Top 25 Truckload Companies

A survey of shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) shows broad agreement truck capacity is getting tighter, but the LSPs expect rates to rise higher next year than shippers anticipate. Electronic logging devices may be a reason.

US truck tonnage slipped slightly less than 1 percent in September, following hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but year-over-year data shows a significant long-term increase in freight volumes.

"Relentless" investment in equipment, higher driver pay help boost capacity, revenue, profit for Werner.

After climbing for seven straight weeks, US spot truckload rates stalled last week, but remain higher than usual for early October. DAT Solutions expects spot pricing to keep climbing.

The number of loads available per truck shot up from July to August, in advance of typical peak season trends. Truckers are betting on sustained volumes.

Shippers will have to dig harder to access new capacity as peak shipping season heats up.

Roadside inspectors' group provides a detour around a pre-holiday logistical nightmare by delaying out-of-service enforcement for ELDs.

Does an atypically "robust" summer for US freight demand signal higher road and rail rates ahead for shippers?

The $95 million sale of cold-chain specialist Unitrans follows months of consolidation and rebranding at the multimodal transport operator.

“We expect contractual rates to begin to improve over the next few quarters.”

Higher second-quarter freight demand drove up costs faster than contract rates for J.B. Hunt Transport Services, squeezing the $6.6 billion company's profits.

The $113 million acquisition of Interstate Distributor will give Heartland greater "depth" in important truck lanes and a roster of experienced drivers.

Shipper spending on dedicated trucking rose last year, almost equaling spending on one-way full truckloads, a CSCMP report shows.

A new chief financial officer may speed Roadrunner Transportation's recovery from financial stumbles last year.

Long-haul truckload operator launches final-mile service using straight trucks, team drivers.

The purchase of last-mile logistics businesses in 2016 drove Schneider revenue higher despite a soft truckload market.

Truckload and LTL carriers report higher number of shippers pressing for early contract talks amid concerns over capacity in second half.

Eric Meek, former president and chief operating officer, has been replaced by Jonathan Russell.

A private investment firm gives Roadrunner a big shot of capital as it reorders its trucking and logistics businesses and finances.

Future partners focus on better utilizing assets as excess capacity keeps pressure on truckload rates.

More shippers are putting freight lanes up for bid, Covenant Transportation Group executives say.

Spot market truckload rates are rising on higher demand, but contract rate hikes are being slowed by market uncertainty and excess capacity.

Werner Enterprises and Heartland Express follow J.B. Hunt in reporting a rise in freight demand as the second quarter gets under way.

Shippers and logistics operators at recent conferences didn't expect a massive capacity crunch to follow the rollout of an electronic logging mandate this year, but truckers warned there will be an impact.

Knight-Swift merger, Schneider public offering, seen triggering more truckload acquisitions, consolidation, and soon.

The $6 billion deal announced Monday will establish Knight-Swift Transportation as the largest truckload operator in the United States.

The largest US trucking companies now are owned by large logistics operators looking to provide end-to-end services for shippers.

An infusion of capital from a stock offering would help Schneider expand services, update equipment, and acquire companies.

Shippers spent more on dedicated trucking and last-mile deliveries last year, benefiting top tier carriers. Will industrial and consumer freight follow in 2017?

A new generation of leadership at US Xpress Enterprises plots a route through disruption, change to come.

A "technical error" could cut $112 million from federal funding for truck safety enforcement programs, raising the risk of high-cost accidents.

The largest US truckload carriers made the best of a bad year in 2016.

Adding density by merging separate refrigerated subsidiaries gave Roadrunner market leverage.

US spot truckload rates jump as volumes rise 17 percent in the first week of March.

After a "tougher" than expected start to the year, Swift Transportation expects more from March.

LTL-Truckload operator strives to reverse revenue decline, fix finances.

USAT Logistics, the non-asset arm of USA Truck, opens a Mexican subsidiary.

Dedicated trucking prevents deeper revenue decline at the Top 25 Truckload Carriers.

More than 60 trucking groups joined to ask the new US transportation secretary to immediately rescind a key rule in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability, or CSA, initiative.

The economic impact of a challenge to Mexican trucking in the United States is small, but the debate could fuel a growing trade dispute.