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Earnings reports from some large U.S. manufacturers and transportation companies drove home how President Trump’s policies on trade and energy are putting a squeeze on the sector’s profits.

Pilot Travel Centers is teaming up with Tesla to build a series of charging stations catering to the Elon Musk-led manufacturer’s Class 8 battery-electric Semi tractor, mostly in Western states.

Jim Filter currently holds the title of executive vice president and group president of transportation and logistics and will join the board when he takes up his new role.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide used cost discipline and leveraged technology like artificial intelligence to gain market share despite fourth-quarter obstacles.

Werner Enterprises is set to acquire privately owned dedicated truckload specialist FirstFleet and associated real estate for a combined $282.8 million.

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.

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.

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.

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.