robinson posted second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.44, handily beating the Street’s consensus estimate of $1.31/share. Gross revenue for the second quarter came in at $5.5 billion, up 52.5%…

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This is an excerpt from Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here. Top line: After years of negotiations, several major drug distributors have proposed a $21 billion settlement to resolve a large number of claims that they contributed…

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When will the container capacity crunch finally ease? For an early indicator, keep an eye on production of the humble 40-foot dry cargo box. If the volume and cost of new containers pull back, supply chain pressures are abating. Unfortunately…

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Truck manufacturer PACCAR Inc. is sold out of Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAF Trucks around the world and has more than a third of the backlog of the industry’s unbuilt orders, the company said in reporting Q2 financial results Tuesday. The…

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Western U.S. railroads Union Pacific and BNSF have been grappling with wildfires in California and Oregon that have closed portions of their networks. Current weather conditions aren’t helping either: The next couple of days will be hot and dry in…

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The chair of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has come out against a proposed voting trust that Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI) would use to acquire Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU). The objection comes as other House members…

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TFI International’s dramatic improvement to the profitability of the former UPS Freight business came as the Canadian company began confronting the “low-hanging fruit” of the LTL carrier’s unprofitable freight and shippers, CEO Alain Bedard said.  “We just scratched the surface,”…

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Interstate 17 (I-17) is another intrastate interstate (as are I-2, I-4, I-12, I-14 and I-16). It is 147 miles long and connects two of Arizona’s major cities – Phoenix and Flagstaff. How can I-17 and the other interstates listed above,…

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