Trucking News

Demand for new trucks and other equipment is rising as the economy improves and capacity tightens, surveys by two vehicle market research firms report.

Intermodal trucker J.B. Hunt Transport Services will buy more than 5,000 heavy trucks from Navistar over the next five years.

YRC Worldwide will have a "global solution" to mounting pension and financial obligations within a few months, Chairman, CEO and President William D.

The national average price of diesel fuel grew for the sixth straight week, climbing half-a-cent to $3.127 per gallon, the highest price in 18 months, the U.S.

In a stark sign of the cloud rising fuel costs are casting over the trucking industry, truck stop operator TravelCenters of America says its net loss grew 56 percent in the first quarter to $41.2 mill

The prospects for changing harbor trucking regulation in the United States rest with Congress, but groups fighting efforts to change federal law say the impact of any changes would hardly end at port

From its inception two years ago, the American Trucking Associations’ challenge to the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks program drew sharp rhetoric in Southern California over whether the respon

Buoyed by five straight months of increased consumer spending, domestic shippers and carriers are “cautiously optimistic” about the economic recovery.

YRC Worldwide sees signs of recovery in the freight that hit its docks in March and April, but the surge came too late to stave off a steep first quarter loss.

Intermodal rail is extending its reach into areas of the supply chain long dominated by trucking, and not just over-the-road long-haul truckload carriage.

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Heavy-truck maker Navistar resolved a dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency over how it certified certain heavy-truck engines as 2010 compliant.

UPS put 25 hybrid electric package cars on the streets of Houston today as part of its plan to deploy 200 hybrid trucks in eight U.S. cities.

The economic recovery has wheels at Echo Global Logistics.

Global household goods mover Arpin Group acquired Affiliated Transportation Systems and eight related companies, expanding its U.S. military business.

Con-way reported a $4 million net loss for the first quarter, including a $3.2 million operating loss at Con-way Freight, despite soaring freight volume.

The head of the American Trucking Associations, in a sharply worded letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, warns that a new government focus on shifting freight off trucks is based on misinfor

Port executives on Wednesday spelled out the differences between the port of Los Angeles truck concession agreements and the port of Long Beach registration agreements in testimony before the House Co

YRC Worldwide has enough support to survive 2010, despite a first quarter loss of more than a quarter of a billion dollars, transportation investment analysts said today.

It may be 2011 before Congress passes a surface transportation bill, says Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., ranking Republican on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

A proposed long-term vision to guide the Department of Transportation would focus on major freight system corridors, curb carbon use by freight operations and use more multi-jurisdiction planning inst

At a congressional hearing Wednesday morning on harbor trucking in southern California, carriers and shippers will be watching closely to see if lawmakers warm to the idea of giving local authorities

YRC Worldwide reported a net loss of $274 million on $1.1 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2010, despite deep cuts in operating expenses from a year ago.

The average price of diesel last week jumped 4.4 cents to $3.122 per gallon, the highest point for diesel since October 2008, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

YRC Worldwide is reaching deep into other modes of transportation as well as investment banking and corporate restructuring as its remakes its board of directors.

Truck rates paid by Canadian shippers increased in February, rising from a 1.6 percent drop in January, according to the Canadian General Freight Index.

Trucking’s heavy-haul sector left the recession lighter than when it entered the downturn, but the industry is ready to bulk up again as spending on infrastructure and energy projects increases.

Seventeen transportation and logistics companies were named to this year’s Fortune 500 list of biggest U.S. companies.

Railex Defies Recession, Expands Despite the economy, Railex is expanding and hopes to have a facility open in the Southeast within the next year.

Shippers expect to see prices rise this year for U.S. domestic transportation but most are not projecting big increases even amid concerns over tight capacity, according to a new survey.

Cargo thefts escalated as the economy slumped over the past two years, with 879 incidents reported in the U.S., according to Freightwatch International.

Domestic Shippers Brace for Rate Hikes

A year after merging Yellow Transportation and Roadway, YRC Worldwide is working to better coordinate national carrier YRC with its regional subsidiaries, and reorganizing its management team.

Universal Truckload Services earned $2.1 million in net profit in the 13 weeks ended April 30, almost entirely from sales of marketable securities.

Toronto-based trucker Vitran says price discounting in the less-than-truckload world appears to be leveling off, helping the carrier improve its financial picture this year.

OTTAWA — Canada offered the state of Michigan up to $550 million as a sweetener to get the legislature to give final approval to the building of a controversial new bridge between Detroit and Wi

North American transportation companies are seeing initial, uneven signs of increasing demand but most remain cautious about declaring that a broad and sustained recovery is at hand, Standard & Po

Truckload carrier P.A.M.

Averitt Express added intermodal trailer and container operations to its line of trucking and other services as part of its “full-load/volume transportation” package for customers.