Trucking News

Temperature-controlled trucker Marten Transport increased its profit 15.2 percent in the second quarter despite essentially flat revenue compared with a year ago.

FedEx Ground will pay Massachusetts $3 million to settle allegations it misclassified delivery truck drivers as independent contractors, the state attorney general said.

New orders for heavy trucks and other equipment are working their way through the supply chain, boosting earnings at truck component maker Eaton.

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation increased its profit 26 percent in the second quarter, as its total revenue rose 14.4 percent to $185.4 million.

Buoyed by an 11.9 percent increase in tonnage, ABF Freight System cut its operating loss in half in the second quarter, from $26.8 million a year ago to $12.6 million.

Net orders for heavy trucks hit a new peak for the year in June, climbing 21 percent over May to reach 15,999 orders, according to ACT Research.

Tightening truck capacity helped boost second quarter revenue at Heartland Express, while the cost of purchasing new trucks slimmed its profit.

The average price of diesel fuel slipped 0.4 cents last week to $2.899 per gallon, according to a report Monday from the U.S.

A team of researchers from Auburn University is delving into the dynamics of less-than-truckload pricing as LTL trucking companies struggle to raise rates.

The Western Governors Association believes there’s ample room for longer combination vehicles on High Plains highways, but must convince Congress to thaw a freeze limiting the use of double- and

Beleaguered YRC Worldwide expects to report a milestone on a path back to profitability, projecting an adjusted EBITDA of at least $24 million for the second quarter when it releases its financial res

A round of initial interviews will help the researchers frame a second round of questions for a broad spectrum of companies, Auburn’s Joe Hanna said.

J.B. Hunt’s net profit rocketed 117 percent to $52.1 million as it improved utilization of its assets and raised prices in its truckload division in the second quarter.

European Union regulators cleared Geodis, the French transport and logistics provider, to take sole control of Giraud, a leading French forwarder active across Europe.

Flooding along the Rio Grande and other rivers in Texas and northern Mexico is playing havoc with cross-border freight traffic, causing delays at truck crossings in Laredo, Texas, and forcing truckers

Americans need to act quickly to begin a 10 year effort to improve and build new transportation infrastructure, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday.

Landstar System expanded its profit 36 percent in the second quarter to $24.4 million with a record number of truckload moves and said it expects to maintain a strong recovery in demand through the th

Slow sequential moderation in truckload demand resumed after a spike before the July 4 holiday, Morgan Stanley Research reports in its latest freight index.

Freight shipments measured in ton-miles fell 0.4 percent in May after two consecutive monthly increases, the Department of Transportation reported.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index dropped 1.9 percent in June after gaining 3.1 percent in May, contributing to signs the economy is slowing.

Trucking company New England Motor Freight is expanding in the Midwest, opening a larger less-than-truckload freight terminal in Toledo, Ohio.

Supply chain researchers at Auburn University are seeking carriers and shippers willing to participate in a study on trends in less-than-truckload pricing.

Diesel prices last week dropped to their lowest point since the first week of March.

Automaker Chrysler is replacing the entire fleet of its in-house trucking arm, Chrysler Group Transport, ordering 325 heavy trucks from Mack Trucks.

Heavy truck production will rise 26 percent this year as motor carriers begin to replace aging trucks, ACT Research said.

YRC Worldwide expects to report a positive EBIDTA of at least $24 million for the second quarter when it releases its financial results Aug. 3.

Larger trucking companies appear more optimistic than smaller competitors about their ability to get access to credit, but most carriers expect lending to stay tight.

When your truck is stuck amid seemingly endless rush hour traffic snarling the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, delivering freight in the middle of the night starts to make sense.

With the deadline for proposed truck driver hours-of-service rules less than a month away, highway safety groups are calling for a dramatic reduction in the time truckers may spend behind the wheel.

The sleek new tractors deployed by Con-way Freight not only warn drivers if they’re following another vehicle too closely, they signal confidence in the economy.

The freight surge of 2010 is nearing its end, an economic forecaster says.

Mexico may expand the list of U.S. products facing billions of dollars in punitive tariffs unless the Obama administration proposes a cross-border trucking program.

Truck traffic between the U.S. and Mexico this week skirted flood waters from the Rio Grande with little or no disruption, federal agencies reported.

Truckload freight available on the spot market declined 11 percent in June from the previous month, according to TransCore's North American Freight Index.

Canadian trucking giant TransForce is expanding operations in Calgary while strengthening a crossborder corridor linking Western Canada and Texas.

Virginia is trying to attract interstate trucking business -- and registration revenue -- by eliminating what it calls duplicative state safety inspections.

Shippers in Canada are paying more to move truckload freight, according to the latest Canadian General Freight Index.

Truckload capacity is tightening, especially along the West Coast and in parts of the Southeast, Longbow Research says, even as other reports indicate slower growth in demand for trucking services

The price of diesel fuel fell 3.2 cents last week, the second straight week-to-week slip, to a national average of $2.924 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

YRC Worldwide will have to pay bondholders who refused its debt-for-equity swap $21.6 million next month, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled.