Trucking News

The Senate could pass a transportation bill quickly whenever Senate leaders agree to a package of amendments for debate, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Wednesday.

Smith Electric Vehicles expanded its line of commercial trucks, introducing the Newton Step Van at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis Tuesday.

The less-than-truckload transportation industry grew 11.6 percent in 2011, pushing total U.S. LTL revenue past $30 billion for the first time since the recession.

The trucking industry will outperform the U.S. economy this year, with truck freight growing 3.9 percent, greater than overall GDP, according to FTR Associates.

Net orders for new Class 8 trucks dropped 11 percent in February from January, the second straight month of decline, according to research firm FTR Associates.

Old Dominion Freight Line is driving its trucks to the water’s edge and beyond, expanding its drayage and expedited less-than-containerload services.

Henry Vander Pol, a trucking pioneer who helped establish two motor carriers in the Pacific Northwest, died Wednesday in Auburn, Wash. He was 95 years old.

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

Celadon Trucking will get trucks, trailers and, perhaps most important, badly needed truck drivers from its purchase of Teton Transportation’s assets.

Truck pricing is expected to rise by low to mid-single digit percentages over the next year, as shippers, brokers and carriers deal with tight capacity and rising costs.

Capacity at a group of six large truckload carriers slipped 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter and 1.1 percent year-over-year, as tractor-trailer supply and freight demand fou

The American Trucking Associations is siding with regulators in federal court to support voluntary use of electronic onboard recorders by trucking companies.

The freight tonnage carried by for-hire trucks fell 4 percent in January from December, when it surged 6.4 percent, the American Trucking Associations said.

U.S. surface transportation trade in December with Canada and Mexico totaled $74.2 billion, an 11.6 percent increase from a year earlier, according to the Transportation Department.

Increases in freight volume and yield pushed YRC Worldwide’s total revenue up 11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 to $1.2 billion, but didn’t add up to a profit.

Diesel prices across the U.S. topped $4 a gallon in the week ending Feb. 27, jumping 9.1 cents to a nearly 10-month high as oil prices fell after a seven-day surge.

Drewry Shipping Consultants estimates the international shipping industry contributes about 3.3 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, part of an enormous impact from global freight tr

Trucking in 2012 is an increasingly divided industry, not along lines such as truckload or less-than-truckload or dry van or flatbed, but by size and scale.

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

Not every truck carrying tanks of liquid or gas should be considered a “tank truck” and regulated in the same way as a bulk tank-trailer, a trucking group says.

Safety groups opposed to longer truck driver hours of service on Friday filed the second court challenge to new federal work rules for truck drivers.

Trucking and logistics company Roadrunner Transportation Systems acquired Capital Transportation Logistics in Nashua, N.H., for $6.25 million.

Swift Transportation, the nation’s largest truckload carrier, is increasing capacity by using technology that gives it quicker access to other motor carriers’ trucks.

U.S. diesel engine maker Cummins is increasing exports to Latin America through a joint venture with Grupo Laeisz, an equipment distributor in Honduras.

Northeastern truckload carrier Atkinson Freight Lines closed its doors after being battered by rising costs and competition from larger national carriers.

The backlog of Class 8 trucks on order rose to 125,200 units in January, the biggest backlog since last July, as the truck build rate dropped, according to ACT Research.

The upholding of four of the concession requirements in the Port of Los Angeles’ clean-trucks plan by U.S.

Diesel prices across the United States hit an 11-week high in the week ending Feb. 20, rising 1.7 cents as oil prices rose to their highest level since May.

Canadian-based less-than-truckload carrier Vitran may be headed back toward profitability after naming a new president for its ailing U.S. operations.

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

President Obama’s recent call to nearly double infrastructure investment over the next six years highlights two conflicting forces in transportation policy: a desire to invest more and an unwill

Swift Transportation, the nation’s largest truckload carrier, will pay $4 million to the Port of Los Angeles to settle a dispute related to the port’s clean trucks program.

Moody’s Investors Service boosted its outlook for Swift Transportation to positive from stable as the nation’s largest truckload carrier rebuilds its business.

Southwestern less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines will test 15 natural gas-powered Class 8 Peterbilt tractors in Houston and Galveston, Texas.

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

New customers, higher truck freight volumes and significant rate hikes pushed revenue at Echo Global Logistics up 41 percent last year to $602.8 million.

The American Trucking Associations will file a petition challenging new final truck driver work rules in federal court, the trucking group said Tuesday.

Diesel prices across the United States increased at the sharpest pace in nearly three months in the week ending Feb.

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

Among state transportation officials, it’s an inside joke.