Trucking News

The settlement of a lawsuit Monday between the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations should serve to expedite the introduction of low-polluting trucks into the harbor, the port's e

Swift Transportation is the latest carrier to look to its bankers for help in tough times, and get it.

People who operate airplanes, locomotives, trucks and buses would still be in violation of Department of Transportation rules against drug use if they use marijuana, despite a reported shift by federa

With an eye on the coming recovery, Old Dominion Freight Line pumped $50.2 million into infrastructure investments even as the less-than-truckload multi-regional motor carrier’s revenue fell 22

Rates charged by less-than-truckload motor carriers should remain low through the holiday season and into the first quarter of 2010, investment firm Stifel Nicolaus says.

Major infrastructure development is at a standstill in Southern California and other regions because planners are not leveraging the economic, environmental and community benefits of an efficient good

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation increased its volume in the third quarter, but revenue and income fell as pricing deteriorated.

Intermodal marketing company Hub Group reported a $9.8 million profit in the third quarter, down 42 percent from a year earlier as revenue of $389 million fell 24 percent.

Refrigerated trucking operator Marten Transport earned 43 percent less in the third quarter compared with a year ago as the truckload market became unusually harsh due to lower volume, excess capacity

ABF Freight suffered an operating loss of $14 million in the third quarter, which was an improvement on the loss of $25 million in the second quarter.

Through cost cutting and a pair of key acquisitions, non-asset based third party logistics company C.H.

A driver pre-employment screening program offered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration fulfills a long-sought goal of the American Trucking Associations.

Dramatically lower freight rates bit deeply into revenue and profit for trucking and intermodal giant J. B. Hunt Transport Services.

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises earned a profit of $18.99 million on revenue of $429.3 million in the third quarter.

Overcapacity and depressed truckload rates put a dent in revenue and profit at Heartland Express during the third quarter, but the company continued an extensive overhaul of its tractor fleet as it po

The retail price of diesel jumped an average of 10.5 cents to $2.705 per gallon last week, in the largest increase since a 14.6-cent surge in the week ending June 8, according to the U.S.

The Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations settled a trucking industry lawsuit against the concession requirement in the port’s clean-truck program, the port announced Monday,

Heavy truck sales in North America increased for the fourth straight month in September, reaching 10,817 units, largely driven by new emissions standards, according to FTR Associates.

The world’s largest truck manufacturer is guardedly optimistic that sales in North America and Europe have hit bottom and will improve this year as the economy picks up and demand for trucking service

For the second time, YRC Worldwide employees in Teamsters Local 710 in Chicago rejected wage and benefit cuts proposed by the company and union, a dissident labor group reports.

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday agreed to extend its contract with the Gephardt Group lobbying firm to promote legislation in Washington that is favorable to the port's clean-truck program.

Membership is growing in a worldwide organization dedicated to stopping cargo crime.

Freight transportation was on the upswing through the summer, as indicated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s closely watched Transportation Services Index.

Landstar System suffered a 38.7 percent decline in net profit in the third quarter, to $20.1 million, on a sharp drop in shipping demand across its trucking and brokerage businesses, the truckload ope

Weber Distribution is expanding a consolidation program that worked for a segment of its market to a broader base of customers.

The Evans Network of Companies acquired the container drayage, domestic truckload and brokerage assets of two southeastern U.S.

Surface transportation should show modest growth through 2010 and then take off strongly in 2011 with double-digit growth in volume, a Schneider Logistics executive said Tuesday.

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Retail diesel jumped an average of 1.8 cents last week to $2.60 per gallon after falling for five weeks in a row, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

A key part of a busy truck route in Ohio is going to get a makeover, years ahead of schedule, thanks to the federal stimulus program.

Quality Distribution sold one of its tank cleaning subsidiaries to a company formed by its former president.

YRC Worldwide won an extension of a deadline by which it must have and maintain $100 million in liquidity — but only for a few weeks — as it strives to avoid bankruptcy.

Social networking sites and services such as Facebook and Twitter are beginning to change the way carriers interact with a new generation of shippers.

If the average consumer were asked to name an innovative industry using dynamic new technology, odds are trucking wouldn’t leap to the tip of the tongue.

Intermodal equipment providers who fear the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Dec.

The key to delivering innovation is the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances, making technology that provides real-time support increasingly critical, says Mike Naatz, executive vice pre

YRC Worldwide's Canadian subsidiary, YRC Reimer, formerly known as Reimer Express, closed its operations in Edmonton, Alberta, after Teamster employees there refused wage and benefit reductions, the

The world’s largest truck manufacturer is guardedly optimistic that sales in North America and Europe have hit bottom and will improve, but expects the greatest growth in coming years from the d

Trucking industry leaders gathered in Las Vegas today voted to support a bill that would ban cell-phone text messaging by motorists and truckers alike.