Trucking News

Patriot Transportation Holding improved net income 24 percent in its first fiscal quarter, which end

Ryder profit plunged 85 percent in the fourth quarter as a restructuring charge took a big bite out

Covenant Transportation Group lost $40 million in the fourth quarter as a result of the weak economy

Old Dominion Freight Line opened a service center in Columbus, Ga.The 21-door facility on a

Volvo Trucks North America will lay off 650 hourly workers at its truck assembly plant in Dublin, Va

A sharp drop in demand in the fourth quarter slashed revenue and net income for truck engine maker C

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Regional LTL carrier Peninsula Truck Lines opened a new t

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Con-way's $43 million loss in the fourth quarter provided

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Swift Transportation named Richard Stocking president and

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.LTL carriers that employ smart managers and maintain stro

The average price for diesel fuel in the United States last week was $2.246 per gallon, down 2.2 cen

As manufacturers and retailers watch consumer demand plummet, there's one area of at least mild sola

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Truckload carrier Marten Transport increased profits 96.4

Truck manufacturer Paccar took a solid hit from reduced gross margins, lower build rates and tempora

YRC Worldwide Chairman, President and CEO William D. Zollars denied his company was ready to sell re

Caterpillar said Jan. 30 it will lay off 2,110 workers in addition to the 20,000 employee terminatio

Saia net earnings fell 30 percent in the fourth quarter from approximately $2 million a year ago to

Averitt Express is taking a pass on a general rate increase in 2009, another sign that demand for tr

J. B. Hunt Transport Services earned slightly less in the fourth quarter than a year ago as softer d

Old Dominion Freight Line earned 30 percent less in the fourth quarter than a year ago as the recess

Does it take a trucker to keep the trains running on time? They think so in New Jersey, where NJ Tra

YRC Worldwide lost $244 million in the fourth quarter as impairment charges, network integration iss

Truckload carrier USA Truck eked out a $600,000 profit in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to a l

Knight Transportation's net income increased 16.8 percent to $16.1 million in the fourth quarter on

Arkansas Best Corporation, parent of LTL carrier ABF Freight System, lost $11 million in the fourth

Landstar earned 15 percent less in the fourth quarter than a year ago. Net income of $24.6 million o

Truckload carrier Marten Transport increased profits 96.4 percent in the fourth quarter to $5.8 mill

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Jan. 26 revised its outlook on Ryder System to negative fr

An organization representing large trucking corporations offered recommendations for environmental s

Freight volume hauled by the nation's largest trucking companies in December fell to its lowest poin

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Con-way Freight completed an operations merger in its Mid

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The companies buying the materials that are the lifeblood

The national average price for a gallon of diesel fell another 2.8 cents this week to $2.268, accord

Con-way lost $43 million in the fourth quarter as a result of an unprecedented drop in domestic frei

Details of the waiver conditions YRC Worldwide obtained from its bank lenders Jan. 16 reveal that th

Caterpillar profits sank 32 percent in the fourth quarter due to higher operating costs, especially

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The overcapacity that grips the trucking industry is hitt

Truckload carrier Heartland Express, in the midst of a tractor and trailer upgrade that began in the

Werner Enterprises posted a 20 percent increase in profits in the fourth quarter despite a 7 percent

WASHINGTON -- A Federal Maritime Commission administrative judge has ruled that petitioners in the L