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ABF Freight Systems increased revenue and tonnage by double digits in the first quarter, but fuel prices and weak pricing contributed to a $22.6 million loss.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide said it is making "significant progress" toward completing key steps in its restructuring plan before an April 29 deadline.

Rising freight demand is spilling across borders, sending spot market truck freight volume in Canada up 35 percent year-over-year in March, said TransCore.

Choptank Transport, an asset-based third-party logistics company in Preston, Md., opened a regional office in Atlanta, expanding its footprint in the Southeast.

Strong intermodal and trucking demand in the first quarter pushed revenue up 18 percent to $1 billion at J.B. Hunt Transportation Services, Lowell, Ark.

New data showing a lower rate of truck-involved accident deaths indicate more restrictive hours of service rules for truck drivers are unnecessary, the American Trucking Associations says.

Online transportation marketplace uShip is opening its doors to freight brokers, allowing brokers to offer loads to truckers on the Web-based auction site.

A panel of appellate court judges will decide the fate of an unprecedented legal battle between two major trucking companies and the Teamsters union.

A three-judge appellate court panel heard arguments April 12 in an ABF Freight System lawsuit against the Teamsters union and subsidiaries of YRC Worldwide.

Stronger freight demand in March pushed the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index up 2.7 percent month-to-month, reversing declines in January and February.

The select group of trucking companies with more than a billion dollars in annual revenue expanded last year, as three carriers shot past the revenue threshold.

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Long-haul and regional trucking operator Integrated Freight acquired Cross Creek Trucking of Medford, Ore., extending its reach to the Pacific Northwest.

Freight shipments jumped 6.9 percent in March, with tonnage increasing across transportation modes, according to the Cass Freight In

For shippers, the search for truck capacity is like playing dominos.

YRC Worldwide named veteran executive Phil Gaines senior vice president and chief financial officer of its nationwide less-than-truckload subsidiary, YRC Inc.

Express transportation giants UPS and FedEx joined with AT&T, Verizon and Pepsi-Frito Lay in a coalition to promote the use of alternative fuel vehicles.

Deutsche Post DHL and Ryder System are rolling out electric, hybrid and natural gas trucks, from delivery vans to heavy vehicles, in New York and California.

Less-than-truckload carriers say they increasingly are handling heavier freight typically moved by truckload carriers as capacity in that sector tightens.

Less-than-truckload carriers are doing something they haven’t done in a long time — hiring.

FedEx Freight was the largest less-than-truckload carrier in the U.S. for the second consecutive year in 2010, a survey of the top LTL 25 trucking companies says.

The modest economic recovery in 2010 pumped life back into pummeled less-than-truckload carriers, filling trailers with enough freight to push up revenue 9.8 percent at the top 25 LTL trucking companies, to $24.2 billion. This article was corrected Friday, April 7, 2011.

Roadrunner Transportation earned its name last year as the fastest growing company among the top 25 less-than-truckload carriers ranked by revenue.

The biggest less-than-truckload carriers got bigger in 2010, with the number of LTL trucking companies with more than $1 billion in revenue climbing to nine.

Brandt Truck Line, Bloomington, Ill., shut its doors March 22 after 88 years in business. The company offered no explanation for the shutdown.

The Teamsters Central States Pension Fund is cutting into benefits for YRC Worldwide employees as the trucking operator struggles to restructure its finances.

The American Trucking Associations seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.9 percent in February after rising 3.5 percent in January.

Regional less-than-truckload carrier Holland will hire nearly 1,000 drivers this year as freight demand accelerates, the YRC Worldwide subsidiary said Monday.

This article has been corrected, April 8, 2011.

Demand for logistics and transportation services is generating jobs in Ohio, a state struggling with an unemployment rate higher than the national average.

FedEx Freight lost $110 million in its most recent quarter, despite an 11 percent improvement in yield as sales increased and truck shipments declined.

FedEx Ground outdistanced its sister divisions at Memphis-based FedEx, increasing revenue 14 percent and operating profit 26 percent in the quarter ending Feb. 28.

Teamster multi-employer pension plans are seeking a higher interest rate on deferred pension obligations owed by YRC Worldwide, throwing up a potential stumbling block for the troubled trucking giant

As Chief Financial Officer Sheila Taylor prepares to leave YRC Worldwide, pressure mounts on the company’s board to find a successor to William D. Zollars.

YRC Worldwide Chief Financial Officer Sheila Taylor will leave the troubled trucking giant March 31 as it attempts to recruit new leadership and restructure its finances.

UPS agreed to pay a $1.3 million fine and to hire independent inspectors for its trucks in New York in a settlement with the attorney general there.

YRC Worldwide said it reached an agreement with key stakeholders on a comprehensive restructuring plan, meeting a Feb. 28 deadline.

There’s a new yardstick for capacity among the many figures the shipping world uses to measure available space: hours.

U.S. authorities say a Saudi national arrested in Texas for allegedly plotting terror attacks was caught shipping explosive chemicals through domestic trucking networks.

The road is shifting for Roadrunner Transportation and other less-than-truckload carriers diversifying to capture more of their customers’ freight.