Trucking News

FedEx reported a $181 million profit Thursday for its fiscal quarter ending Aug.

Same-day delivery and logistics provider Dynamex cut back operations and administrative staff and built its sales force to hang on to profits in its fourth fiscal quarter.

With the Sept.

As crude oil futures stabilized, retail diesel prices responded by falling for the second consecutive week.

The Teamsters union, already fighting legal and legislative battles to organize FedEx workers in the United States, said Monday it is launching a “large-scale campaign” to bring FedEx work

Congress must extend a crucial program due to expire in two weeks to fund highway and other transport projects around the nation, a freight stakeholders’ coalition said, but should also approve

Con-way Truckload launched a regional program to deliver shipments within less than 600 miles.

Motor carriers that want trucks out of their yards and off their books are starting to go where America sells practically anything: eBay.

FedEx issued an upbeat new view of the economy Friday, saying its earnings could end up nearly double earlier projections in part because of gains in international express shipping.

Truck manufacturer Navistar International lost $12 million in the fiscal quarter ending July 31, but the company said Thursday it will be profitable for the full year despite “the worst truck ma

Unionized drivers at less-than-truckload carrier New Penn Motor Express, facing possible shutdown, approved concessions sought by financially troubled parent company YRC Worldwide, the Teamsters union

If a recovery is truly under way in the freight sector, it is yet to translate into a steady upturn in the number of transportation jobs.

The antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice said it would not challenge the joint venture of seven U.S.

The retail price of diesel fuel fell 2.7 cents in the first week of September to reach a national average of $2.647 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

East side, west side, congestion is choking traffic all around New York City.

Freight rates in the truckload market, competing in many cases with rail-truck intermodal traffic, are steadily declining “without solid evidence of bottoming,” said transport stocks analy

The National Industrial Transportation League sharply criticized environmental groups’ claim that trade groups oppose clean-air efforts at ports this week, calling the accusation “a flagra

Federal stimulus disbursements by the Department of Transportation swelled to $2.354 billion by Aug.

A man and his two sons are facing federal fraud charges in Pennsylvania for allegedly setting up a phony truck brokerage scheme that duped companies out of more than $1 million.

As YRC scrambles to regain market share, its sales efforts this week focused on high value delivery options with an enhancement to the carrier’s Expedited Precision service.

Federal stimulus funds to states for such needs as highway, bridge and transit repairs were supporting at least 76,000 direct jobs as of July 31, says the House Transportation and Infrastructure Commi

Standard & Poor`s Ratings Services lowered corporate credit ratings on Quality Distribution to 'CC' from 'B-' on Tuesday.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide struck a new amendment to a $950 million credit line, the company said in its latest move to maintain financial footing and stay out of bankruptcy protection.

The average price of a gallon of diesel was nearly the same last week as the week before, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Quality Distribution, the largest tanker truck operator in the United States, announced a restructured debt arrangement Monday aimed at meeting financial obligations in a declining market.

Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico plummeted 31.5 percent in June compared with June a year ago, but the month-to-month increase of 6 percent runs counter to seasonal trends and confirms signals tha

In preparation for the peak fall season and extra demands on retailers, YRC Worldwide is expanding its window delivery capabilities across all of its transportation companies.

YRC Worldwide named Richard Williamson, a management consultant who’s worked with the less-than-truckload operator on its financial restructuring, chief strategy officer, a

The Department of Transportation pushed its stimulus project payouts to $2.023 billion in the week ending Aug.

Tonnage actually hauled by trucks decreased in July, whether compared with June’s dismal contraction or with July of a year ago.

New York City is scrubbing soot from its skyline by turning to electric vehicles, from heavy trucks to compact cars.

A truck driver working for UPS was killed Tuesday after his vehicle went off road and struck a concrete bridge pillar on an Indiana highway.

Credit ratings firm Standard & Poor’s removed both YRC Worldwide and Con-way from its CreditWatch list this month, but maintained a “negative outlook” for the trucking companies

Diesel prices climbed for the fifth consecutive week, adding 1.6 cents to reach an average of $2.668 per gallon, the highest retail price this year, according to the U.S.

Trucking bankruptcies plunged nearly 62 percent in the second quarter, falling to 370 from a peak of 970 a year ago, according to investment banking firm Avondale Partners.

Truckload carriers are beginning to report month-to-month increases in demand as the economy shows signs of improvement.

The case of two Los Angeles-area transportation con men had all the elements of a movie thriller except a Hollywood ending — at least for the scammers.

Regional less-than-truckload carrier New England Motor Freight will reach across the border and deep into Canada through a partnership with Manitoulin Transport, a Toronto-based LTL carrier with 66 Ca

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