Truckload

The Teamsters union filed a lawsuit last week in an attempt to block the Obama administration’s plans for a cross-border trucking pilot project with Mexico.

Regional truckload carrier Brown Trucking is investing in trailer-tracking technology to better manage its fleet and effectively increase capacity.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group increased its credit facility to $100 million and reset its credit terms as it eyes future acquisitions and internal investment.

Trucking’s urge to merge will be dented by an uncertain economy and faltering economic growth, slowing the pace of merger and acquisition activity after a year rife with motor carrier buyouts, s

Freight forwarder Panalpina, looking to capitalize on the growing importance of intra-Asia trade

Diesel prices across the United States rose 1 cent in the week ending Aug. 29, increasing for the first time in six weeks as oil prices rose on a report of increased consumer spending.

Three global investors will pump $150 million into a U.S. company that plans to build a nationwide network of natural gas fueling stations for heavy trucks.

A federal appeals court overturned a rule that would require certain trucking companies to use electronic onboard recorders to monitor drivers.

Major trucking companies along the U.S.

For-hire truck tonnage fell 1.3 percent in July after rising a revised 2.6 percent in June, indicating growth will

Heavy truck orders slowed for the third straight month in July, dropping 8.9 percent from June levels to 13,604, but cancellations remain low and production stays solid, ACT research said.

West Coast-based truckload carrier Gordon Trucking bought Buske Lines, an Illinois trucker, for an undisclosed sum, expanding its capacity and its coverage of the Midwest.

John Simone, former president and chief operating officer of Greatwide Logistics Services, joined regional truckload and logistics company LinkAmerica as president and CEO.

Diesel prices across the Unites States fell 6.2 cents in the week ending Aug. 15, hitting their lowest price in 24 weeks as crude oil prices around the world fell.

The nation’s top bulk trucking companies increased revenue 12.3 percent in 2010, with combined sales reaching $3.1 billion, according to SJ Consulting Group.

Trucking industry groups and environmental activists are hailing new heavy truck fuel efficiency standards that could cut oil use 530 million barrels by 2018.

President Obama on Tuesday introduced fuel efficiency standards for heavy trucks projected to save truck operators $50 billion from 2014 through 2018.

President Obama is set to unveil final rules Tuesday that for the first time set fuel efficiency and carbon emission standards for a wide range of commercial trucks and buses.

Capacity at a group of six large U.S.

Refrigerated trucking operator Frozen Food Express Industries cut its net loss by 25 percent from a year ago to $3.3 m

Freight shipments declined 3.7 percent in July from the previous month, a sign the sluggish economy is slipping, Cass Information Systems said Wednesday.

Major railcar and barge builder Trinity Industries's soared 63 percent in the second quarter to $30 million, despite disruptions to a barge production facility in Missouri.

Strong growth in global truck markets drove engine sales up 53 percent to $2.9 billion in the second quarter at heavy-duty engine manufacturer Cummins.

Railcar fleet leasing firm CIT Rail ordered 5,000 hopper and tank cars for about $475 million, with production to be split among “multiple manufacturers.”

USA Truck increased sales in the second quarter but its profit dropped $300,000 to $598,000, clipped by higher fuel costs and a fuel-hedge hangover from last year.

Heavy truck orders slowed for the second straight month in June, dropping 9 percent from May levels to 21,266 units, but production backlog remains “solid,” ACT Research said.

The backlog of Class 8 trucks on order to be built is getting bigger, as demand for new trucks remains strong despite a slowing economy, ACT Research said.

A major natural gas company is investing $150 million in a venture that would build 150 liquid natural gas fueling stations for heavy trucks at truck stops nationwide.

Schneider National is looking to hire 300 truck drivers in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico for its dedicated and bulk divisions to serve the region’s booming oil business.

Spot market truckload rates rose 4.5 percent in June from May, according to TransCore Freight Solutions, as truckload capacity dropped 7 percent.

Shippers are paying more to move truckload freight as both large and small trucking companies hike rates, according to a survey by Transport Capital Partners.

The driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets rose to an annualized rate of 75 percent in the first quarter of 2011, the American Trucking Associations said.

A key weekly measure of trucking capacity rose last week to a near three-year high, indicating the availability of truckload equipment continues to tighten.

Average diesel prices across the United States edged upward 1.4 cents a gallon in the week ending June 13, ending a five-week slide that has pushed fuel prices back below $4 a gallon in most of the co

Intermodal services provider Hub Group acquired Domestic Transport, a Pacific, Wash.-based drayage company that delivers containers in the Pacific Northwest.

Truckload capacity appears to be tightening again, after loosening in April, according to a key measure of industry equipment supply and demand.

Transportation and logistics giant Con-way will send $200,000 to help tornado survivors rebuild in Joplin, Mo., the home of its Con-way Truckload division.

Truckload giant Swift Transportation expects to raise its contract rates 4 percent this year, the CEO of the $2.9 billion trucking operator said Friday.

Landstar System is increasing its number of business capacity owners, the owner-operators who operate trucks for the $2.3 billion transportation company.

Net orders for commercial truck trailers dropped 30 percent in April from March after climbing for 18 straight months, according to ACT Research.