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    • Chuck Robinson

    Associate Editor

    Chuck Robinson formerly was a senior copy editor for a weekly trade publication serving the fresh produce industry. He has served trade publications, horticultural journals and community newspapers for 25 years. In addition to making all of Land Line’s editorial content look good as our copy editor, he frequently uses his quiet, sharp wit to keep things real among the newsroom antics. Chuck’s delightfully calm demeanor has also landed him on our Morning Meeting Bingo card with the entry of “Chuck Gives Up.”
    News, Business

    TForce Freight reaches tentative deal with Teamsters

    TForce Freight has reached a tentative collective bargaining pact with its Teamsters workers. The union still has other irons in the fire.

    By | July 14, 2023
    Business, Products & Services, News, Truck Parking

    New truck parking business opens in Las Vegas

    A first of many, is what a company named Realize calls its new truck parking business location near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

    By | July 14, 2023
    News, Business

    XPO adds doors in the Atlanta region

    XPO is chipping away at its goal of adding 900 doors to its network by early 2024. The company’s added 46 doors in the Atlanta...

    By | July 14, 2023
    News, Crime & Courts

    Supreme Court to consider how long states can draw out forfeiture hearings

    How long can authorities draw out civil asset forfeiture hearings to keep someone’s seized property? The U.S. Supreme Court may weigh in.

    By | June 30, 2023
    News, Business

    Teamsters get the boot at Miami-area XPO Logistics facility

    Workers at the XPO Logistics Haileah, Fla., facility have voted to oust the local Teamsters union as exclusive collective bargaining rep.

    By | June 29, 2023
    News, Business

    Mexico’s Traxion buys Las Vegas brokerage

    Mexico City-based Grupo Traxión looks to capitalize on the nearshoring trend by purchasing Las Vegas-based BBA Logistics.

    By | June 29, 2023
    Federal, News, Business, Coronavirus

    Congressional report: Yellow didn’t qualify for COVID-19 bailout loan

    Yellow Corp. didn’t qualify for its 2020 bailout loan, a congressional report says. Meanwhile, it battles the Teamsters and bankruptcy looms.

    By | June 28, 2023
    Business

    Indiana carrier Online Transport buys Texas-based Mustang Express

    Indiana-based Online Transport gets an El Paso, Texas, terminal with the acquisition of Mustang Express.

    By | June 28, 2023
    News, Crime & Courts

    USF Holland settles sex discrimination lawsuit

    USF Holland has agreed to pay a half million dollars to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit dating back three decades. Check the details.

    By | June 23, 2023
    News, State

    Traffic’s back on damaged section of I-95 in Philly

    Just 12 days since I-95 was closed in Philly because of a fiery crash that killed a truck driver, it’s open again, but watch the...

    By | June 23, 2023
    News, State

    Philly’s I-95 will reopen this weekend, governor says

    I-95 in Philadelphia will open this weekend, three lanes each direction, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says. A fiery crash closed it June 11.

    By | June 21, 2023
    News, State

    I-95 in Philly to reopen within two weeks

    Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro promises I-95 will reopen within two weeks. President Joe Biden says “move heaven and earth” to get it done.

    By | June 19, 2023
    News, Equipment, Business

    TuSimple makes autonomous semitruck run in China

    TuSimple says it has completed the first fully autonomous semitruck run on open public roads in China without a person in the vehicle.

    By | June 16, 2023
    News, Business

    STG Logisitics acquires Chicagoland’s Best Dedicated Solutions

    Chicago-area-based STG Logisitics has acquired over-the-road carrier Best Dedicated Solutions, also based in the Chicago area

    By | June 16, 2023
    Crime & Courts, Federal, News

    Bill to reform taking assets by forfeiture passed by House committee

    A bill to reform forfeiture laws allowing money and other assets to be seized and kept by state or federal government has cleared a hurdle.

    By | June 15, 2023
    News, State

    Fill-and-pave plan announced for I-95 in Philly

    The section of I-95 closed because of a bridge collapse in Philadelphia will get a quick fix to get six lanes of traffic moving again.

    By | June 14, 2023
    News, Business

    Northeast LTL RIST Transport buys AMA Transportation

    AMA Transportation is now part of RIST Transport, a regional LTL carrier in the Northeast U.S. owned by Wadhams Enterprises Inc.

    By | June 14, 2023
    News, State, Federal

    I-95 reopening plans could be announced soon

    The Pennsylvania transportation secretary said today that plan for reopening I-95 in Philadelphia would be announced tomorrow.

    By | June 13, 2023
    News, Business

    Tonnage at Yellow Corp. falls off so far through 2Q

    Yellow Corp. reports tonnage is down so far through the second quarter as it negotiates with the Teamsters on its One Yellow restructuring.

    By | June 12, 2023
    News, Equipment, Business

    Volvo Autonomous Solutions opens up shop in Texas

    Volvo Autonomous Solutions is opening an office in Fort Worth, Texas, to steer the company’s first autonomous truck freight corridors.

    By | June 09, 2023
    News, Business

    Teamsters, ABF Freight reach tentative five-year contract

    With a strike threat lingering in the air, ABF Freight and the Teamsters have settled on a tentative five-year contract.

    By | June 08, 2023
    News, Business

    Old Dominion reports freight tonnage decrease compared to a year ago

    For May, Old Dominion Freight Line reported an 11% drop in daily shipments compared to May 2022, but it hopes to gain market share.

    By | June 08, 2023
    Business, News

    Negotiations with Teamsters rankle Yellow Corp.

    Yellow Corp. feels “stonewalled” by the Teamsters union as it tries to negotiate Phase 2 of its One Yellow network transformation.

    By | June 07, 2023
    OOIDA, Truck Shows

    OOIDA tour trailer joins ATHS vintage truck show

    Marty Ellis plans take the OOIDA tour trailer to the American Truck Historical Society National Convention and Truck Show in Reno, Nev.

    By | June 06, 2023
    Equipment, Business, Products & Services

    Arrow Truck Sales exits Texas because of state regulations

    Arrow Truck Sales branches in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio will stop selling used trucks by July 31, pushed out by Texas regulations.

    By | June 02, 2023

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