Trucking News

Truck freight increased in March, but at a slower pace, as the American Trucking Associations For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.2 percent from February.

Same-day carrier Dynamex is launching a truckload division, Dynamex Truckload Services, to haul larger, heavier freight for its shipper customers.

Diesel prices across the U.S. fell the most since mid-December, dropping 4.2 cents in the week ending April 23 as oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel.

Roadrunner Transportation, one of the fastest-growing U.S. trucking companies, acquired flatbed carrier D&E Transport last week for about $11.2 million.

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

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

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.

Higher truckload pricing helped Swift Transportation nearly double its first quarter profit from a year earlier, raising net income to $6.2 million on $826.9 million in revenue.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide is asking its lenders to renegotiate the credit agreement that paved the way for its $500 million financial restructuring last July.

Hub Group reported a 15 percent increase in intermodal freight volume in the first quarter, boosting its intermodal revenue 20 percent to $404 million.

Steady improvement in demand for trucking and non-asset logistics services boosted Werner Enterprises first quarter net profit 30 percent to $21.5 million.

Greater emphasis on regional trucking boosted first quarter revenue and profit at refrigerated trucking and logistics operator Marten Transport, Mondovi, Wis.

Productivity gains from an expanding fleet of drivers and tractor-trailers helped truckload carrier Heartland Express outrun higher costs in the first quarter.

Netherlands-based logistics provider CEVA is extending its Asian cross-border road freight services to include less-than-truckload services.

All it took was the March 25 shutdown of a single North Sea oil platform to boost Brent crude oil prices $1 a barrel.

Booming natural gas production isn’t just giving the truck industry extra loads to haul.

There will be more Florida oranges coming out of the groves and onto refrigerated trucks this year — good news for growers, those who like liquid sunshine with their breakfast and operators of r

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

The curtain is nearly drawn on Congress passing a surface transportation bill this year, but a positive House performance could set the stage for a bolder plan in 2013.

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

When the gavel finally came down on convicted scam artist Kulwant Singh Gill on March 28, it came down hard.

Truckload pricing was 7.2 percent higher in March than a year ago, though down slightly from recent months, according to the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.

A 16 percent leap in intermodal loads helped push first quarter revenue up 17 percent to $1.17 billion at $4.5 billion carrier J.B.

Trucking companies hauling less-than-truckload freight should be able to hold onto the pricing power they’ve gained over shippers through 2014 at least, increasing rates and yields in 2012 and 2

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.

For the third time in as many months, federal regulators shut down an unsafe trucking company, ordering J&A Transportation out of service on April 9.

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.

Diesel prices across the U.S. hit their highest point since August 2008 in the week ending April 9, climbing six-tenths of a cent as oil prices fell to more than $102 a barrel.

Journal of Commerce Senior Editor William B. Cassidy interviewed the presidents of YRC Worldwide’s four less-than-truckload operating companies Feb.

Commercial truck crossings into the U.S.

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.

YRC Worldwide received “multiple bids” for more than 60 facilities put up for sale via a sealed-bid auction and is analyzing those offers, a company spokesperson said.

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

No Schneider National employees were injured when a tornado ripped through its Dallas operating center Tuesday afternoon, sending trailers flyin

The images captured on video are stunning: orange trailers are lifted from the ground by a tornado and tossed

A Schneider National truck terminal is among the properties damaged by one of at least two tornadoes that ripped through the Dallas area Tuesday afternoon.

Diesel prices across the U.S. fell for the first time in 10 weeks in the week ending April 2, dropping half a cent as oil prices rose over $105 a barrel.

Warmer than typical winter weather helped hold demand for trucking steady in February, typically a slack month for motor carriers, FTR Associates said.