Trucking news and briefs for Friday, Feb. 17, 2023:
Roadrunner (CCJ Top 250, No. 100) is expanding its Smart Network with new inbound service to Denver – its first new market opening in years, continuing momentum from recently announced transit time reductions across 130 major lanes and the launch of the next-business-day service to and from SoCal and Chicago.
"At Roadrunner, our value proposition is long haul metro-to-metro shipping," said Tomasz Jamroz, Head of Technology, Operations and Linehaul. "Opening Denver fits our strategic goal of becoming the best carrier moving freight directly from one part of the country to another and is really an important step in optimizing our network and further reducing transit times."
The Roadrunner team utilizes proprietary optimization technology to build direct loads and eliminate rehandling. The company focuses on assuring the integrity of custodial control of customer freight through the use of its Driver Teams that execute over-the-road moves (with no customer freight ever moving on rail) via the most direct route possible, eliminating the need to re-handle and thereby reducing the risk of loss or damage.
The service to Denver marks the first step of new market expansions, with openings of Kansas City and Portland planned for 2023.
OTR truck drivers at Midwest Carriers will see bigger paychecks in 2023 with a 5-cent per mile pay increase, the company announced Thursday. The average OTR driver at Midwest will earn $95,539 this year. Local drivers see an hourly wage increase to $26/hour, with an additional $1/hour paid.
