Trucking News

Trucking company safety scores in five performance categories are available online following the Dec. 12 launch of the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, or CSA.

Swift Transportation is raising the ante in its initial public offering to $1 billion as the truckload business gains traction.

The Port of New York and New Jersey will implement an infrastructure fee on all cargo to pay for intermodal rail and road infrastructure and security.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington cleared the Department of Transportation to launch its CSA 2010 trucking safety program as early as this weekend, denying a request for a delay.

Letters submitted as evidence in court indicate the Teamsters union was willing to help ABF Freight System purchase struggling YRC Worldwide earlier this year.

Celadon Group secured a $50 million, five-year revolving credit facility from Bank of America, giving the truckload carrier increased liquidity and financing flexibility.

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Shippers appear dedicated to getting ahead of potential truck capacity constraints in 2011.

FedEx Freight is speeding less-than-truckload service between U.S. and Canadian markets, cutting transit times in more than 500 lanes, the company said.

The former president of Con-way Freight, John Labrie, joined truckload giant CRST International as head of its core dry van division CRST Expedited.

National labor organizations intensified their attack on the classification of harbor truck drivers as independent contractors with the release Wednesday of the report, "The Big Rig: Poverty, Pollutio

Dynamex received a higher offer from an unnamed bidder, jeopardizing its $237.8 million acquisition by transportation investor Greenbriar Equity Group.

Midwestern truckload carrier Continental Express is expanding in the Southeastern U.S. by purchasing Carolina Refrigerated, Gaffney, S.C. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Diesel fuel prices jumped an average 3.5 cents across the United State over the past week to $3.197 per gallon, the highest point diesel prices have reached in more than two years, according

The Teamsters union at one point pressured ABF Freight System to buy ailing rival YRC Worldwide, ABF Freight System revealed on a company Web site.

FedEx Ground will raise its rates by a net average of 5.9 percent Jan. 3, but a fuel surcharge reduction will blunt the increase to 4.9 percent.

ABF Freight System's attempt to overturn YRC Worldwide's historic wage-cutting agreements with the Teamsters union is headed to federal court Dec. 16.

Container truck drivers late Saturday called off a five-day strike at the Port of Cochin, restoring the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from India Gateway Terminal.

An Alabama trucking company shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reopened five days later with a new name, a new owner, but many of the same trucks and drivers, and it’s

Thousands of small trucking operators fear they could be forced out of business when some of their CSA 2010 scores are made public this month, despite their satisfactory safety ratings

With all the labor controversy, political intrigue and costly litigation surrounding clean-trucks programs at U.S.

The economy is growing slowly and freight demand is down from last spring’s high mark, but orders for new trucks and trailers are exceeding all speed limits.

There’s widespread belief among carriers and shippers that CSA 2010 will tighten truck capacity, but no consensus on when and by how much.

Trucking companies that receive some shocking mail in the next few weeks from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can’t say they and their customers weren’t warned.

Although the banning of old, polluting trucks from the nation’s two largest ports appears to be a difficult requirement to circumvent, creative truckers in Southern Californi

Shipping and aviation were high on the agenda of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun as environment ministers, policymakers and regulators from around the world invaded the Mexican

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comments on a trucking group’s challenge of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to require stickers for vehicles that mee

Same-day delivery specialist Dynamex increased sales 11.2 percent to $110.6 million in its last quarter, but higher purchased transportation costs cut into profit.

CSA 2010 will launch no earlier than Dec. 12, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says, delaying the publication of carrier data by about a week.

Two key Republican House members are calling on the Obama administration to end an impasse with Mexico over cross-border trucking.

Swift Transportation raised the stakes in its initial public offering this week to $1 billion as it launched a stock sale first announced in August.

Vitran is selling off most of its truckload assets for $5 million to focus on its core less-than-truckload and logistics business, the Canadian-based company said.

Same-day carrier Dynamex accepted a sweetened acquisition offer of $238 million from Greenbriar Equity Group, turning down a rival offer from an unnamed suitor.

The final report by President Obama's deficit commission stuck with a plan offered earlier by its co-chairs to hike federal fuel taxes 15 cents a gallon but included a number of recommendations that c

More than 400 owner-operators drove their trucks in a massive protest convoy on Highway 91 outside of Vancouver last Friday.

The Senate Tuesday morning passed by a 73-25 vote a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration added authority to keep contaminated food out of the food chain.

Retail prices for diesel fuel fell an average of nine-tenths of a cent last week to $3.162 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Smaller trucking companies and expedited carriers are asking a federal court to stay a portion of the federal CSA 2010 safety initiative set to take effect next month.

The Obama administration is formally introducing its emission and fuel efficiency rules for heavy trucks and other freight-hauling vehicles, starting a 60-day countdown for public comment.

Used truck sales fell 16 percent in October from the previous month, while orders for new heavy trucks surged 24 percent from September.