Trucking News

Logistics technology company Descartes Systems Group today acquired Exentra Transport Solutions, a U.K.-based provider of software-as-a-service in the European Union.

After taking tentative steps the past three years to develop a new chassis regime, the transportation community in the U.S. moved boldly in 2012 to replace ocean carrier-owned chassis with equipment owned and managed by terminal operators, truckers or leasing companies.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises recently entered two deals to expand its presence and range of U.S.-Mexican cross-border services.

Wisconsin-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems recently acquired A&A Express, a truckload services provider based in Brandon, S.D., specializing in refrigerated products, for about $24.0 million...

The much-reported truck driver shortage is not an immediate crisis for trucking companies and shippers, but they need to act decisively now to counter long-term trends that will tighten the supply of available drivers over the next decade.

Blue Tree Systems, provider of the R:COM Fleet Management solution in the U.S. and Europe, today named Jack Jacobs as its national sales executive of North America.

An international trucking index shows road freight rates in Europe have dropped 7 percent over the past five months.

The trucking industry needs to resolve its hiring problems to avoid what many sources say will be a sharp shortage of truck drivers in coming years.

Trucking software provider XRS Corporation reported a net loss of $0.3 million in the fourth quarter, ending Sept. 30, up from last year’s net loss of $1.5 million in the fourth quarter.

Walmart Canada is rolling out the prototype of an innovative new tractor-trailer in Ontario this week that has the capacity to deliver up to 40 percent more freight to its network of stores throughout the province.

Freight transportation provider XPO Logistics today reported a net loss of $3.1 million in the third quarter, compared with a net income of $0.2 million for the same quarter in 2011.

The same-day delivery industry is growing faster, driven by next-day retail replenishment and e-commerce, an industry association survey claims.

American Trucking Associations recently released an analysis confirming that the trucking industry is facing an acute driver shortage that will likely worsen over the next decade.

Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge sent ripples through supply chains and trucking networks far beyond the enormous damage it caused along the East Coast, said YRC Worldwide CEO James Welch.

FedEx Freight is putting two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered heavy trucks through their paces in Texas, running them nearly 1,000 miles a day in line-haul service.

Freight transportation analyst FTR Associates released preliminary data on Nov. 4 showing October Class 8 truck net orders at 22,760 for all major North American original equipment manufacturers...

Arkansas Best Corporation, parent of ABF Freight System, recently reported profit in the third quarter was $6.52 million, down 46.9 percent compared with last year’s third quarter profit of $12.27 million.

A long line of people thought last Friday would never come, the day when YRC Worldwide, the less-than-truckload operator that racked up billions of dollars in losses over the past five years, reported an actual quarterly net profit.

Transportation and warehousing employment increased 2.2 percent in October from a year ago, but was essentially flat from the previous month.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems increased its net profit 37.6 percent to $9.9 million while boosting revenue 23.4 percent to $279.2 million in the third quarter.

Trucking companies in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are struggling to restart in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, running limited operations where possible.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is banning tractor trailers, car-pulled trailers, house trailers and motorcycles from many New York City bridges because of the high winds from Hurricane Sandy.

A third-party freight broker urges shippers in the Northeast to call with plans to close operations or reschedule freight deliveries during Hurricane Sandy.

As Hurricane Sandy approaches landfall on the East Coast, truckers should use extreme caution in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast — or simply stay off the road.

Regal Logistics recently purchased a new 120,000-square-foot distribution center in Los Angeles...