[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] TFI advances toward autonomous semi rollout for U.S. LTL unit CFO sees wider expansion, trucking landscape remodeling Staff Reporter Key Takeaways: - TFI International plans to deploy autonomous trucks in its U.S. less-than-truckload linehaul business in 2027, CFO David Saperstein told analysts July 27. - Saperstein said autonomous trucks could boost operating hours and fuel efficiency as TFI's LTL shipments rose 7.5% year over year to 1.97 million. - TFI is working with an undisclosed developer and plans broader deployment if tests succeed, while Saperstein said the technology could spur industry consolidation. TFI International envisions rolling out autonomous trucks as part of its U.S. less-than-truckload linehaul business in 2027 and expanding utilization of the tractors elsewhere in its operations if those plans progress successfully, according to a key executive. And down the road, TFI Chief Financial Officer David Saperstein expects the scaling up of autonomous trucking to alter the freight market landscape, encouraging mergers between the largest trucking companies. Montreal-based TFI ranks No. 6 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest for-hire carriers in North America. Its LTL unit ranks No. 8, while its truckload unit ranks No. 3. The majority of TFI’s LTL operations encompasses the unionized TForce Freight fleet in the United States. The unit also includes a Canadian LTL segment. Shipments by TFI’s LTL unit rose 7.5% to 1.97 million in the second quarter of 2026 from 1.83 million in Q2 2025. More TFI TFI is working with an undisclosed autonomous truck developer, Saperstein told analysts during the carrier’s Q2 earnings call after the market closed July 27, as the technology improved a lot faster than the executive and his peers expected. “We’ll be owning some of this technology next year; we’ll just