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Trucking companies that once kept third-party logistics providers at arm’s length are pulling them in for a closer embrace as they seek new sources of freight.

ABF Freight System’s labor costs per driver are more than 15 percent higher than those paid by national competitor YRC, and higher than several other less-than-truckload competitors, according t

Truck tonnage slipped 0.6 percent in May, putting a brake on shipping growth after trucking demand reached its highest level of the recovery the month before, the American Trucking Associations said F

Struggling less-than-truckload giant YRC Worldwide said it will sell part of its YRC Logistics operation for $37 million to private equity investor Austin Ventures and partner with that firm on some o

Package carrier FedEx is building a small-package sort and delivery station near Chicago that will be the fifth major facility in that area for its FedEx Ground unit.

Con-way Freight is expanding its work for Caterpillar Logistics Services, the logistics arm of heavy equipment maker Caterpillar, to cover trucking in more than half the United States as well as busin

The nation's largest trucking operator, YRC Worldwide, is forging closer relationships with third-party logistics providers as it tries to rebuild its business.

FedEx planes may be soaring toward higher profit, but the $34.7 billion transportation company’s freight-hauling trucks are struggling to escape losses churned up by higher costs and deep rate d

Ocean shipping lines and trucking companies must cooperate more closely to move freight efficiently through their customers' integrated global supply chains, a maritime industry leader told trucking e

Estes is speeding freight from the U.S. Southwest to Western Canada, launching a three-day service from Texas and Oklahoma to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Net orders for heavy-duty trucks increased 84 percent year-over-year in May, as truck operators anticipated a stronger shipping peak, said ACT Research.

Sometimes you need to spend money to make money, but that’s proving difficult for YRC Worldwide while the company recovers from massive losses.

YRC Worldwide says it may try to raise funds by issuing new equity shares, but the company is hardly a darling on Wall Street.

Canadian truckers angry about a reservation system they say is making it difficult to use the ferry linking Newfoundland and the Canadian mainland protested yesterday.

A bipartisan Senate bill aimed at defending businesses from fraudulent freight brokering schemes is being backed by independent truckers and freight brokers.

FedEx Freight's losses more than tripled in the fiscal year ending May 31, as steep price discounting in 2009 cut deeply into its earnings, despite market share gains.

FedEx’s net profit reached $419 million in the quarter ending May 31 following a loss a year ago and the company said Monday it expects a recovering global economy and stronger pricing to push e

YRC Worldwide revised a credit agreement to borrow additional money, the company said Monday, as the trucking operator said it expects a pre-tax profit in the second quarter but that higher spending i

YRC Worldwide’s stock value fell almost 12 percent Thursday to 20 cents a share, as approximately 131 million shares changed hands in a day of frenzied trading.

YRC Worldwide's stock plunged to a record low Wednesday, dropping from about 31 cents to 22.2 cents per share before pulling up to 23.1 cents when the market closed.

UPS said Monday it is bolstering its technology to simplify multimodal shipments and give importers more control over packages and less-than-truckload freight.

Tens of thousands of trucks and buses will be stopped for safety inspections by state police this week in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck.

Economic recovery in the U.S.

Truck tonnage climbed to its highest level since September 2008, the brink of the financial crisis that precipitated the recession, a trucking industry index shows.

Retirees in multiemployer pension plans whose former companies failed shouldn't be penalized by pension reform, a pension expert said at a Senate hearing yesterday.

A Chicago-area pension fund that faced insolvency by 2013 will be split in two, with workers from bankrupt firms receiving benefits from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

The Teamsters union’s Central States pension fund faces insolvency within 10 to 15 years unless Congress acts to stabilize the fund, its executive director said this week.

Net orders for heavy-duty trucks shot up 91 percent in April, as fleets began placing orders for trucks compliant with 2010 federal emissions rules, ACT Research said.

Teamsters at ABF Freight System rejected a 15 percent wage cut by a solid majority, sending the less-than-truckload carrier and union back to the negotiating table.

The Teamsters union and YRC Worldwide said they will form two joint labor-management committees to discuss the trucking operator's participation in union pension funds and "ways to enhance YRCW's

Expedited trucking is a premium service, commanding a premium price. But that price might not be as high as shippers think, carrier executives said.

Profit is paving the way to expansion at Old Dominion Freight Line.

Con-way completed a $143.7 million stock offering, raising funds for capital expenditures, including new trucks for its fleets.

The U.S. Postal Service is overhauling its mail and shipping structure, merging the expedited and ground operations into a single Shipping Services group.

The Reliance Network, a partnership linking several regional less-than-truckload carriers in the U.S. and Canada, is expanding while changing some of its carrier members.

Trucking executives may get the driver shortage they fear unless they reverse wage trends in the industry, an investment research firm warned today.

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line expanded its international freight forwarding business, opening four regional command centers to guide shipments through its domestic and global networks.

Roadrunner Transportation Services completed an initial public offering, becoming one of a very few trucking and logistics companies to go public in recent years.

The nation's freight tonnage shrank almost 13 percent last year, but is set to expand 25 percent by 2021, according to a report by the American Trucking Associations.

Con-way will sell some 4.3 million shares of its stock in a special offering aimed at bringing new cash into the trucking and logistics company for what Con-way said would be “general corporate