Trucking News

Disciplined management of capacity and pricing, coupled with falling fuel prices, meant better times for trucking companies in September, FTR Associates said.

Vitran’s losses deepened to $3.4 million in the third quarter, compared with a $2.3 million net loss in the second quarter and a $1.9 million net profit a year ago.

Diesel prices across the United States jumped 6.7 cents in the week ending Oct. 31, extending a sudden upturn that pushed diesel to its highest point in three months.

Multiregional less-than-truckload carrier Saia nearly doubled its net profit year-over-year in the third quarter as revenue rose 14 pe

The Port of Los Angeles will enforce all concession requirements in its clean-truck program upheld in a recent ruling by the U.S.

Arkansas Best swung to a $12.3 million net profit in the third quarter from a loss a year ago despite lower freight volume at the less-than-truckload subsidiary, ABF Freight System.

Struggling trucking giant YRC Worldwide may stay on the Nasdaq stock exchange despite the low value of its stock, a Nasdaq hearings panel decided this week.

Knight Transportation increased revenue 18.4 percent year-over-year in the third quarter to $227.1 million, but profit dropped slightly to $16.6 million as the truckload carrier expanded several lines

Domestic truck volumes in North America are on a different course than U.S.-bound containerized ocean freight, rising faster year-over-year and showing surprising strength in the teeth of increasingly

Some of the largest truckload carriers reported rising third quarter volumes, but not all carriers got into the fast lane.

Old Dominion Freight Line’s third-quarter revenue reached nearly half a billion dollars, a record for the sixth-largest U.S.

Celadon Trucking’s freight revenue dropped 6 percent in the third quarter, but the truckload carrier’s profit rose 23 percent as tighter cost controls and higher pricing improved yield.

The executive committee of the American Trucking Associations voted unanimously to seek a U.S.

Less-than-truckload carrier YRC, moving to overhaul its operations after a change in leadership, is consolidating geographic regions and streamlining its management under new president

Rising fuel prices and tight driver availability slowed profit growth at Heartland Express, still one of the most profitable truckload carriers in the U.S.

Increases in truck and intermodal volume and pricing pushed C.H.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica said he’s not ready to say how Congress will “aggressively oversee any attempts” to cut the hours truck drivers c

Used truck sales bounced back in September after an extended slump during the summer, according to commercial vehicle research group ACT Research.

Truck manufacturer Paccar reported the highest quarterly revenue in its history as U.S. truck operators raced to replace aging heavy trucks with newer models.

Ryder System increased net profit 44 percent from a year ago to $56.9 million as acquisitions and organic growth boosted third quarter revenue to $1.57 billion.

Diesel prices across the United States rose 2.4 cents in the week ending Oct. 24, increasing for the second straight week as crude oil prices rose to their highest point in nearly three months.

Refrigerated trucker Marten Transport increased its net profit 15.5 percent to $6.3 million in the third quarter on higher operating revenue, volume and surcharges.

Truckload giant Landstar System increased net profit 38.5 percent to $30.2 million on a 9.8 percent increase in revenue to $684 million in the third quarter.

Truckload carrier USA Truck rejected merger talks with larger rival Celadon Group despite falling back into the red with a $4.3 million third-quarter loss.

“Share and share alike” is a maxim shippers find hard to follow, especially if it means sharing zealously guarded supply chain resources.

What’s keeping trucking executives awake at night as 2012 approaches? If it’s not the threat of a double-dip recession, it’s drivers, drivers and drivers.

The American Trucking Associations announced a new three-year agreement with Bill Graves, the former Kansas governo

Daimler Trucks North America will create 350 jobs and a second shift at its Portland, Ore., truck plant as it ramps up production of heavy-duty Class 8 tractors.

Diesel prices across the United States rose 8 cents in the week ending Oct. 17, increasing at the fastest pace in 28 weeks as crude oil prices fell amid fears over the European debt crisis.

The plan for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., was dealt a severe blow Thursday after the Michigan Senate rejected a bill critical to funding the proposed $5.3 billion project.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. to drop legislation that would block a new truck driver hours of service rule.

Shortly after buying a stake in rival USA Truck, Celadon Group is purchasing the dry van assets of FFE Transpo

Truckload giant Swift Transportation increased total revenue 13.9 percent to $863.8 million in the third quarter, reporting a $30.9 million net profit for the period.

An amendment to the fiscal 2012 transportation appropriations bill introduced in the Senate would block proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules.

Werner Enterprises increased net profit 22 percent from a year ago to $29.6 million in the third quarter on a 10 percent increase in total revenue to $509.6 million.

Groupe Eurotunnel, operator of the undersea rail tunnel between France and the U.K., boosted third quarter revenue 10 percent year-over-year on higher truck and rail freight traffic.

The unsteady state of the economy and proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules top a list of critica

Spot market volume on TransCore’s network of load boards rose 10 percent in September from August and 47 percent from a year ago, a sign of stronger demand.

Russell Gerdin, the son of a truck driver who founded one of the most profitable companies in trucking, died Oct. 15. He was 70 years old.