Transportation industry truckin’ past supply chain issues

Local businesses weigh in on impact of related challenges

Trucker Trey Nowak stands in front of his XPO Logistics 18-wheeler before he heads out for a delivery. XPO Logistics’ less than trailer load (LTL) shipping provides flexibilty in completing orders.
Trucker Trey Nowak stands in front of his XPO Logistics 18-wheeler before he heads out for a delivery. XPO Logistics’ less than trailer load (LTL) shipping provides flexibilty in completing orders.

Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series of articles focused on supply chain shortages and delays and how they are impacting local business and industry. This report highlights feedback from local companies involved with transportation logistics.

The long stretches of highway in Nebraska are filled with commerce hidden in the belly of huge metal beasts, the galleons of the modern age -- trucks.…