Trucking News

Harbor truckers on the West Coast like to call at Matson Navigation terminals. The gates and container yards are always fully staffed, and gate operations are efficient.

Federal and state officials pulled more than 100 truck drivers off the road for drug and alcohol violations in a two-week investigative sweep.

The recession isn't over for many small trucking companies. While larger competitors report record volumes and stronger bottom lines, many smaller carriers are still struggling to stay in business.

The Department of Transportation's payouts of stimulus checks to states for work on roads, bridges and other projects reached $17.134 billion as of Aug.

USA Truck is rebounding from the recession and expanding its fast-growing intermodal business. The dry-van truckload carrier said Aug.

Former BAX Global leader Joey Carnes this week became chairman and CEO of MIQ Logistics, where he'll work with former BAX hand John Carr, president and COO.

The battle over the employment status of drivers at FedEx Ground moved to Massachusetts this week as 31 current and former drivers sued the carrier, alleging improper classification.

YRC Worldwide completed the $38.7 million sale of most of YRC Logistics to private equity firm Austin Ventures, which rebranded the unit as MIQ Logistics.

Duisburg, the world’s largest inland port, boosted first-half container traffic by 29 percent from a year ago, almost double the growth at Europe’s top box hubs Rotterdam and Antwerp.

Mexico stepped up its pressure on the U.S. in the dispute over cross-border trucking on Monday, expanding the list of American goods that will be hit with punitive tariffs.

The average retail price for diesel dropped 1.2 cents to $2.979 per gallon last week, following three consecutive weekly increases, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Con-way Freight has a long, hard slog ahead as it struggles to right-size its volume and wrangles with shippers over pricing in what looks to be a slower recovery.

Con-way Truckload is looking beyond its less-than-truckload sister company for more business from “external” customers.

A motor carrier in Southern Virginia, FWC, shut down this week, ending a 30-year run as it struggled to rebuild business in the economic recovery.

New Century Transportation is the latest trucking company to plot a route for Wall Street with an initial public offering to raise cash for expansion in the recovery.

Non-asset logistics operator AutoInfo increased revenue from transportation services 57.8 percent from a year ago to $69.1 million in the second quarter.

Wayne Wise, who with his wife Donna founded Western Express, one of the nation's top 50 trucking companies, died July 31 at the age of 60.

Roadrunner Transportation Services reported a 32.9 percent gain in revenue in the second quarter, but costs associated with the retirement of debt cut into earnings.

About 300 independent truckers in the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association who operate in parts of the central and southwestern U.S.

YRC Worldwide plans to ask Nasdaq for additional time to raise its stock value above $1 a share to avoid delisting, the company said in its full quarterly 10-Q report.

Panther Expedited Services, the second largest expedited transportation company in the U.S. by revenue, plans an initial public offering worth up to $100 million.

The average price of diesel fuel jumped 6.3 cents last week to $2.991 per gallon, according to a report Monday from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

More trucks on the road mean more cups of coffee sold at TravelCenters of America, not to mention more meals, deals on merchandise and gallons of diesel.

California’s flower growers have taken a cue from their produce counterparts and will begin to consolidate shipping to save freight costs and better compete with South America’s floral pro

Add chassis to the list of transport equipment in short supply this year as the early recovery in demand caught carriers and leasing companies with their chassis down.

The country’s largest less-than-truckload carrier is nowhere near as large as it used to be, but YRC Worldwide is far closer to profitability.

White is the new green for companies in the cold chain that want to improve their environmental rating.

One of the most significant changes in the 54-year history of maritime containerization is unfolding rapidly at U.S.

Rate increases for reefer trucking companies are not a foregone conclusion, according to a new survey by Transport Capital Partners.

Surging freight volume and tightening truck capacity in the second quarter put freight brokers and third-party logistics providers in a vise, as the cost of purchased transportation shot up faster tha

Despite ongoing rumors that California’s transportation refrigeration unit regulations are on hold, a state agency already has issued $800,000 in fines.

An Environmental Protection Agency grant of nearly $1.1 million will go to add battery-powered air conditioning units to at least 101 long-haul trucks, targeting those operated by KLLM Transport Servi

Senators Thursday introduced a bill that would let states decide whether to allow tractor-trailers as heavy as 97,000 pounds on Interstate highways.

An increase in the cost of shipping shoes has Sen. Herb Kohl kicking about the classification system used to help price less-than-truckload freight.

Mandating the use of stability control systems on heavy trucks could help avoid almost 3,500 rollover accidents and save more than 100 lives a year, industry and federal officials told the National Tr

Canadian shippers paid more to move goods by truck in May, with overall freight costs rising 3 percent from April, the Canadian General Freight Index reports.

Frozen Food Express Industries made sequential volume and revenue gains but was unable to shift back into profitability in the second quarter.

Trucking and logistics operator Con-way said its net profit fell by more than half in the second quarter to $13.9 million as earnings plunged in the core less-than-truckload operations despite improvi

Echo Global Logistics increased sales 82.3 percent from a year ago, as spot market and contractual brokerage and logistics revenue soared in the second quarter.

YRC Worldwide's regional carriers reported a second-quarter profit, as tonnage growth put them on a faster trajectory toward recovery than national carrier YRC.