Trucking News

Trucking is increasingly bumping against a hiring ceiling. Low unemployment and job openings in competing industries mean fewer candidates are available to fill trucking jobs.

US shippers who enjoyed a break from truckload rate increases and even some reduction in costs in 2016 are nervous about what they’ll encounter in 2017, especially in the second half of the year.

Trucking companies that lease equipment to drivers and treat them as owner-operators need to review their practices in light of a decision that classified drivers who leased equipment from Swift Transportation as employees.

After setback, owner-operators say they will "pull out all the stops" to convince lawmakers, US Supreme Court, to kill the ELD mandate.

A group of truckers is expanding a program for high-end chassis.

Elaine Chao's measured responses signal shippers and transport providers shouldn’t expect massive infrastructure upgrades soon.

US official says excessive detention of truck drivers by shippers or receivers is an issue best handled by industry, rather than government intervention.

The Department of Transportation’s trucking agency ‘consolidates regulatory inventory,’ puts focus on finishing, implementing existing rules as new administration takes charge.

New UPS subsidiary Freightex will work closely with US-based Coyote Logistics.

The “capacity crunch” is a myth.

Trucking costs in Mexico may rise 8 to 14 percent, Transplace said, as carriers react to state-imposed fuel price increases.

For-hire trucking employment rose to a new high in December, but carriers are hitting a hiring ceiling.

Schneider National and heavy-haul flatbed specialist Daseke Inc. plan to go public in 2017, seeking new routes to financing.

NFI's acquisition of Dominion Warehousing and Distribution is the latest of several cross-border deals between US and Canadian logistics and transport operators.

Trucking insurers are likely to offer discounts on rising premiums to carriers that use safety technology such as Greenlight's on-board camera. That could help carriers struggling with rising insurance costs, and their customers.

Roadrunner Freight expects business to bounce back in 2017, and is expanding on the West Coast while building up density in major less-than-truckload lanes to inland markets.

A diverse group of shippers is ready to challenge fees that container lines and marine terminals impose for delays at US ports. But first the shippers need approval from federal maritime regulators.

Shippers have asked Russia’s competition regulator to investigate what they describe as a system of bribes and close business ties that results in some shippers receiving better treatment than others.

Surging demand for same day and e-commerce delivery is reshaping the Russian trucking sector.

The gradual diminishing of Moscow’s status as Russia’s leading trucking hub has been a win for shippers as they benefit from greater diversity of transit options and lower costs.

US truck tonnage growth hit the gas in November, rising after falling in October, but an index tracking pricing didn’t come even close to keeping up.

The US spot truckload market is delivering Christmas dinner, as demand for potatoes and meats spike and spot market volumes are nearly double year-ago levels. E-commerce is also shifting freight shipments closer to the year's end.

The fifth-largest US truckload carrier builds out its Laredo terminal, the busiest facility in its network, as cross-border trucking increases and shipper demands change.

The government of India has set the date by which all major, or public, ports should have in automated gate technologies.

Independent truckers want the full appellate court to rehear its case against the government's electronic logging mandate, as the compliance clock ticks louder.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association says language in a rule issued last year seen as "requiring" sleep apnea testing violates the law.

Two acquisitions give USPack greater reach in Midwest, more specialized services, technology as e-commerce speeds up.

As the Obama administration winds down, federal regulators are rolling out some long-awaited trucking safety rules, while Congress legislates driver hours of service. Some groups would like president-elect Trump to block pending rules.

PierPass advisory committee will further investigate feasibility of a flat fee and a portwide peel-off program.

As 2017 beckons, less-than-truckload trucking companies are traveling an unmapped route through some unfamiliar territory.

Limited rollout at GCT Bayonne is first at US East Coast's largest port.

US shippers are moving more goods, thanks to holiday demand, but not necessarily paying more for transportation.

One card and one security background check should be enough for truck drivers, American Trucking Associations CEO tells Senate subcommittee.

Truck driver pay is beginning to rise as truckload freight demand picks up.

The US truckload spot market soared post-Thanksgiving, with volumes hitting highs and rates continuing their climb in what may be a stronger consumer-led recovery.

The overall number of truck driver hours-of-service violations cited by roadside inspectors dropped in fiscal 2016, but certain types of violations increased.

The PierPass extended gates program at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex, which has moved vast quantities of cargo from daytime to nights and weekends, has come under no shortage of criticism in recent months.

Bipartisan legislation would make it easier for US Customs and Border Protection to partner with private companies or entities to fund infrastructure improvements at US border crossings and ports of entry.

A drug and alcohol testing clearinghouse could potentially further reduce the pool of available labor in an industry already battling a shortage of drivers.

Draft rules to sharply curb outbound direct investment would impact investment in overseas port and logistics assets under the country’s Belt and Road program.