Trucking News

Rising inventories and consumer spending caused U.S. gross domestic product to expand at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, the fastest growth in a year and a half.

Imperial Logistics boosted its presence in southern Africa through the acquisition of two transport companies for undisclosed sums.

Higher rates and volumes boosted fourth-quarter net profit 25.4 percent to $72.6 million at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the nation’s largest intermodal trucker.

Spot market truckloads dropped 14 percent in December from the previous month but were still 25 percent higher than in December 2010, TransCore Freight Solutions said.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s new executive director said the agency will use its leases as a lever to end “deliberate discrimination” in hiring on the bistate port

Knight Transportation plans to add capacity in 2012, expanding its fleet and services while raising truckload rates 3 to 4 percent, company officials said.

Tight capacity, rate hikes and acquisitions helped Celadon Group boost net profit 86.2 percent in the last quarter despite a less than 1 percent rise in freight revenue.

Marten Transport raised its net profit 47 percent to $7.1 million in the fourth quarter as the refrigerated carrier’s revenue jumped 15.9 percent to $158.3 million.

Ground transportation rates paid by Canadian shippers rose 1.6 percent month-to-month in November, the ninth straight monthly increase since March2011.

Swift Transportation reported its first annual profit since 2006 as the nation’s largest truckload carrier rebuilt its revenue base and slashed debt in 2011.

The harbor trucking industry is clashing with the Teamsters union over a bill before the Washington state legislature that would classify owner-operators as employees rather than as independent contra

Global economic headwinds aren’t slowing Harley-Davidson. The iconic motorcycle maker bolstered its profits as it increased sales and shipments in 2011.

For-hire truck tonnage rose 5.9 percent in 2011, the biggest year-over-year freight gain for trucking since 1998, the American Trucking Associations said Tuesday.

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Italian truck drivers kicked off a weeklong protest against higher fuel taxes and road tolls on Monday by blocking highways from the southern container port of Gioia Tauro to the northern industrial c

Looking for cross-dock capacity? YRC Worldwide and NRC Realty & Capital Advisors have plenty of capacity to offer the right bidders — 2,299 terminal doors.

Oil prices rose for the first time in four days after the European Union on Monday banned oil imports from Iran, increasing fears that Middle East tensions could raise supply chain costs in the short-

The Los Angeles-Long Beach Clean Air Action Plan launched the port industry’s green revolution in 2006, and the improvements some five years later are far beyond what the Southern California por

At Florida East Coast Railway, the fastest-growing business is trucking.

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One of the most profitable trucking companies in the nation got a little more profitable in late 2011,despite higher equipment and fuel costs and a tough hiring market.

Locomotive maker GE Transportation, part of General Electric, increased revenue 45 percent in 2011 to $4.9 billion on rising demand for equipment and services.

Refrigerated trucker Stevens Transport is purchasing 1,200 temperature-controlled trailers from Utility Trailer Manufacturing to reinforce its growth plans.

Net orders for Class 8 heavy trucks rose to 30,293 units in December, reversing a decline in November and resuming a positive trend that began in August.

A small trucking company is about to get a little bigger with some help from the state of Kentucky.

The Pacific Northwest isn’t just a gateway for imports; it’s the gateway to the Last Frontier and home to a large field of trucking companies connecting the lower 48 states with Alaska.

YRC Worldwide CEO James Welch is rehiring a former YRC vice president to serve as his top legal officer as he rebuilds the financially troubled trucking company.

The 2.5 percent year-over-year decline in truck traffic on the Ambassador Bridge in 2011 gives the bridge’s owner ammunition in his fight to stop the construction of a publicly owned crossing.

The beer market appears to have gone flat, with total U.S. beer shipments dropping 1.5 percent in 2011 to 204.9 million barrels, according to the Beer Institute.

Truckload carriers struggling to find and keep drivers are increasingly convinced driver pay needs to increase significantly, Transport Capital Partners said.

Diesel prices across the United States increased for the second week in a row in the week ending Jan. 16, climbing 2.6 cents as oil prices hit above $100 per barrel.

Sheila Taylor, the former chief financial officer who helped troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide steer clear of bankruptcy, joined Menlo Worldwide Logistics.

Trucking giant Schneider National and CSX Transportation signed a multiyear contract expanding their intermodal partnership in the Eastern U.S.

The Federal Maritime Commission has cautiously cleared the way for truckers, shippers and others to participate in co-op equipment pools of Consolidated Chassis Management, a company controlled by 20

After complaining about lengthy turn times at marine terminals for more than two years, motor carriers in Los Angeles-Long Beach say they expect to do something about the problem in 2012.

Many factors may push truck pricing higher this year, but new restrictions on truck driver work hours won’t be among them.

YRC is going back to the Teamsters as the trucking company tries to match a financial restructuring with an overhaul of its operations that includes a tighter network and more efficient freight handli

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Teamster pipeline workers are heading back to the job after the union and the Pipe Line Contractors Association struck a deal extending an expired contract.