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YRC Worldwide broke into the black in the fourth quarter, reporting a $23 million net profit on $1.09 billion in revenue, and cut its full-year loss to $322 million.

ABF Freight System lost $7.4 million in the fourth quarter and $58.1 million in 2010 as it struggled to raise pricing, control costs and get back to profitability.

Transportation and logistics operator Con-way returned to the black in 2010, reporting a $4 million profit for the year compared with a $110.9 million loss in 2009.

Higher shipment volume helped boost C.H. Robinson's profit 17.6 percent in the fourth quarter to $103.2 million as revenue rose 15.8 percent to $2.3 billion.

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ABF Freight System's lawsuit challenging Teamster wage and pension concessions at YRC Worldwide is on a fast track toward a hearing in a federal appeals court.

UPS Freight didn't increase less-than-truckload shipment volume much in 2010, but its LTL revenue leaped 10.9 percent to $2 billion, a sign higher rates are sticking.

Old Dominion Freight Line more than doubled its profit for the full year and fourth quarter, as a 19.9 percent increase in shipments boosted revenue in late 2010.

The massive winter storm hitting a broad swath of the U.S. is delaying or stopping truck and train transport, as states shut icy highways or impose truck limits.

Jacobson Companies, a global 3PL headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is expanding into Europe with the help of a strategic partnership with Rhenus Logistics, a $3.7 billion logistics service provider b

A streamlined FedEx Freight launched enhanced services Monday after cutting and reorganizing its terminals, taking some cues from its express parent.

Bill Logue will launch a new trucking company Jan. 31 — FedEx Freight. It will look much the same as the old FedEx Freight. Its rates won’t change.

There’s one area where FedEx Freight will stick to the LTL playbook: pricing.

Canadian shipping costs dropped for the second straight month in November, as freight demand cooled in the fall, according to the Canadian General Freight Index.

YRC Worldwide will cut 80 jobs in Akron, Ohio, and is looking for a buyer for the former headquarters of Roadway Express there, the Akron Beacon Journal reported.

Truck tonnage rose 5.7 percent last year compared with 2009, helping tonnage to recovery from an 8.7 percent plunge, the American Trucking Associations said.

Why should anyone worry about improving bridges between the U.S. and Canada? U.S. imports plummeted 33 percent between from 2008 to 2009, and U.S. exports slid 21 percent.

Sometime in the next few months, President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will unveil a broad, new vision for the border separating the world’s two largest trading partners, re

Truck safety regulators are focusing increasingly not on the truck but on the driver who operates it.

ABF Freight System is taking its legal challenge against concession agreements negotiated by YRC Worldwide and the Teamsters to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he expects to have an agreement to revive cross-border trucking between the U.S. and Mexico by the middle of the year after sending U.S.

Trucking company Cargo Transportation Services can attempt to reorganize after a U.S. bankruptcy court judge gave the company the cash it needs to keep rolling.

The spot market for truckload freight surged 55 percent year-over-year in December, according to the TransCore North American Freight Index.

As 2011 gets under way, less-than-truckload carriers increasingly are thinking outside the pallet, expanding and launching non-traditional services in a bid to secure more freight and reach deeper int

Canadian transportation company Vitran is expanding into the Southeastern U.S. by purchasing the $70 million less-than-truckload division of Milan Express.

Con-way Freight says it expects the company's operating profit to fall by nearly a third in the fourth quarter because soaring healthcare costs are offsetting improvements in shipping demand.

The number of trucking operations tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped 7.5 percent from 2007 through early 2010, a sign of significant consolidation among motor carriers over the course o

Ryder System completed its acquisition of Total Logistics Control, a third-party logistics provider, for approximately $200 million.

The federal government will consider limiting the speed of all heavy trucks to 68 mph, a proposal some truckers support and others oppose.

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Old Dominion Freight Lines promoted several key executives following the death of John B. Yowell, executive vice president and chief operating officer.

South Carolina-based Southeastern Freight Lines is launching a truckload and logistics subsidiary, moving beyond its regional less-than-truckload market.

The Intermodal Association of North America elected a chairman, vice chair, treasurer and five directors, the board announced Jan. 5.

John B. Yowell, a veteran trucking executive who helped build Old Dominion Freight Line into an almost $2 billion company, died Dec. 30. He was 59 years old.

Trucking company ABF Freight System is broadening its container service from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic as it expands its global portfolio.

The Teamsters union gave YRC Worldwide until March 15 to make good on a plan that includes $300 million in new equity investment and debt reduction.

A wave of acquisitions could hit the U.S. trucking and logistics industries in 2011 as the economy slowly improves and cramped companies look to expand.

2010 produced mixed results for the truckload, less-than-truckload and domestic parcel segments of the trucking industry.

There used to be some uniformity to the U.S. less-than-truckload industry, at least in the unionized wing of the business.