Trucking News

In 2011, capacity will be king.

The long reorganization of long-haul less-than-truckload carrier YRC is still a work in progress, as the company looks to consolidate by shedding 50 terminals.

A trucking company charged with falsifying driver work records must install electronic onboard recorders in 700 trucks or pay almost $82,000 in civil fines.

YRC Worldwide reported a $62 million third-quarter net loss as revenue dropped 5.7 percent from a year ago at the nation's largest less-than-truckload operator.

Truck maker Navistar shipped about 17,000 vehicles to U.S. and Canadian customers in the quarter that ended Oct.

Net orders for heavy trucks surged in October, climbing 22 percent in the third straight month-to-month increase, according to FTR Associates.

Net income and revenue leaped in the third quarter at non-asset-based trucker Roadrunner Transportation Systems, with sales up 31.3 percent from a year ago.

Arkansas Best narrowed its losses to $300,000 in the third quarter, with a $2.6 million operating loss at its less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System.

Higher costs helped push trucking and logistics giant Con-way back into the red in the third quarter, as a second-quarter surge in truck demand faded.

The American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit for an expedited hearing of their appeals in the port's clean-truck case.

The average retail price of diesel fuel remained at $3.067 over the last week despite upward spikes in the Rocky Mountain states and in California that pushed the prices there to the highes

ABF Freight System is suing the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and three YRC Worldwide subsidiaries over the latest round of labor concessions at YRC.

Truckload operator USA Truck reported a profit for the second straight quarter, though its net income slipped by a third from the second quarter to $586,000.

Union workers at Navistar ratified a four-year labor pact the company says will improve the operating structure and flexibility of its truck and engine plants.

Teamster employees at YRC Worldwide approved extended wage, benefit and pension cuts to give the financially troubled trucking giant another shot at survival.

Knight Transportation is defying conventional wisdom in the truckload industry by adding capacity to its tractor-trailer fleet, but it’s doing so with a twist.

When the Great Recession began, UPS Freight President Jack Holmes sought advice from J.

Trucking operators have long fought calls for new fuel efficiency and emissions standards.

Implementation of the employee-driver mandate in the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks plan may not begin at the end of 2011 as planned. That appears to be the outcome of a ruling by U.S.

A high volume of ballots is likely to extend vote counting in a Teamsters election crucial to the survival of trucking giant YRC Worldwide into the weekend.

The JOC Week in Review for October 29 gives you the highlights of top news stories from this week, and also a preview of the Nov. 1 edition of the Journal of Commerce.

Commercial truck trailer orders nearly tripled from a year ago in September and rose 19 percent from order levels in August, according to ACT Research.

John Roberts will replace Kirk Thompson as president and CEO of J.B.

Southeastern trucker Saia increased its revenue 6 percent year-over-year in the third quarter but saw its net income slide as operating costs increased.

The property and equipment of bankrupt truck body and trailer maker Thiele Manufacturing will be auctioned Nov. 30 by Maas Companies in Windber, Pa.

Covenant Transportation's profit slipped from the second quarter but the truckload carrier remained in the black with gains in total revenue and freight revenue.

Canadian shippers are paying higher truckload rates and cross-border and less-than-truckload prices are rising as well, the Canadian General Freight Index says.

YRC Worldwide's lenders gave the company some financial wiggle room as the clock ticks down on a critical Teamster vote on wage and benefit concessions.

Vitran, a Toronto-based transportation and supply chain firm, increased profit 566 percent to $2 million in the third quarter as higher revenue and reduced debt payments eliminated an operating loss t

Tight truckload capacity, higher rates and new customers helped Celadon Group roar back from the depths of the recession in the third quarter of 2010.

Old Dominion Freight Line increased its net income 13.5 percent from the second quarter and 132.3 percent from a year ago to $24.4 million in the third quarter.

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The average retail price of used trucks is creeping up, putting more pressure on truckload carrier capacity, according to an ACT Research study.

Trucking interests in Southern California appear to have scored a temporary victory Monday when U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.

Retail diesel prices slipped back six-tenths of a cent last week to an average of $3.067 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Kenneth Churchill, a trucking pioneer who shut down his 68-year-old company during a historic Teamsters strike, died Oct. 20 at the age of 92.

Stimulus spending by the Department of Transportation reached $21.2 billion as of Oct.

The Department of Transportation faces a Nov. 4 deadline to respond to a challenge to a rule mandating the use of electronic onboard recorders by some truckers.

Although only a tiny percentage of truck drivers test positive for illegal drug use, those who do increasingly test positive for the use of drugs such as marijuana, PCP, amphetamines and opiates, acco