Truck brokers

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.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington cleared the Department of Transportation to launch its CSA 2010 trucking safety program as early as this weekend, denying a request for a delay.

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Freight shipping demand slowed in the third quarter, but many of the nation’s largest trucking companies improved their bottom lines by carefully matching capacity to demand and better utilizing

Pitt Ohio Express is changing its name and its brand to reflect a broader business that goes "beyond the road" and the company's less-than-truckload roots.

Southeastern short-haul carrier Brown Trucking acquired West Brothers' Companies, expanding its capacity and adding new lines of business.

Higher costs helped push trucking and logistics giant Con-way back into the red in the third quarter, as a second-quarter surge in truck demand faded.

Truckload operator USA Truck reported a profit for the second straight quarter, though its net income slipped by a third from the second quarter to $586,000.

Vitran, a Toronto-based transportation and supply chain firm, increased profit 566 percent to $2 million in the third quarter as higher revenue and reduced debt payments eliminated an operating loss t

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Freight brokers and logistics companies increased sales in the second quarter, despite tight capacity, the Transportation Intermediaries Association said.

Logistics provider UTi Worldwide earned net profit of $18.9 million in the second quarter, up 60 percent from $11.8 million a year ago.

Truck tonnage rose 7.4 percent in July, the eighth consecutive month of year-to-year increase, the American Trucking Associations reported.

Freight broker Greatwide Logistics Services named Tyler Ellison, a veteran of two of the country’s largest trucking operators, to the new post of group president for transportation management and corp

An index of Canadian trucking activity fell 19 percent in July from the month before, freight services provider TransCore said Monday, but the decline was in line with seasonal shipping patterns.

USA Truck is rebounding from the recession and expanding its fast-growing intermodal business. The dry-van truckload carrier said Aug.

Former BAX Global leader Joey Carnes this week became chairman and CEO of MIQ Logistics, where he'll work with former BAX hand John Carr, president and COO.

Non-asset logistics operator AutoInfo increased revenue from transportation services 57.8 percent from a year ago to $69.1 million in the second quarter.

Roadrunner Transportation Services reported a 32.9 percent gain in revenue in the second quarter, but costs associated with the retirement of debt cut into earnings.

Panther Expedited Services, the second largest expedited transportation company in the U.S. by revenue, plans an initial public offering worth up to $100 million.

Trucking and logistics operator Con-way said its net profit fell by more than half in the second quarter to $13.9 million as earnings plunged in the core less-than-truckload operations despite improvi

Echo Global Logistics increased sales 82.3 percent from a year ago, as spot market and contractual brokerage and logistics revenue soared in the second quarter.

Seasonally adjusted truck tonnage declined for the second consecutive month, supporting claims the economy is slowing, the American Trucking Associations said.

Acquisitions and higher freight demand helped Universal Truckload Services increase sales 28.7 percent in the second quarter to $154.3 million, the carrier said Friday.

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Landstar System expanded its profit 36 percent in the second quarter to $24.4 million with a record number of truckload moves and said it expects to maintain a strong recovery in demand through the th

Truckload capacity is so tight that even a slowing economy is unlikely to dampen rate hikes this summer, according to investment research firm R.W. Baird.

Trucking companies that once kept third-party logistics providers at arm’s length are pulling them in for a closer embrace as they seek new sources of freight.

Struggling less-than-truckload giant YRC Worldwide said it will sell part of its YRC Logistics operation for $37 million to private equity investor Austin Ventures and partner with that firm on some o

Con-way Freight is expanding its work for Caterpillar Logistics Services, the logistics arm of heavy equipment maker Caterpillar, to cover trucking in more than half the United States as well as busin

The nation's largest trucking operator, YRC Worldwide, is forging closer relationships with third-party logistics providers as it tries to rebuild its business.

Truckload carriers are becoming less reliant on brokers as freight volume recovers from the recession, according to a survey by Transport Capital Partners.

A bipartisan Senate bill aimed at defending businesses from fraudulent freight brokering schemes is being backed by independent truckers and freight brokers.

Truckload capacity is tightening in the U.S. Southeast at a greater rate than other portions of the country, according to Longbow Research.

Shippers and freight brokers are facing a “landslide” of lawsuits related to truck accidents, says Tucker Company Worldwide President Jeffrey Tucker.

Pacer International, in the second round of major management changes in the last three months, announced new executive changes as the intermodal and logistics services provider transforms from primari

Truck tonnage climbed to its highest level since September 2008, the brink of the financial crisis that precipitated the recession, a trucking industry index shows.

The pace of recovery is slowing for truckload carriers, as truck capacity stabilizes at a lower level, according to the May 28 Morgan Stanley Truckload Freight Index.

Trucking yield and rates aren't rising as quickly as demand despite a surge in freight volume on highways in the first quarter, according to new figures on the trucking market.

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line expanded its international freight forwarding business, opening four regional command centers to guide shipments through its domestic and global networks.