Trucking News

Truck manufacturer Paccar reported the highest quarterly revenue in its history as U.S. truck operators raced to replace aging heavy trucks with newer models.

Ryder System increased net profit 44 percent from a year ago to $56.9 million as acquisitions and organic growth boosted third quarter revenue to $1.57 billion.

Diesel prices across the United States rose 2.4 cents in the week ending Oct. 24, increasing for the second straight week as crude oil prices rose to their highest point in nearly three months.

Refrigerated trucker Marten Transport increased its net profit 15.5 percent to $6.3 million in the third quarter on higher operating revenue, volume and surcharges.

Truckload giant Landstar System increased net profit 38.5 percent to $30.2 million on a 9.8 percent increase in revenue to $684 million in the third quarter.

Truckload carrier USA Truck rejected merger talks with larger rival Celadon Group despite falling back into the red with a $4.3 million third-quarter loss.

“Share and share alike” is a maxim shippers find hard to follow, especially if it means sharing zealously guarded supply chain resources.

What’s keeping trucking executives awake at night as 2012 approaches? If it’s not the threat of a double-dip recession, it’s drivers, drivers and drivers.

The American Trucking Associations announced a new three-year agreement with Bill Graves, the former Kansas governo

Daimler Trucks North America will create 350 jobs and a second shift at its Portland, Ore., truck plant as it ramps up production of heavy-duty Class 8 tractors.

Diesel prices across the United States rose 8 cents in the week ending Oct. 17, increasing at the fastest pace in 28 weeks as crude oil prices fell amid fears over the European debt crisis.

The plan for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., was dealt a severe blow Thursday after the Michigan Senate rejected a bill critical to funding the proposed $5.3 billion project.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. to drop legislation that would block a new truck driver hours of service rule.

Shortly after buying a stake in rival USA Truck, Celadon Group is purchasing the dry van assets of FFE Transpo

Truckload giant Swift Transportation increased total revenue 13.9 percent to $863.8 million in the third quarter, reporting a $30.9 million net profit for the period.

An amendment to the fiscal 2012 transportation appropriations bill introduced in the Senate would block proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules.

Werner Enterprises increased net profit 22 percent from a year ago to $29.6 million in the third quarter on a 10 percent increase in total revenue to $509.6 million.

Groupe Eurotunnel, operator of the undersea rail tunnel between France and the U.K., boosted third quarter revenue 10 percent year-over-year on higher truck and rail freight traffic.

The unsteady state of the economy and proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules top a list of critica

Spot market volume on TransCore’s network of load boards rose 10 percent in September from August and 47 percent from a year ago, a sign of stronger demand.

Russell Gerdin, the son of a truck driver who founded one of the most profitable companies in trucking, died Oct. 15. He was 70 years old.

Kuehne + Nagel’s earnings grew 1.1 percent in the first nine months of 2011 from a year earlier as the Swiss logistics company boosted ocean container and air cargo shipments in a softening mark

A few years ago, shippers might have considered driver retention a carrier problem.

Want job security? Look for work as a driver recruiter at a truckload carrier.

The building blocks of driver retention seem deceptively simple: pay, working conditions, communications and training. But drivers can be lost in the details.

The Department of Transportation on Friday approved one Mexican trucking company’s request to operate on U.S.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 1 percent in September, as truck industry fuel purchasing fell back in an indication trucking activity dropped over the summer and into the early fall.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services stayed well ahead of a slowing economy in the third quarter, increasing its profit 32 percent from a year ago to $68.7 million.

FedEx Ground opened a $100 million sorting and distribution hub in North Carolina Wednesday that will speed package deliveries in the Southeast.

Logistics services company Transplace is expanding from its trucking base into intermodal rail by merging with intermodal marketer Celtic International.

Celadon Group purchased a 6.3 percent stake in rival truckload carrier USA Truck for $4.7 million, raising the prospect of a merger between the competitors.

The Dependable Companies is turning to a dependable source of energy to power its headquarters — the sun.

Diesel prices across the United States fell 2.8 cents in the ending Oct. 10, dropping down to under $4 per gallon in all regions for the first time in six weeks as crude oil prices crept upward.

Shippers need to do more to help trucking companies reduce rising driver turnover rates and help keep transportation costs in line, a transportation consultant says.

Truckload giant Schneider National is leveraging its intermodal capabilities and relationship with Canadian National to speed freight between the U.S. and Canada.

YRC Worldwide is moving toward a reverse stock split to boost the per share value of its common stock and avoid being kicked off the Nasdaq exchange.

Bulk chemical hauler Quality Distribution paid $8.5 million for Greensville Transport of Virginia, expanding its intermodal tank container business.

Weber Logistics has a new contract with German candy maker Storck to distribute more than a million cases of such popular brands as Riesen, Werthers, Mamba, Merci and Toffifay to its customers and con

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YRC Worldwide hopes to emulate the recent success of its regional carrier Holland on a broader scale by naming Jeff Rogers president of national carrier YRC.