Trucking News

A key government measure of U.S. freight shipping fell to its lowest level in seven years in April, the government reported.

A cap-and-trade energy program would mean huge costs for the trucking industry and American consumers, the American Trucking Associations told Congress.

Two months after YRC Worldwide received approval from its lenders to use real estate as collateral for union pension deferrals, the Teamsters union formed a committee to consider whether changes are n

Retail diesel soared 14.6 cents to $2.498 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Not since the panic of last June have prices shot up so fast.

Big shippers are throwing their weight behind legislation allowing heavier trucks on federal roads as a way to boost carrier productivity, save fuel, and cut transportation costs.

Transporting refrigerated cargo is becoming an oasis for motor carriers that are finding it hard to make money hauling other kinds of freight.

Weak pricing in the less-than-truckload market isn’t deterring carriers from building density to cut transit times and use service to win business in a shrinking market.

A new security requirement could lead to a shift in the cross-border trucking market with Canada and higher costs for shippers.

It took less than 24 hours for Anne Ferro’s nomination as the nation’s top truck safety official to become embroiled in the dispute over truck driver hours of service.

TNT, providers of express and mail delivery services, launched the first-to-market and only integrated road network across South America, linking Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

President Obama tapped Anne Ferro, the head of Maryland's state trucking association and a former Maryland motor vehicle administrator, as the next Federal Motor Carr

Profit at same-day delivery and logistics company Dynamex fell 56.7 percent to $1.6 million on sales of $92 million in its fiscal third quarter ending April 30 partly as a result of lower shipment vol

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FedEx will take some $1.2 billion in charges against its fiscal fourth quarter earnings, including charges against its purchased Kinko’s and Watkins Motor Lines businesses, the company announced

Trucking interests are disputing government claims that exemptions to hours-of-service regulations for carriers of agricultural commodities make those carriers less safe.

Economic recovery will occur when consumer spending turns around, unemployment bottoms out and the business inventory-to-sales ratio improves, but that will take awhile, according to the chief economi

Mexican truckers, frustrated with the pace of efforts to reestablish a cross-border trucking program in Washington, are seeking $6 billion in damages from the United States.

Brighton, Mich.-based Pilot Transport, a niche carrier specializing in transporting specialty, research and development, show and prototype vehicles, named Rodger Dowdell vice president of business de

YRC Worldwide fired four top executives as part of a management reorganization the company says will allow it to execute critical decisions throughout the company fast

Estes Express Lines opened a 12-door terminal in Hope, Ark. to help meet growing demand for less-than-truckload freight in the Southwest.

The average retail price of diesel fuel jumped 7.8 cents last week to $2.352 per gallon in the largest increase since March, according to figures released Monday by the U.S.

The New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund is seeking two months worth of pension fund contributions from YRC Worldwide and is threatening to take legal action if not paid.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sees a strong need to improve the country’s freight infrastructure, but the administration won’t back a higher fuel tax to pay for the work.

The sharp fall in fuel prices that helped prop up marginal trucking operators for eight months came to an abrupt halt in March, and after two months of increases, some of those carriers must choose be

Plans by General Motors and Chrysler to close a combined 1,900 dealerships are the latest bad news for car-hauling trucking companies hurt by problems in an industry decimated by high fuel prices last

The Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust, one of approximately 20 separate multi-employer pension plans to which YRC contributes, has referred its 10 YRC accounts to its attorneys for collect

With stricter border documentation requirements set to start June 1, Canadian truckers are “on edge” about how the new rules will be applied to drivers delivering exports into the United S

Liquid bulk carrier DisTech opened a terminal near Cincinnati as part of a plan to relocate into bigger facilities to take advantage of transportation options.

FTR Associates is forecasting the economy will stabilize in the third quarter, followed by a moderate recovery in 2010 with GDP growth estimated to rise 2.7 percent, data the firm says suggests the wo

The American Trucking Associations will support legislation limiting tolls on federal highways while the Obama administration is keeping tolling on the table as a way to pay for maintaining and upgrad

Saia cut transit times by a day for freight moving between Atlanta and the Midwest as a result of improved density that allows for more direct moves.

Two of the nation’s largest trucking organizations are at odds over legislation establishing a national database for commercial driver drug and alcohol test results.

Truck tonnage in the United States fell at its sharpest rate in 13 years in April as an apparent inventory correction hit in the midst of the lowest point yet for demand during the recession.

The national average price for diesel fuel grew for the third straight week for the week of May 25, according to the U.S.

UPS Freight, the less-than-truckload division of UPS, cut transit times between northeast Kansas and more than 70 cities from California to Virginia.

At a time when trucking companies are falling from the landscape due to a lack of business and unsustainable rates, Jim Palmer Trucking found a way to keep its wheels on the road.

Consumer confidence improved two months in a row and in May rose to its highest level in eight months, according to researchers at the Conference Board.

The Obama administration’s fiscal 2010 budget proposal includes more than $250 million in transportation spending cuts, but lawmakers and interest groups won’t let the programs go without a fight.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is ready to take a new cross-border trucking program to Congress, but the bigger question may be whether Congress is ready for Mexican trucks.

YRC’s Worldwide’s latest move to avoid exiting the highway for good raises new questions not only about the trucking company’s financial status but also the future of thousands of retired union employ