John D. Schulz has been a transportation journalist for more than 20 years, specializing in the trucking industry. John is on a first-name basis with scores of top-level trucking executives who are able to give shippers their latest insights on the industry on a regular basis.
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Teamsters union overwhelmingly OKs strike vote against ArcBest LTL unit
May 25, 2023
The Teamsters union has come out guns blazing in the first of four separate negotiations with freight companies in the United States and Canada over the next year. In what...
LTL truckers coping with sluggish demand after ‘soft’ first quarter
May 10, 2023
Less-than-truckload trucking executives’ expectations of freight demand have run the gamut in the last five years. From the boom year of 2018 to the Covid-inspired depths of 2020-21 to the recovery...
‘Too much, too soon,’ truckers say of tough new California air quality rules on heavy trucks
May 1, 2023
California likes to think of itself as being in the forefront of most environmental regulations. But California’s decision to set rules that will essentially ban new diesel trucks in...
‘One Yellow’ change of operations now to be resolved in Yellow national master freight talks
April 25, 2023
The Teamsters union and Yellow Corp., the union’s largest employer in the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector, will resolve their change of operations differences as part of their national freight contract...
Biden faces uphill struggle in his vision for heavy truck EV push by 2032
April 17, 2023
Joe Biden’s EPA initiative proposes that 25% of heavy truck sales in the US should be electric vehicles by 2032, paving the way for a cleaner, greener tomorrow.
Truckers blast EPA decision to allow tough, California air quality rules on heavy trucks
April 4, 2023
The Biden administration is allowing California to set rules phasing out diesel trucks. This has caused an uproar from regional and national trucking groups as well as the Owner-Operator Independent...
Top 50 Trucking Companies 2023: Is this normal?
April 3, 2023
As the $830 billion trucking industry prepares for what could be the first full “normal” year since the pandemic caused tidal waves in supply/demand cycles, the “best of the best”...
