Trucking News

The battle over proposed changes to truck driver hours of service escalated on Capitol Hill this week as a group of shipping executives called on key members of Congress to oppose shortening the time

Intra-Asia transport traditionally has been a game played out by sea and air.

More than two-thirds of truckload carriers plan more use of accessorial charges, adding income from shipping fees to higher rates, Transport Capital Partners said.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide acquired Timco Worldwide, one of the largest melon sourcing and distribution companies in North America and Latin America, for an undisclosed sum.

The month-to-month decline in for-hire truck tonnage slowed in August, and tonnage levels rose more strongly from a year ago compared with July.

Republican leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in a sharply worded letter to President Obama, are asking the White House to drop a proposed rewrite of trucking work rules

Urban road congestion made U.S. drivers buy 1.9 billion gallons of extra fuel last year and pay an extra $101 billion in total costs, including $23 billion for truck congestion.

Flatbed trucking rates are on track to rise 6 percent this year after rising 6 percent on average last year, according to investment research firm Stifel Nicolaus.

Shipments of commercial trailers reached heights in August not seen since 2007, but cancelled orders rose too, and the order rate slowed from previous months.

YRC Worldwide named Jeff Rogers president of long-haul less-than-truckload carrier YRC and Mike Naatz president of regional LTL subsidiary Holland.

There may be more of a peak in trucking’s peak shipping season than expected this year, according to Morgan Stanley Research.

Good used trucks are getting hard to find. Sales of medium- and heavy-duty used trucks dropped 3 percent from July to August, according to ACT Research.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing New Prime, one of the largest U.S. truckload carriers, for discrimination against women truck drivers.

YRC Worldwide’s new CEO James L. Welch eliminated two executive positions at the trucking giant as he reorganizes its management team and functions.

The Transportation Intermediaries Association estimates that by the most recent quarter, total shipments handled by brokers and 3PLs increased 11 percent year-over-year, a larger volume increase than

Con-way named W. Gregory Lehmkuhl president of less-than-truckload carrier Con-way Freight, replacing John Labrie, who left the company in August 2010.

The South Carolina State Ports Authority launched a voluntary program to help truck owners replace older trucks with newer, cleaner rigs on Thursday.

The nation’s wealthiest transportation mogul didn’t make her money on trucks, trains or planes, but by operating barges and distributing books.

Strong performances by its package delivery and industrial trucking divisions gave FedEx lift lacking i

FedEx’s net profit rose 22 percent to $464 million in its June-August quarter, but the world’s largest air cargo carrier lowered its earnings expectations for the rest of the year, citing

When is a mile less than 5,280 feet? When it’s part of a trucker’s paycheck.

Crete Carrier, which also owns Shaffer Trucking and Hunt Transportation, switched its pay from shortest route to practical miles in 2005.

Shippers hoping that truck rate increases might fall in the face of an uncertain economy are likely to be disappointed, according to FTR Associates.

Wesley B. Kemp, the president and CEO of ABF Freight System, will retire Dec. 31 after more than 40 years with the less-than-truckload carrier, the company said Wednesday.

Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel established a thrice-weekly highway service linking Shanghai and Guangzhou and said it is adding depots and offices as part of a

Schneider Logistics is offering shippers an integrated delivery service that it says can cut transportation costs for certain types of freight 7 to 20 percent.

Truck freight broker Total Quality Logistics said it expects sales to top $1 billion this year as it opened a satellite office in Dayton, Ohio.

Truckload operator Gordon Trucking is tightening pre-hire screening of driver applicants, requiring hair samples for drug testing well as urine samples.

The American Trucking Associations attacked Virginia’s plans to put a toll on I-95 near North Carolina, saying it would simply divert truckers to other roads.

The Federal Highway Administration gave Virginia a “yellow light” to proceed with plans to place a controversial toll on Interstate 95 near North Carolina.

Old Dominion Freight Line extended its $120 million expansion this year into Pennsylvania, opening a terminal in Altoona and hiring 14 employees.

Trucking and logistics company Cargo Transportation Services emerged from bankruptcy last week after reorganizing and attracting a new equity partner.

The Massachusetts Port Authority plans to replace up to 60 old drayage trucks at the Port of Boston through a $1.5 million program that includes a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agen

TNT Express linked its Chinese day-definite truck service with its Southeast Asian trucking network, which includes Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

Sotheby’s isn’t a name often linked with trucking, but the famed auction house is locked in a labor dispute with trucking’s largest union that could foreshadow increased militancy wi

Economic warning lights are flashing around the globe, so why is Landstar System’s Henry Gerkens so confident about the outlook for his $2 billion trucking business?

YRC Worldwide’s stock plunged 77 percent Friday to 7 cents a share — its lowest price ever — after shareholders approved the trucking giant’s restructuring.

Terminal truck manufacturer Capacity of Texas is expanding its own distribution capacity, adding 13 new dealers in the U.S., the company said Thursday.

YRC Worldwide shareholders overwhelmingly approved the last step in the trucking giant’s financial restructuring plan Friday, voting in favor of an internal merger that launches a massive releas

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide disputed claims that members of its new board of directors will be paid more than members of its last board.