Trucking News

The upward trend in diesel prices moved into its fourth consecutive week but weakened its impact in the week ending March 15, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The Teamsters union said Monday it is considering launching formal talks with ABF Freight System to renegotiating the less-than-truckload carrier's contract

Trucking supplier TMW Systems says motor carriers are stepping up their purchasing of new software or upgraded technology, suggesting an economic recovery is taking hold in the industry.

At first glance, the former president and CEO of FedEx Freight might seem an anomaly on the board of J.B. Hunt Transport Services.FedEx Freight and J.B.

Several months of congressional skirmishing and one large flare-up over funding tried the nerves of the most steadfast advocates for transportation reform.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will ban the oldest drayage trucks from its terminals next Jan. 1 but won’t force owner-operator drivers to become company employees.

At the end of 2009, the less-than-truckload industry had been razed by a price war that burned away carrier profits.

The recession pummeled less-than-truckload carriers in 2009 without regard to size, driving revenue down at a double-digit rate at all of the top 25 LTL trucking companies.

When Old Dominion Freight Line first ventured into warehousing, capacity was tight and space was at a premium. Unfortunately, that was in November 2008.

The trucking industry continues to lose workers, but it's cutting jobs at a lower rate than a year ago, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Greatwide Logistics aims to recruit mid-tier shippers as it expands its dedicated contract carriage and third-party transportation services in the nascent recovery.

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The Port of New York and New Jersey will ban the oldest drayage trucks from its terminals starting next Jan. 1 in the first phase of a multi-step program to reduce air pollution from trucks.

Teamster employees at YRC Worldwide subsidiary Reddaway this week turned down a proposed contract that included wage and benefits cuts.

YRC Worldwide cut its payroll 34.5 percent last year and a further 5.5 percent so far in 2010, reducing its workforce from 55,000 to 34,000 employees.

The White House is looking for a route out of a year-long trade dispute with Mexico over the elimination of a cross-border trucking pilot project.

Freight brokerage giant C.H. Robinson says its base of carriers shrank 6 percent, or 3,000 carriers, in 2009 as the recession took a toll on transportation capacity providers.

The national average price of diesel fuel reached its highest point in more than a year in the past week, jumping 4.3 cents to surpass $2.90 a gallon for the first time since November 2008, the U.S.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans this week to release details of a clean-air program expected to phase out older, dirtier trucks at port terminals.

A spike in cargo volume could produce a driver shortage and would expose bottlenecks on key freight corridors, the chairman of the American Trucking Associations warns.

YRC Worldwide must boost the value of its stock above $1 per share by Aug. 30 or face delisting, the Nasdaq Stock Market exchange warned the carrier.

The open road doesn’t have the allure it once did for some truckload carriers, or for their shippers.

A group representing independent truck drivers responded angrily to reports the White House may be looking to open talks with Congress about a new cross-border trucking program with Mexico, calling th

Cities pressing for the legal authority to regulate harbor trucking should find out how far they can go in court in late April.

Despite signs of a slowly improving economy, employment in the transportation modes that include freight operations slid further in February, the Labor Department reported.

Same-day carrier Dynamex increased its revenue slightly in its latest quarter as sequential quarter-to-quarter core sales increased for the second consecutive period.

The less-than-truckload industry shrank 24.4 percent in 2009, as total U.S. LTL revenue plunged from $33.3 billion to $25.2 billion, according to an industry study.

Seven of the top 25 less-than-truckload carriers reported more than a billion dollars in revenue in 2009, according to a study of the LTL industry.

YRC Worldwide is still the largest U.S.

The House, by a 217-212 margin, approved the $15 billion Senate-drafted Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, which includes provisions to extend existing highway programs until Dec.

The House is expected to take up the Senate’s version of a jobs bill on Thursday, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Wednesday.

Old Dominion Freight Line is reaching deeper into shipper supply chains by expanding its warehousing division.

Early data show heavy truck orders climbed 19.7 percent in February from January, but were well below last year's average, indicating a slow recovery in new Class 8 truck orders, said FTR Associates.<

The economic recovery is finding its wheels at Landstar System, which saw its load volume leap 17 percent in January and again in February from depressed levels a year ago.

Finnish stevedores are set to walk off the job on March 4, joining striking truckers in a nationwide transport stoppage that threatens to bring industry to a halt and strangle the Nordic nation's fore

The Coast Guard terminated an application for the Detroit International Bridge Co. to build a new bridge adjacent to its 81-year-old Ambassador Bridge.

The Department of Transportation&rsquo;s highway programs remained shuttered for a second day, as lawmakers again failed to convince Sen.

The trucking industry hasn't seen the last of Douglas G. Duncan.

Wolfe Research suspended its &ldquo;underperform&rdquo; stock rating for YRC Worldwide pending a more complete fourth-quarter and full-year earnings report from the company.

The average price for diesel jumped 2.9 cents to $2.861 per gallon last week, the second consecutive week of increases after a five-week fall, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.