Trucking News

Retail diesel prices slipped seven-tenths of a cent to an average of $4.098 per gallon last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

ABF Freight Systems increased revenue and tonnage by double digits in the first quarter, but fuel prices and weak pricing contributed to a $22.6 million loss.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide said it is making "significant progress" toward completing key steps in its restructuring plan before an April 29 deadline.

A five-day-old trucker strike at the Port of Shanghai eased significantly over the weekend following intervention by the mayor and a series of concessions offered to drivers, including a rollback of f

Trucking giant Knight Transportation's net profit fell 19.5 percent in the first quarter from the same period a year ago to $9.9 million as rising fuel and other operating costs&nb

Werner Enterprises saw its net profit surge 50.3 percent in the first quarter over the same quarter a year ago to $16.3 million as freight demand picked up momentum in the Midwest amid tight capacity

Truckload carrier USA Truck lost $2.7 million in the first quarter despite a 17.4 percent surge in overall revenue to $124 million as tougher operating conditions and higher fuel costs hit the company

Chinese truck drivers are striking this week in Shanghai due to rising fuel costs and increased fees charged by private warehouse operators.

The backlog in Class 8 truck orders reached levels in March not seen since 2006, as net orders jumped almost 20 percent from February, ACT Research said.

Strong heavy-duty truck sales drove first-quarter revenue up 47 percent to $3.28 billion at Paccar. Excluding financial services, net sales were up 53 percent.

Heartland Express increased operating revenue 10.4 percent to $127.7 million in the first quarter, raising net income 25.2 percent to $14.9 million.

Higher demand for heavy trucks helped boost revenue and earnings at component manufacturer Eaton, which reported $3.8 billion in total sales in the first quarter.

Intermodal service provider Hub Group reported a $10.5 million profit for the first quarter, up 21 percent from a year earlier.

A key measure of truck capacity and demand dropped 10.7 percent last week, indicating some easing of over-the-road capacity constraints in mid-April.

Rising freight demand is spilling across borders, sending spot market truck freight volume in Canada up 35 percent year-over-year in March, said TransCore.

Diesel prices climbed 2.7 cents last week to a national retail average of $4.105 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Truck driver pay is heading up, with a 2.2 percent increase in February from January and a 4.6 percent increase year-over-year, according to Longbow Research.

Choptank Transport, an asset-based third-party logistics company in Preston, Md., opened a regional office in Atlanta, expanding its footprint in the Southeast.

Transplace’s purchase of SCO Logistics is aimed at bringing revenue, expanded services, new customers and new talent to the Dallas-based logistics operator.

When mega-ships disgorge containers at U.S. ports, will mega-trucks haul them away?

Online marketplace uShip, which is doing for shipping what eBay did for sales, is moving deeper into the world of industrial transportation.

Increased inventory restocking and improving industrial output helped the U.S.

Truckload capacity slackened slightly in the week ending April 11 but is still much tighter than it was a year ago, according to a key measure of capacity and demand.

Spot market truckload rates rose 4 percent in March from February and were up 15 percent year-over-year, according to TransCore Freight Solutions.

Strong intermodal and trucking demand in the first quarter pushed revenue up 18 percent to $1 billion at J.B. Hunt Transportation Services, Lowell, Ark.

Truck freight brokers moved 10 percent more loads per month in 2010 than in 2009, underscoring growing use of brokers by shippers, according to TransCore.

New data showing a lower rate of truck-involved accident deaths indicate more restrictive hours of service rules for truck drivers are unnecessary, the American Trucking Associations says.

Freight shipping declined about 1.5 percent month-to-month in February, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports.

Online transportation marketplace uShip is opening its doors to freight brokers, allowing brokers to offer loads to truckers on the Web-based auction site.

A panel of appellate court judges will decide the fate of an unprecedented legal battle between two major trucking companies and the Teamsters union.

A three-judge appellate court panel heard arguments April 12 in an ABF Freight System lawsuit against the Teamsters union and subsidiaries of YRC Worldwide.

Stronger freight demand in March pushed the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index up 2.7 percent month-to-month, reversing declines in January and February.

Pending budget cuts from last week’s deal to avert a government shutdown will take a deeper bite out of transportation funds, but industry and government sources say the ones that could most aff

The select group of trucking companies with more than a billion dollars in annual revenue expanded last year, as three carriers shot past the revenue threshold.

Diesel prices soared 10.2 cents last week to a national average of $4.078 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Combined revenue for the 50 largest U.S.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released plans Friday for a new pilot trucking project with Mexico "to test and demonstrate" the ability of Mexican truckers to operate safely within th

Two years after container ship lines began moving away from their 55-year-old practice of supplying U.S.

From the manufacturing floor, the trucking business has rarely looked better.

Intermodal marketing giant Hub Group demonstrated its faith in the economic recovery last week with the $83 million acquisition of Exel Transportation Services.