Trucking News

Rising operating costs and reduced productivity gains may force tank truck carriers to hike bulk com

ICC SETS CAPITAL COSTS FOR RAIL INDUSTRYThe Interstate Commerce Commission has set the cost

Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Howard Yerusalim Monday urged traffic safety coordinators from

VOLVO WILL INCREASE STAKE IN PARK RIDGEROCKLEIGH, N.J. - Volvo North America Corp. is buying

Federal regulations requiring drug tests for transportation workers leave employers vulnerable to a

Builders Transport Inc. reported a first quarter net loss of $1.07 million on revenue of $55.5 milli

CLEVELAND CONSULTING ASSOCIATES (Cleveland) - Tony Reed has joined this firm as management consultan

The major customers of truckload motor carriers want to use large, all- purpose truckers but they wa

TEAMSTERS RECOGNIZE OHIO OVERNITE WORKERSRICHFIELD, Ohio - Teamsters Local 24 has been certi

In a victory that the United Auto Workers believes will slow the growth of low-wage, non-union autom

A majority of House members have endorsed a resolution by Rep. Glenn Anderson opposing an increase i

SAY WHAT? Conrail says it hasn't the faintest idea what New Jersey Transit Corp. is talking

Nationwide growth in U.S. manufacturing is resulting in strong demand for heavy trucks and all-time

Journal of Commerce Transportation Table, Karen B. Phillips, Interstate Commerce Commission will spe

Mayne Nickless Ltd., an A$2 billion (US$1.6 billion) company with 35,000 employees in 800 branches i

Weakening freight volume and a modest increase in price competition should deflate second half earni

CSX URGES SHIPPERS TO PREVENT DAMAGEBALTIMORE - CSX Transportation Inc. is asking paper ship

Ryder System Inc.'s first quarter earnings fell to $26.2 million, or 31 cents a share, from $37.3 mi

Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, the Dutch transport group, is scaling down its involvement in air freight a

Makers of a new highway barrier say their sand-filled bins may be better at preventing accidents tha

LEAKING EXXON BARGE IS CLEANED UP IN LA.BAYOU SORREL, La. - Tanker trucks hauled the last of

LAIDLAW ACQUIRES MORE SHARES IN ADTBURLINGTON, Ontario - Laidlaw Transportation Ltd. said it

CF MOTOR FREIGHT TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENTPALO ALTO, Calif. - CF Motor Freight said it will spend

Some northern New Jersey lawmakers have asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to deny pe

ALASKAN SEAFOOD SHIPPERS and refrigerated truckers are bracing for a rough summer because ofthe Exxo

Trucking officials reacted cautiously to the selection of Thomas D. Larson, a former Pennsylvania se

New York is throwing it's first ever annual transportation week May 15-21. The celebration w

A new congressional report critical of the government's truck safety programs prompted Senate legisl

American Society of Transportation and Logistics, briefing and round table on up-to-date logistics a

It was a chocolate-lover's delight, but a big headache for everyone else when a candy-ladened tracto

The long, lonesome highway may soon become a classroom for truck drivers. New audio tapes al

CSL Intermodal said it is expanding its domestic container network by adding daily eastbound servic

Paccar Inc. increased its new lead in the heavy truck industry last month as sales flattened for oth

Legislation that cracks down on unsafe trucking companies, attacks drug sales at truck stops and req

The motor carrier announced the openings of three new terminals and seven personnel moves. N

United Parcel Service Inc.'s trucking operations posted a nearly 30 percent increase in 1988 operati

Truck brokers still aren't too excited about moving into freight forwarding, despite the Freight For

A new Ohio law that limits how high a vehicle can be "jacked up" is rankling some truck owners and t

ROADWAY SERVICES REPORTS EARNINGS UPRoadway Services Inc.'s first quarter earnings rose to $

The owner of Pilot Freight Carriers Inc. is being investigated by an Oklahoma grand jury in connecti