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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.

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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.

Truckload carriers are holding onto rate increases despite a decline in truck tonnage and loads, according to a report from Jefferies Equity Research Americas.

Three Joplin, Mo., employees of Con-way Truckload and the spouse of one employee were injured in Sunday's tornado, the trucking firm said.

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Net orders for heavy trucks surged 31 percent in April from March, an ordering pace that is creating a bulging backlog that will strain truck production lines.

The weekly Longbow Research Truckload Barometer increased 1.3 percent last week, ending a month-long drop in April, indicating tighter availability of trucks in parts of the U.S., the investment resea

Winter weather, low West Coast demand and rising costs contributed to a $2.5 million first quarter net loss at truckload carrier Covenant Transportation.

Landstar System increased revenue 4.4 percent in the first quarter to $572 million, a slower rate of growth than in recent quarters at the truckload carrier group.

Werner Enterprises saw its net profit surge 50.3 percent in the first quarter over the same quarter a year ago to $16.3 million as freight demand picked up momentum in the Midwest amid tight capacity

Truckload carrier USA Truck lost $2.7 million in the first quarter despite a 17.4 percent surge in overall revenue to $124 million as tougher operating conditions and higher fuel costs hit the company

Heartland Express increased operating revenue 10.4 percent to $127.7 million in the first quarter, raising net income 25.2 percent to $14.9 million.

A key measure of truck capacity and demand dropped 10.7 percent last week, indicating some easing of over-the-road capacity constraints in mid-April.

Truckload capacity slackened slightly in the week ending April 11 but is still much tighter than it was a year ago, according to a key measure of capacity and demand.

The Longbow Research Truckload Barometer dropped less than 1 percent this week, indicating the contraction of truckload capacity is slowing.

Diesel fuel prices fell for the seventh straight week across the United States in the week ending Dec. 21, with the national average price sliding 2.2 cents, the U.S.