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FedEx converted 92 standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric trucks.

The largest Teamsters pension fund dropped YRC Worldwide, the largest unionized trucking company, as its Teamster employees prepare to vote on whether to accept a 15 percent wage cut and a suspension

Canada on July 20 put up the cash to bring a publicly-owned bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, "one step closer" to fruition despite legal and lobbying challenges from the U.S.

Financiallytroubled YRC Worldwide could see results of a critical vote by its Teamsters drivers on dramatic changes to the labor contract by the first week of August.

Flying J has a plan to come out of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but it means selling its core truck stop business to Pilot Travel Centers.

The trucking industry is towing too many empty trailers to gain the speed it needs to reach a recovery, says FTR Associates.

The Teamsters union would gain a seat on YRC Worldwide's board of directors and other concessions from the company in return for a 15 percent overall wage cut and a temporary waiver on pension payment

YRC Worldwide’s stock rose 60 cents to $1.49 a share July 9 on news that the financially strapped trucking enterprise reached a tentative agreement on cost cuts with the Teamsters union.

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Milan Express and New Century Transportation formed a “Lightning Alliance” to speed less-than-truckload freight from the Midwest and Southeast to the Northeast.

YRC Worldwide and the Teamsters union will extend negotiations on contract concessions that could save the carrier $500 million into a second week.

Although truckers hauled less freight in May compared with the same month a year ago, the contraction was the best year-over-year result in three months, and tonnage actually increased compared with A

Six months after winning a 10 percent wage cut from its unionized workers, YRC Worldwide is back at the bargaining table.

YRC Worldwide finalized an agreement with its largest pension fund to defer pension contributions as the trucking company scrambles to raise cash to avoid bankruptcy.

FedEx reported an $876 million net loss in its fiscal fourth quarter ending May 31 on Wednesday but company chief Frederick Smith said he believes the economy likely appears to have reached the bottom

Con-way Freight will soon begin offering “truckload-style” pricing for large less-than-truckload shipments by capping rates in an effort to funnel more business into its higher-cost LTL fr

YRC Worldwide did not apply for relief under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Associated Press reported June 12.

The solution to freight corridor congestion may be through reducing commuter congestion, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

The American Trucking Associations renewed its call on Congress to mandate a 65 mph speed limit and require trucks to install electronic speed governors to insure they comply.

A key government measure of U.S. freight shipping fell to its lowest level in seven years in April, the government reported.

A cap-and-trade energy program would mean huge costs for the trucking industry and American consumers, the American Trucking Associations told Congress.

Two months after YRC Worldwide received approval from its lenders to use real estate as collateral for union pension deferrals, the Teamsters union formed a committee to consider whether changes are n

Big shippers are throwing their weight behind legislation allowing heavier trucks on federal roads as a way to boost carrier productivity, save fuel, and cut transportation costs.

Weak pricing in the less-than-truckload market isn’t deterring carriers from building density to cut transit times and use service to win business in a shrinking market.

Profit at same-day delivery and logistics company Dynamex fell 56.7 percent to $1.6 million on sales of $92 million in its fiscal third quarter ending April 30 partly as a result of lower shipment vol

FedEx will take some $1.2 billion in charges against its fiscal fourth quarter earnings, including charges against its purchased Kinko’s and Watkins Motor Lines businesses, the company announced

Economic recovery will occur when consumer spending turns around, unemployment bottoms out and the business inventory-to-sales ratio improves, but that will take awhile, according to the chief economi

YRC Worldwide fired four top executives as part of a management reorganization the company says will allow it to execute critical decisions throughout the company fast

Estes Express Lines opened a 12-door terminal in Hope, Ark. to help meet growing demand for less-than-truckload freight in the Southwest.

The average retail price of diesel fuel jumped 7.8 cents last week to $2.352 per gallon in the largest increase since March, according to figures released Monday by the U.S.

The New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund is seeking two months worth of pension fund contributions from YRC Worldwide and is threatening to take legal action if not paid.

The Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust, one of approximately 20 separate multi-employer pension plans to which YRC contributes, has referred its 10 YRC accounts to its attorneys for collect

FTR Associates is forecasting the economy will stabilize in the third quarter, followed by a moderate recovery in 2010 with GDP growth estimated to rise 2.7 percent, data the firm says suggests the wo

The American Trucking Associations will support legislation limiting tolls on federal highways while the Obama administration is keeping tolling on the table as a way to pay for maintaining and upgrad

Saia cut transit times by a day for freight moving between Atlanta and the Midwest as a result of improved density that allows for more direct moves.

Two of the nation’s largest trucking organizations are at odds over legislation establishing a national database for commercial driver drug and alcohol test results.

Truck tonnage in the United States fell at its sharpest rate in 13 years in April as an apparent inventory correction hit in the midst of the lowest point yet for demand during the recession.

UPS Freight, the less-than-truckload division of UPS, cut transit times between northeast Kansas and more than 70 cities from California to Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Transportation scaled back its plan to close a group of rest stops in one of the heaviest truck routes in the country in a move the American Trucking Associations says will

Reddaway, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide in the western United States and Canada, this week launched a four-level Guaranteed Window Delivery service.