Trucking News

Surface trade with Canada and Mexico rose for the third consecutive month in February, surging a record 24.1 percent compared with the previous February, one of the slowest months of the recession.

The Teamsters on Wednesday launched a multimedia blitz to push Congress to change federal law that makes it tougher organize FedEx Express drivers.

Old Dominion Freight Line profit jumped 93 percent in the first quarter, the first year-over-year increase since the third quarter of 2008.

Trucking rates have nowhere to go but up, and they’re ready now, several speakers told freight shippers Tuesday at NASSTRAC's annual conference.

Truck engine manufacturer Cummins earned net income attributable to the company of $149 million in the first quarter, a significant improvement on the $7 million earned in the same quarter a year earl

Trucking company FedEx Freight, which has pointedly rejected rail transport in the past, could switch and turn to intermodal in coming years if the price is right and customers want the option.

Renewed demand added to loaded miles for Celadon, lifting revenue in the company’s fiscal third quarter and helping the truckload carrier to earn a small profit.

Trucking executives say they are increasingly concerned that federal transportation policies could lead to underinvestment in highways, roads and bridges.

Truckload carrier USA Truck says the new emission regulation that took place starting in January is affecting its equipment costs and replacement strategy.

The average price of diesel edged up four-tenths of a cent to $3.078 per gallon last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Ryder System net profit soared 82 percent in the first quarter to $12.4 million, bouncing back from a deep decline in the recession.

Dry-van truckload carrier USA Truck saw its first-quarter net loss expand 59 percent from a year earlier to $2.9 million but said it is making headway on diversifying the revenue stream and increasing

The Department of Transportation’s total spending under the economic stimulus package reached $10.893 billion as of April 16, up $456 million since the end of March.

ABF Freight System workers in Connecticut were credited with helping police seize 13.5 pounds of marijuana and arrest two people on drug charges.

Diesel prices have risen above $3 a gallon, extending a months-long trend that is pinching owner-operators and forcing shippers to pay higher surcharges.

ABF Freight System’s tentative labor accord tries to dull the pain of wage cuts by promising employees payback for profit.

For the second time in a year, the Teamsters union is offering a major trucking employer significant concessions to keep its trucks and drivers in the battle for shippers.

The economic recovery increasingly is showing up on highways, on loading docks, in trailers and on the bottom lines of two of the largest truckload carriers, giving credence to claims the freight econ

As sales of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks improved, manufacturer Paccar increased its profit 160 percent to $68.3 million in the first quarter.

Marten Transport earned net income of $3.9 million in the first quarter, compared with a profit of $4.1 million for the same quarter of 2009.

ABF Freight System lost $35.7 million in the first quarter, a 25 percent larger loss than a year ago, as shipments rose from a year ago but declined from the fourth quarter.

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North America’s largest railroads are seeing a sharp pickup in traffic during April, with volume outpacing anything seen during 2009.

Union Pacific Railroad officials see their 3.5 percent “core pricing” gains in the first quarter as the low point of 2010, and look for their overall rates to strengthen more as the year c

An increase in shipments, value-added service sales and fuel surcharges helped boost Werner Enterprises' revenue to $425.1 million in the first quarter, an 8 percent year-over-year increase.

A firm recovery in truckload demand and higher fuel surcharges boosted Knight Transportation's revenue 11.4 percent from a year ago to $165.7 million in the first quarter.

BNSF Railway declared its new Memphis Intermodal Facility to be “fully operational” after a $200 million expansion, and cut the ribbon on it this week.

Intermodal shipment consolidator Hub Group will buy a total of 2,500 new domestic, jumbo-sized containers this year, amid a demand surge that has it near full capacity.

The Fortune 500 list of largest U.S. businesses ranked by revenue includes 17 transportation and logistics companies this year, from UPS to Con-way.

Teamsters at ABF Freight System will vote on a proposed 15 percent wage cut early next month, after ballots are mailed on or about April 30, the Teamsters union said.

The Department of Transportation is making nearly $49 billion of delayed highway funds available to states, following last month’s passage by Congress of the HIRE Act.

A Vehicle Miles Traveled tax may be gaining mileage on Capitol Hill, but the nation’s truckers want an alternate route.

Truckload carrier Heartland Express is detecting the first stirrings of a long-anticipated economic recovery.

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The average price of diesel rose half a cent last week to $3.074 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Workers at ABF Freight System will give up 15 percent of their wages but retain full pension benefits under a tentative concession plan approved today by local Teamster leaders.

Heavy truck orders rose 28 percent year-over-year in March to 11,285 units, following stronger than anticipated sales in February, ACT Research reported today.

Daimler Trucks North America and the United Auto Workers reached agreement on contracts covering employees at three U.S. plants.

The only dispute in the truckload industry over the direction of rates this spring is whether pricing is going up fast or very fast.

As a trucker, Pat Quinn may have felt like a fish out of water at a marine highways conference focused on short-sea shipping.