Trucking News

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.

Echo Global Logistics is expanding its offices in Arizona to accommodate the addition of employees through the acquisition of Advantage Transport.

Canadian bulk trucking giant Trimac acquired a 60 percent stake in Fortress Trucking for about $4.4 million, the company said Friday.

DSV said Italian trust busters reduced a fine related to the Danish trucking and logistics company’s acquisition of ABX Logistics by $5.2 million to $26.4 million.

Delivering an annual profit this May is the top priority for FedEx Freight, which lost money in its fiscal third quarter ending Feb. 29, its first quarterly loss in a year.

Federal regulators shut down trucking firm Reliable Transportation, citing the carrier and its owner for “countless” violations of driver work and truck safety rules.

A California man who pleaded guilty to a scheme that defrauded truckers and freight brokers was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Tuesday.

Truckload carriers are becoming more willing to at least consider adding capacity as freight demand increases, according to a survey by Transport Capital Partners.

The Canadian spot market for truckload freight hits its second highest point in 11 years in February, according to TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index.

Shipper association NASSTRAC joined the legal battle over truck driver hours-of-service rules, challenging a lawsuit seeking shorter daily hours for truckers.

A key indicator of trucking activity rose 0.5 percent in February from January, signaling truck freight volumes are rising after a post-holiday decline.

Truck trailer makers are struggling to keep up with demand, as strong orders create production backlogs, according to vehicle market consultant ACT Research.

A challenge to the Port of Los Angeles concession requirements for motor carriers moved a step closer to the U.S.

When a news headline last week declared YRC Worldwide was “back at (the) brink” of the default and bankruptcy filing it narrowly avoided in late 2009, nerves quickly frayed at the long-tro

When Steve Russell buys a trucking company, it’s not because he wants trucks.

When he arrived in Overland Park, Kan., last July, James Welch began his plan to restart YRC Worldwide by cleaning house at the holding company, starting at the top.

Journal of Commerce Senior Editor William B. Cassidy interviewed YRC Worldwide CEO James P.

More transportation services and a bigger agent network helped logistics operator AutoInfo increase gross revenue 14.4 percent to $320 million

FedEx Corp.’s profit more than doubled during its fiscal third quarter, fueled by record holiday package shipping,

Democratic Senate leaders, along with Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, urged House Republicans to adopt their two-year transport bill instead of endangering thousands of jobs by push

The value of surface transportation trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico increased by 14.3 percent to a record $904 billion in 2011, <

XPO Logistics raised $136.7 million through a public stock offering, exceeding its initial expectations as it secured funds for acquisitions and expansion.

Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm Littlejohn completed its previously announced acquisit