Trucking News

Gasoline prices dropped an average of 2 cents per gallon last week, in the first decline in three mo

Michael Gerdin succeeds his father as president of Coralville, Iowa-based truckload carrier Heartlan

Washington, DC - The American Trucking Associations on May 16 told the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science

Central Freight Lines continues to post losses, and says its "best strategic alternative" to remaini

President Bush's nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is well-known to tr

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Shippers in Mexico now can electronically contact any one

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.FedEx Freight is moving forward with a plan to expand tec

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Truckload carrier Knight Transportation opened its fourth

Transportation fuels rose again last week but not severely. The national average diesel price rose 2

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.ABF Freight System said it secured a U.S. patent for its

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.With a campaign over longer combination vehicles looming,

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Bowing to complaints from unionized workers facing their

New Orleans -- Signs hanging on the gates of trucking terminals here proclaim what could be New Orle

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.With its largest competitors moving to more closely align

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Truckers may be "rock stars" in an era of tight capacity,

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The American Trucking Associations'' for-hire truck tonna

Financial analyst Morgan Stanley's Truckload Freight Index tracks real-time changes in the truckload

Arkansas Best plans to shed its Clipper logistics subsidiary.The $1.9 billion LTL carrier ha

With hurricane season looming in June, the federal government has not yet awarded a new contract for

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Looking to capture freight at the water''s edge, Averitt

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The nation''s leading trucking association chief is stepp

If there's an LTL slowdown out there, no one told Old Dominion Freight Line. ODFL reported record ga

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.If there''s an LTL slowdown out there, no one told Old Do

In five of seven regions across the country, the price of diesel went down last week. But a rise of

Con-way Freight, following up on last month's rebranding with a marketing push in Mexico, is extendi

Quality Distribution improved its financial picture in the first quarter, with net profit growing 90

In the wake of wage reductions granted by a bankruptcy court, Allied Holdings President and CEO Hugh

American Trucking Associations created a new Security Council designed to focus on the "heightened i

Truckload pricing grew an average of 3.6 percent in the first quarter, the slowest rate of growth fo

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Jevic and sister company Saia Motor Freight are heading i

The average retail price of diesel climbed a mere 2 cents nationally last week after a 31.5 cent sur

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Now operating under a singular brand in trucking, Con-way

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Arkansas Best is adapting its operations to the shift fro

When big boxes sneeze, trucking companies shiver. That was the case during the first qu

Now is the time to discuss bigger, heavier trucks as a hedge against high fuel prices and tight capa

Sluggish freight growth, modest yields, lower profits -- has the soft underbelly of truck pricing be

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.When big boxes sneeze, trucking companies shiver.

The American Trucking Associations' for-hire truck tonnage index declined for a second month in Marc

Tontitown, Ark.-based truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services increased net income 78.5 per

ABF Freight System said it secured a U.S. patent for its electronic shipment planner, an Internet-ba