Trucking labor

Allied Systems Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors June 10, saying it would keep its auto-hauling trucks rolling as it reorganizes.

Celadon Trucking acquired a portion of the equipment of Hiner Transport, a truckload carrier based in Huntington, Ind. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Out on the road, where regulatory aspirations meet reality, the impact of the CSA initiative is easier to sense than describe.

Truckers aren’t typically shy or coy, and truckload carrier executives at the NASSTRAC 2012 Logistics Conference weren’t afraid to let customers and potential customers know exactly what t

What’s the biggest priority for truckload carriers this year? “Drivers, drivers, drivers,” said John Conley, president of the National Tank Truck Carriers.

A truck dealer and scrapper were indicted on charges of filing false insurance documents for participation in the Port of New York and New Jersey’s clean-trucks program and bribing an undercover

United States Maritime Alliance Chairman and CEO James Capo said he is “very hopeful and even cautiously optimistic” that management and the International Longshoremen’s Association

Truckload carriers need a “fundamentally different” strategy to attract potential drivers, John White, president of U.S. Xpress, said in an interview last week.

Trucking executives sounded a clear warning about rising costs Tuesday at the National Industrial Transportation League's Freight Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.

Operations at Port Klang have now returned to normal following strikes by truck drivers last week

A strike by truck drivers at Malaysia’s key gateway of Port Klang continued Thursday, preventing drayage movement of containers in and out of terminals operated by Westport and Northport stevedo

The number of active for-hire motor carriers in the U.S. rose 7.5 percent from February 2011 through this month, an increase of more than 11,500 trucking companies.

When the end came for J&A Transportation, the only surprise was how long it took.

Ask a trucking CEO why it’s so hard to hire drivers, and extended unemployment benefits will likely be the first thing past his lips.

The number of drivers employed handling big rigs in the U.S.

YRC Freight streamlined its nationwide network last week, implementing changes to reduce freight handling and focus the $3.2 billion less-than-truckload carrier squarely on two- to five-day long-haul

Are trucking companies losing confidence in the recovery and slowing plans to upgrade or expand capacity?

Employee drivers who work for the Toll Group logistics company in Southern California won an historic election Wednesday to become one of the few harbor trucking fleets in the U.S.

Large truckload carriers had a slightly easier time holding onto truck drivers in the fourth quarter, with rising tonnage likely translating into more miles and pay.

YRC Freight implemented two changes of operations over the April 7 weekend, reconfiguring its terminal network to speed freight and reduce handling.

The pace of hiring in trucking slowed in March, when for-hire carriers increased payroll 3.2 percent year-over-year but lost jobs compared with February, according to preliminary data released by the

The number of heavy truck or tractor-trailer drivers employed increased last year for the first time since 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Are trucking companies losing confidence in the economic recovery and slowing plans to replenish or expand their freight capacity?

Shipper association NASSTRAC joined the legal battle over truck driver hours-of-service rules, challenging a lawsuit seeking shorter daily hours for truckers.

A challenge to the Port of Los Angeles concession requirements for motor carriers moved a step closer to the U.S.

When Steve Russell buys a trucking company, it’s not because he wants trucks.

Research firm FTR Associates sees tightening truck capacity and rising truck pricing ahead this year for North American shippers as freight demand outstrips GDP.

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A surge in freight demand helped the for-hire U.S.

The trucking industry increased hiring 3.7 percent year-over-year in February, a slower pace than in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Celadon Trucking for allegedly requiring prospective employees submit to illegal medical tests.

Joseph B. Atkinson knew trouble was coming when Schneider National leaped into the regional truckload business in 2008.

The battle to recruit and, just as important, keep truck drivers is getting fiercer among truckload carriers as freight demand steadily increases.

Industry groups including shippers and trucking companies are urging New Jersey legislators to reject union-backed bills that would require owner-operators hired by drayage and parcel companies to be

The Teamsters union Monday ramped up its organizing efforts among port drivers in Seattle with a rally for owner-operators in the harbor area, but the event reportedly had minimal impact on drayage se

The trucking and rail lobbies are calling a truce in their battle over truck size and weight limits, hoping a measure of intermodal unity will help push a controversial multi-year surface transportati

Deciding it is what it hauls, YRC Worldwide is rebranding its largest less-than-truckload operating subsidiary YRC as YRC Freight. The name change is more than cosmetic.

YRC Worldwide is changing more than the name of its long-haul less-than-truckload subsidiary.

Harbor trucking executives across the U.S. celebrated an important victory last fall when the U.S.