Trucking News

FedEx’s net profit rose 22 percent to $464 million in its June-August quarter, but the world’s largest air cargo carrier lowered its earnings expectations for the rest of the year, citing

When is a mile less than 5,280 feet? When it’s part of a trucker’s paycheck.

Crete Carrier, which also owns Shaffer Trucking and Hunt Transportation, switched its pay from shortest route to practical miles in 2005.

Shippers hoping that truck rate increases might fall in the face of an uncertain economy are likely to be disappointed, according to FTR Associates.

Wesley B. Kemp, the president and CEO of ABF Freight System, will retire Dec. 31 after more than 40 years with the less-than-truckload carrier, the company said Wednesday.

Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel established a thrice-weekly highway service linking Shanghai and Guangzhou and said it is adding depots and offices as part of a

Schneider Logistics is offering shippers an integrated delivery service that it says can cut transportation costs for certain types of freight 7 to 20 percent.

Truck freight broker Total Quality Logistics said it expects sales to top $1 billion this year as it opened a satellite office in Dayton, Ohio.

Truckload operator Gordon Trucking is tightening pre-hire screening of driver applicants, requiring hair samples for drug testing well as urine samples.

The American Trucking Associations attacked Virginia’s plans to put a toll on I-95 near North Carolina, saying it would simply divert truckers to other roads.

The Federal Highway Administration gave Virginia a “yellow light” to proceed with plans to place a controversial toll on Interstate 95 near North Carolina.

Old Dominion Freight Line extended its $120 million expansion this year into Pennsylvania, opening a terminal in Altoona and hiring 14 employees.

Trucking and logistics company Cargo Transportation Services emerged from bankruptcy last week after reorganizing and attracting a new equity partner.

The Massachusetts Port Authority plans to replace up to 60 old drayage trucks at the Port of Boston through a $1.5 million program that includes a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agen

TNT Express linked its Chinese day-definite truck service with its Southeast Asian trucking network, which includes Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

Sotheby’s isn’t a name often linked with trucking, but the famed auction house is locked in a labor dispute with trucking’s largest union that could foreshadow increased militancy wi

Economic warning lights are flashing around the globe, so why is Landstar System’s Henry Gerkens so confident about the outlook for his $2 billion trucking business?

YRC Worldwide’s stock plunged 77 percent Friday to 7 cents a share — its lowest price ever — after shareholders approved the trucking giant’s restructuring.

Terminal truck manufacturer Capacity of Texas is expanding its own distribution capacity, adding 13 new dealers in the U.S., the company said Thursday.

YRC Worldwide shareholders overwhelmingly approved the last step in the trucking giant’s financial restructuring plan Friday, voting in favor of an internal merger that launches a massive releas

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide disputed claims that members of its new board of directors will be paid more than members of its last board.

Truckload demand is stronger than the general economy, with TransCore Freight Solution’s spot market index climbing 47 percent from a year ago in August.

UPS will increase revenue 6 to 8 percent annually through 2016 and raise earnings 10 to 15 percent during that period, company executives said Thursday.

UPS is gearing up for what it expects to be one of its strongest ever holiday peak shipping seasons, and is rolling out enhanced residential service to help consumers manage the delivery of goods more

Moody’s Investors Services raised its ratings outlook for intermodal trucking giant J.B. Hunt Transport Services from stable to positive, based on strong earnings.

NYK Line will quit providing free intermodal chassis in the Northeast region, including the Port of New York an

A Teamster candidate challenging James P. Hoffa took a swing at YRC Worldwide’s board of directors this week, attacking increases in cash retainers for directors.

New England Motor Freight is relying on solar power to reduce energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions at two New Jersey truck terminals.

Truckload giant Schneider National launched a new division this month to support energy companies extracting oil and natural gas through hydraulic fracturing.

Shipments carried by the on-hire freight transportation industry were unchanged in July from June, according to the Transportation Department’s Freight Transportation Services Index.

Trucking company ABF Freight System opened offices in 12 additional Asian nations, expanding its overseas reach from Japan to India.

Commercial truck drivers should be banned from using cell phones while driving, including hands-free phones, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

President Obama’s jobs bill could hinder rather than help efforts to pass a multi-year tra

Swift Transportation recently won a dedicated carriage contract from Wal-Mart Stores that will generate between $60 million and $80 million in additional revenue.

If rule-making at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration continues this fall the way it’s been going, the agency may need electronic on-board recorders to keep track of its own legal te

Trucking companies loath to add capacity by buying new tractors or trailers are turning to technology to unlock capacity hidden within their existing fleets.

Candidates for top office in the Teamsters union battled over the fate of multiemployer pension plans, jobs and organizing and concessions to employers Sept.

The terrorists attacks of September 11 forced the U.S. government to take a closer look at not only the security risks facing their airspace, but at its ports, railroads and highways as well.

The Arizona Supreme Court cleared the way for a driver lawsuit against Swift Transportation that could have big ramifications for how trucking companies pay drivers.

Wall Street research firm Wolfe Trahan Group is reducing its estimates for transportation earnings per share as economic headwinds gain strength.