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J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) will test high-autonomy software from Waymo Via on a leading customer route from Houston to Fort Worth, Texas, where robot truck evaluations are making up a greater portion of Lone Star State traffic. Motorists near the trucks on Interstate 45 might...

Unprecedented product, equipment and labor dislocations will persist through most, if not all, of 2021, putting all supply chain stakeholders to the test and elevating technology's role in driving customer solutions, Shelley Simpson, the chief commercial officer of J.B. Hunt Transport Services...

If it felt last week like you looked at your screen and then looked again an hour later and nothing had changed, that pretty much describes what’s been a slow-moving, low-volume market.  Things could change in a big way over the next few days as earnings season starts and Wall Street...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced that David Mee will resign his role of chief financial officer effective March 1. In a Friday press release, the company said the current senior vice president of finance, John Kuhlow, would fill the role on an interim basis until a replacement...

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with Shelley Simpson, Chief Commercial Officer of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT). Watch on YouTube SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTBE: http://bit.ly/FW-subscribe Follow Us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/freightwaves Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...

The recent Stay Metrics Stay Index Report echoed consistent themes among truck drivers: they want to work for companies with a driver-centric culture and get paid fairly for their time and service. Stress related to lack of home time, equipment troubles, and delays were highlighted as top...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services' (NASDAQ: JBHT) fourth quarter 2019 earnings miss, about 10% according to most consensus estimate providers, was partly due to its continued investment in Marketplace for J.B. Hunt 360. The digital load-matching platform connects carriers and shippers. From the outset...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) reported fourth quarter 2019 earnings per share (EPS) of $1.35 versus the consensus estimate of $1.52. The earnings increase was 67% higher compared to the same period in 2018, which was negatively impacted by $134 million in charges associated with...

J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced that its subsidiary J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. acquired final-mile provider RDI Last Mile Co. Terms of the deal that closed Dec. 31 were not disclosed, but J.B. Hunt said that the acquisition was funded using its revolving credit facility. With annual revenue of $...

Today J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced that Shipper 360, the portal through which its customers access Hunt's multimodal digital freight marketplace, will implement new features to improve the efficiency of North American transportation networks. Shipper 360 offers access to...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) reported third quarter 2019 earnings per share (EPS) of $1.40, a nickel less than consensus estimates. The Lowell, Arkansas-based company reported an 8.6% year-over-year increase in revenue excluding fuel surcharges. Total revenue was nearly $2.4...

Too much to talk about with too little time. Several key industry topics were bantered about by some of the best thought leaders in the industry on the final day of Transparency19. In a panel discussion, "The Bull, the Bear and the Other Guy," moderated by FreightWaves President George...

J.B. Hunt Transport (NASDAQ: JBHT) has consolidated its sales, operations and customer support functions for its Mexican subsidiary in a new office in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico. The office will support intermodal and highway services in a single centralized...

  J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) blames its earnings and revenue shortfall on weak intermodal freight volumes, harsh winter weather and concerns about possible tariffs on Chinese imports in its first quarter earnings report on April 15. The Lowell, Arkansas-based company reported earnings of $119....

J.B. Hunt's (NASDAQ: JBHT) earnings report has some questioning if the truckload (TL) carriers are likely to miss earnings now and how will the stocks perform moving forward. FreightWaves believes that the concern may be a little overdone, as explained in a transportation earnings preview....