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Adam Miller, CEO of Knight-Swift Transportation, applauded ongoing enforcement work by the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Saia rebranded its LinkEx division as Saia Logistics in mid-January ahead of an expansion outside of the less-than-truckload carrier’s core operations.

Less-than-truckload carrier A. Duie Pyle continues to expand its core mid-Atlantic and Northeast geographical footprint, announcing plans for a service center in Suffolk, Va.

Estes hinted that more purchases are likely in the pipeline, all part of an ongoing push to expand the carrier’s network now that it has fully incorporated terminals acquired from Yellow.

Knight-Swift expressed optimism that capacity reductions will help improve market conditions, though the truckload carrier posted a net loss attributable to itself of $6.8 million in Q4.

Frigid weather sweeping across much of the U.S. is starting to freeze oil and natural gas wells, threatening to disrupt production from North Dakota to Texas.

Amazon is gearing up to ax thousands more corporate employees, ratcheting up efforts to streamline bureaucracy. The company plans to start rolling out the terminations as early as next week.

Echo Global Logistics will buy third-party logistics provider ITS Logistics for an undisclosed sum from private equity firm GHK Capital Partners, the companies said Jan. 21.

FedEx has filed to spin off its freight division into its own stand-alone business, the company announced Jan. 16. The separation is on schedule to be completed June 1.

Southeastern Freight Lines joined the ranks of less-than-truckload carriers beefing up their cross-border operations as the value of trade between the U.S. and Mexico increases.