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U.S. for-hire truck tonnage in July rose at the slowest pace of 2016 on a year-over-year basis.

The long-anticipated, much-discussed truck driver shortage could surface again as a major problem as early as next year.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to test whether some under 21-year-old truck drivers are as safe as their older counterparts.

Whether the economy improves in the second half of 2016 or slides toward recession, trucking companies will have to travel in new directions, driven by high inventories, e-commerce, new regulations and increasingly complex supply chains.

The automated truck won't arrive overnight, but evolve over time, as individual components prove themselves, Kenworth executives say.

The crisis has challenged the transportation sector in the region, which is served from the north by Kansas City Southern Railway and from the west by BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad. The over-the-road sector, though, has been hit the hardest.

The controversial mandate requiring electronic logging devices in U.S. trucks by the end of next year will reappear before a federal court next month, jeopardizing the fate of the rule itself, and the so-called “capacity crunch” it was expected to generate.

Canadian partner gives $2 billion U.S. trucking company more roads to run.

Supply chain disruptions are no longer the exception, they’re the rule, increasing demand for expedited transport.

Fast-growing BlueGrace Logistics should grow faster with support from private equity firm Warburg Pincus.

Does an uptick in trucking jobs indicate the trucking market is stabilizing?

Matson has closed on its acquisition of Alaska logistics provider Span Alaska.

With cost controls, disciplined pricing and a sharp eye on volume margins, XPO Logistics positions LTL for more profitable growth.

Small carriers may have gained more revenue than their larger counterparts last year, reversing a recent trend. Can they do it again in 2016?

XPO's North American LTL operations, the former Con-way, led the company's drive to its first quarterly net profit.

Dicom looks to integrate cross-border trucking, parcel business with last-mile service as e-commerce grows.

Despite lower volumes, many LTL carriers say they are still winning contractual rate increases.

Strong hiring may have led to a new peak in trucking's hiring cycle. Is it downhill from here?

The acquisition of Command Transportation last year is helping Echo Global Logistics gain truckload brokerage market share.

The slight year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue was the first for ODFL since 2009.

TransForce's package division increased sales 6 percent, but its trucking business struggled in the second quarter.

Span Alaska gives Matson Logistics greater reach into The Frontier State, and door-to-door service capabilities increasingly needed to compete.

Tonnage drops in June despite other improving indicators for trucking.

The EU has fined four of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers a record 2.93 billion euros ($3.3 billion).

Established logistics companies and brokers could partner with digital start-ups to speed the "evolution" of technology demanded by shippers, the CEO of Echo Global Logistics says.

As freight demand lags, trucking's payroll drops from post-recession peak.

The soft U.S. freight economy has trucking companies slamming on the capacity brakes.

It's a hard economy for smaller U.S. trucking companies such as Nebraska Transport Company. The carrier believes technology, partnerships can help it not just survive, but thrive.

Frustrated by a slow-growth economy, low freight demand and tighter regulatory controls, trucking providers are looking for new opportunities, often in last-mile logistics.

Amazon now may be the world's largest 3PL, especially for small shippers, supply chain consultant Adrian Gonzalez tells SMC3 Connections 2016.

"Hauliers and shippers run the risk of being punished for infringement of rules they could not properly prepare for,” the European Shippers' Council said.

Shipment volumes climbed in May, but not enough to pull transport providers out of a deep year-over-year hole.

U.S. regulators are taking further steps toward a rulemaking on the detention of truck drivers by shippers and their customers.

Trucking firms in Russia are consolidating and expanding their services in a bid to remain competitive with containerized rail transportation.

An online marketplace for dynamic less-than-truckload spot rates is expanding rapidly as technology helps shippers, carriers meet goals.

Canadian freight operator Manitoulin Global Forwarding added temperature-controlled trucking to its portfolio.

At the U.S.-Canadian border, rising truck volumes are a welcome sign of economic improvement. But an 8 percent increase in truck crossings in Detroit in the first quarter also raises concerns about the speed and fluidity of cross-border freight traffic.

Less-than-truckload shipments only inched upward in May.

Schneider acquires two companies.

A surge in auto exports, as well as other goods, helped lift trucking activity at the three largest U.S.-Canada border crossings.