Trucking News

Kuehne + Nagel’s earnings grew 1.1 percent in the first nine months of 2011 from a year earlier as the Swiss logistics company boosted ocean container and air cargo shipments in a softening mark

A few years ago, shippers might have considered driver retention a carrier problem.

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The building blocks of driver retention seem deceptively simple: pay, working conditions, communications and training. But drivers can be lost in the details.

The Department of Transportation on Friday approved one Mexican trucking company’s request to operate on U.S.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 1 percent in September, as truck industry fuel purchasing fell back in an indication trucking activity dropped over the summer and into the early fall.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services stayed well ahead of a slowing economy in the third quarter, increasing its profit 32 percent from a year ago to $68.7 million.

FedEx Ground opened a $100 million sorting and distribution hub in North Carolina Wednesday that will speed package deliveries in the Southeast.

Logistics services company Transplace is expanding from its trucking base into intermodal rail by merging with intermodal marketer Celtic International.

Celadon Group purchased a 6.3 percent stake in rival truckload carrier USA Truck for $4.7 million, raising the prospect of a merger between the competitors.

The Dependable Companies is turning to a dependable source of energy to power its headquarters — the sun.

Diesel prices across the United States fell 2.8 cents in the ending Oct. 10, dropping down to under $4 per gallon in all regions for the first time in six weeks as crude oil prices crept upward.

Shippers need to do more to help trucking companies reduce rising driver turnover rates and help keep transportation costs in line, a transportation consultant says.

Truckload giant Schneider National is leveraging its intermodal capabilities and relationship with Canadian National to speed freight between the U.S. and Canada.

YRC Worldwide is moving toward a reverse stock split to boost the per share value of its common stock and avoid being kicked off the Nasdaq exchange.

Bulk chemical hauler Quality Distribution paid $8.5 million for Greensville Transport of Virginia, expanding its intermodal tank container business.

Two years ago, the nation’s largest trucking companies were locked in a no-discount-barred price war that slashed less-than-truckload rates across the industry and cut into the bottom lines at F

Weber Logistics has a new contract with German candy maker Storck to distribute more than a million cases of such popular brands as Riesen, Werthers, Mamba, Merci and Toffifay to its customers and con

YRC Worldwide hopes to emulate the recent success of its regional carrier Holland on a broader scale by naming Jeff Rogers president of national carrier YRC.

In some ways, Con-way Freight, with $3.1 billion in revenue last year, fared better over the past two years than its largest competitors, YRC and FedEx Freight.

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Employment in for-hire trucking rose only two tenths of a percent in September from August, as the U.S.

For-hire truckload carriers increased their revenue 10 percent in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2010, according to a TransCore survey.

New Con-way Freight President W. Gregory Lehmkuhl chose Thomas W. Clark, a 26-year Con-way veteran, as his executive vice president of operations.

FedEx Freight expanded its service center in Butte, Mont., to a 65-door facility to make it a less-than-truckload hub in the Northwest.

Federal regulators are due to issue a final rule on changes in truck driver hours at the end of this month, but opponents say the Obama administration should let the clock run out.

An election that could determine the course of the Teamsters union and the tenor of its relations with employers begins Thursday as ballots are mailed to Teamsters.

The Republican-controlled House is speeding toward a conflict with the Department of Transportation that could scuttle changes to trucker hours of service rules.

Two of the world’s largest candy makers say they will work together to sweeten their supply chains and reduce their carbon footprint in North America.

Wal-Mart said it has learned to treat each supplier uniquely and when to let vendors run their own transportation since taking control of inbound logistics from its suppliers 18 months ago.

Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 trucks rose in September, posting month-to-month and year-over-year gains, according to two vehicle research firms.

Less-than-truckload freight demand remains healthy despite fears of a return to economic recession, the head of Old Domi

Fewer truckload carriers are planning to add capacity next year than had planned to do so six months ago, according to a survey by Transport Capital Partners.

Diesel prices across the United States dropped 3.7 cents in the week ending Oct. 3., hitting a 30-week low as crude oil prices fell to their lowest point in eight weeks.

A coalition of about 200 shippers backing the use of heavier trucks launched a video campaign to build support for truck size and weight legislation.

The FedEx trucking division, and the largest U.S. less-than-truckload carrier, reported a $42 million operating profit in the fiscal quarter ending Aug.

Express air shipments may provide heavy lift for FedEx when it comes to revenue, but ground freight is delivering the more solid profits.

Shippers looking to lock down capacity are turning not just to carriers, but to each other, and logistics providers are bringing the assets they need to the dock.

Truck drivers are leaving large truckload carriers for other employers at a faster pace, but smaller competitors are keeping more drivers, a survey shows.