As Daniel Patterson, director of safety at Western Express, reflected on his company’s long-standing satisfactory CSA rating, he was just as quick to point out that the company’s investment in ...

Truckload carrier Western Express plans to buy Smithway Motor Xpress Corp. for $54 million. This will include the assumption of Smithway’s $90 million in debt, by this summer if all closing conditions ...

Freightliner Trucks announced that Western Express Inc. has ordered 900 Freightliner Cascadia tractors equipped with 2010 Detroit Diesel Corporation DD15 engines featuring BlueTec emissions technology ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. Truckload carriers Western Express and Smithway Motor Xpress Corp. said Friday that Western would acquire Smithway for $10.63 per share, in a deal worth ...

Western Express, Nashville, Tenn., just increased its starting pay for both flatbed and dry van fleets by an additional 2 cents per mile. "Western is known in the industry for providing our drivers ...

A Nashville-based freight company announced May 1 it will spend $88 million and add 225 jobs as it adds new technology, business services and back-office support at its headquarters and expands its ...

Western Express announced Wednesday, July 1, that it now is operating as one company with one name after its purchase of Smithway Motor Xpress in October 2007. “We’ve been going through the transition ...

Western Express will now operate as one company and under one name following its acquisition of Smithway Motor Express in October 2007. "We've been going through the transition from two companies to ...