by - November 3, 2022 1:38 pm
The most significant challenges the food shipping industry faces are labor and talent management, transportation capacity issues and supply and demand planning, according to recent survey results. Food shippers also…
by - November 2, 2022 10:43 am
Electric vehicle company Canoo, which has Bentonville operations, announced plans Wednesday (Nov. 2) for an electric vehicle battery module manufacturing facility at MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor, Okla. According to…
by - October 25, 2022 1:45 pm
Challenges the trucking industry has faced to recruit and retain truck drivers have moderated following double-digit pay increases in 2021. Still, officials said the industry is short nearly 78,000 truck…
by - October 24, 2022 1:58 pm
According to a new report, the national truck freight market, including truckload and less-than-truckload sectors, softened in the third quarter as more households continued to shift their spending to services…
by - October 20, 2022 6:02 pm
Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. posted double-digit increases in earnings and revenue in the third quarter. After the markets closed Thursday (Oct. 20), P.A.M. reported third-quarter earnings rose by…
by - October 19, 2022 11:15 am
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill is adding one-stop and two nonstop flights to three states, beginning in 2023, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 19) news release. Low-cost carrier…
by - October 13, 2022 8:54 am
Bentonville-based logistics technology company FR8Relay has garnered more than $1.11 million in federal grants this year, including the most recent one from the National Science Foundation. In September, FR8Relay announced…
by - October 12, 2022 10:50 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to post double-digit gains in third-quarter earnings and revenue amid economic and freight market uncertainty. After the markets close Tuesday (Oct….
by - October 11, 2022 4:11 pm
The federal highway department announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) it has released $771.3 million in fiscal 2023 funding to Arkansas for infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges and tunnels. The money will…
by - October 3, 2022 10:52 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced Monday (Oct. 3) the expansion of its transloading service to include operations in Tacoma, Wash., and Laredo, Texas. Following this expansion, the…
by - October 2, 2022 10:37 am
Zipline, the California-based autonomous drone delivery company innovating in Northwest Arkansas, recently hired a Tesla veteran as its first chief business and financial officer. Deepak Ahuja starts the new job…
by - September 21, 2022 1:46 pm
Executives said that Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill is on track to have its second-best year in enplanements amid a pilot shortage that’s stymied industry growth. In an…
by - September 18, 2022 9:48 am
A recent report by Jessica Mathews, a Bentonville-based senior writer for Fortune magazine, featured some interesting discoveries about electric vehicle startup Canoo, which has ties to Arkansas. “Inside the chaos at Canoo, the zero-revenue,…
by - September 14, 2022 1:39 pm
Diesel-fueled trucks remain the short-term solution while alternative fuels and technologies continue to advance and fleets work to reduce emissions amid pressure to do so, according to a recent whitepaper…
by - September 13, 2022 1:44 pm
U.S. spot rates are expected to continue to fall in the third quarter amid weakening consumer demand and high inflation, according to a recent report. The FreightWaves Q3 Shipper Rate…
by - September 13, 2022 10:40 am
A Springdale step van driver with more than 1 million miles of accident-free driving recently competed at the National Truck Driving Championships in Indianapolis. Chris ‘CJ’ James is a driver…
by - September 11, 2022 10:02 am
Drive Electric NWA in Rogers is expected to raise awareness of electric vehicles and allow attendees to ask about issues, such as charging infrastructure or range anxiety. Springdale-based nonprofit Northwest…
by - August 31, 2022 4:13 pm
For the foreseeable future, autonomous trucks are expected to operate under a hub-to-hub model, allowing human drivers to complete the first and final miles of deliveries, according to a recent…
by - August 30, 2022 3:01 pm
U.S. shippers don’t expect rail service to recover to pre-pandemic levels until at least the second half of 2023 as shippers plan for a recession, according to a recent survey….
by - August 28, 2022 10:50 am
Consultants with Olsson, a Nebraska-based engineering and design firm, recently recommended about $3.63 million in improvements to bus stops of Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) as part of…
