Trucking News

Driven by capacity concerns and sky-high operating costs, more private fleet owners are converting all or part of their fleets to dedicated carriage.

The dedicated contract carriage sector is set for another strong year after double-digit growth this year.

Truck-related fatalities rose 8.7 percent last year, reversing a long-term trend, while overall highway deaths dropped to their lowest level since 1949, the Department of Transportation said.

A large majority of truckload carriers expect freight volumes and truck rates to rise next year, according to new survey.

Truckload linehaul rates rose 8.5 percent year-over-year in November, according to Cass Information Systems and investment research firm Avondale Partners.

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Diesel prices across the United States fell 3.3 cents in the week ending Dec. 5, falling for the second week in a row as oil prices hit a two-week high.

Net orders for Class 8 heavy trucks dropped in November after several months of steady increase, according to two trucking and vehicle market research firms.

Technology provider ModusLink Global Solutions named Tom Nightingale, most recently chief marketing officer at Con-way, president for sales and marketing.

YRC Worldwide’s stock price jumped above $13 a share Monday morning, opening at $13.34 per share after climbing from $9.25

FedEx Ground will raise rates for its U.S. package and home delivery services an effective 4.9 percent Jan.

Steve Jobs’ untimely death, as well as the just-released best-seller biography of this genius, has triggered intense national focus on the Apple co-founder and his groundbreaking methods.

It’s not easy to secure a truck, and it’s even more difficult to come up with global trucking security requirements.

When UPS executives sit down to negotiate a new five-year contract with the Teamsters union next year, they’ll face a very familiar negotiating team.

A new security standard and certification program for trucking could help motor carriers and shippers close one of the biggest remaining gaps in supply chain security — what happens to cargo onc

YRC Worldwide boosted the per share value of its stock above $9 in a 1-for-300 reverse stock split Friday that drastically reduced its number of shares.

Trucking employment rose 2.7 percent in November from a year ago but was almost flat from October, rising only 0.3 percent despite high demand for truck drivers, according to federal statistics.

Federal regulators are planning a crack down on “reincarnated” motor carriers after shutting down two closely affiliated trucking operators in one month.

The freight transportation industry is preparing for important trigger dates in 2012 that should convince even the skeptics that there will be no turning back when it comes to greening the supply chai

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DHL Global Forwarding is offering shippers a new multi-modal service between China and Japan, which it says cuts costs by up to 60 percent compared to air freight options.

A 12 percent surge in refrigerated food shipments sent spot market reefer rates up almost 2 percent during the Thanksgiving week, countering soft pricing across most of the truckload market, according

YRC Worldwide will execute a 1-for-300 reverse stock split Friday in an attempt to boost its stock value from about 3 cents per share to more than $1 per share.

Trucking companies urged Congress on Wednesday to block proposed changes to truck driver work hours, arguing tighter restrictions would backfire by putting more trucks on the road and making highways

The value of trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico rose 13.8 percent in September from a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported.

A federal judge sentenced the former transportation director for SC Johnson to eight years in jail this month for his role in a shipping scheme that defrauded the company of tens of millions of dollar

Diesel prices across the United States dropped 4.6 cents in the week ending Nov.

Drayage companies in Southern California by the end of the year will remove from service the final 280 trucks that do not meet the standards contained in the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-truck program

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ABF Freight System is looking at new growth areas, including potential acquisitions, as the freight carrier seeks to build its business beyond its long-haul, less-than-truckload core operations, accor

Trucks handled more freight in October, as rising manufacturing output helped increase for-hire truck tonnage 0.5 percent from the previous month and 5.7 percent from a year ago, the American Trucking

Diesel prices across the United States increased 2.3 cents in the week ending Nov. 21, rising over $4 a gallon for the first time in 26 weeks as crude oil prices fell.

Orders for Class 8 heavy trucks hit a six-month high in October, with manufacturers receiving 29,824 new orders and 28,026 net orders, according to ACT Research.

Shippers turned to freight brokers for truck capacity in increasing numbers in the third quarter, boosting revenue at third-party intermediaries and at asset-based trucking companies that secure extra

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James P. Hoffa was re-elected to a fourth term as general president of the Teamsters union Friday, winning 60 percent of the vote.

The Transported Asset Protection Association is rolling out global security standards for trucking and the first trucking security certification program for motor carriers and logistics service provid

The California Air Resources Board’s order of all Class 7 drayage trucks to meet the same emission standards that have been in effect for larger Class 8 trucks is intended to close loopholes in

Shippers have reached the “tipping point” in their effort to encourage trucking companies to reduce emissions and conserve fuel, a Swift Transportation vice president said Thursday.

Truckload giant U.S. Xpress Enterprises is expanding its regional operations in the Northeast and its custom critical or expedited business, adding drivers and equipment, U.S.