Trucking News

The July figures from the Labor Department included 551,000 job openings in trade, transportation and utilities industries, a 33 percent increase from a year ago.

Weakening economic conditions haven’t slowed trucking giant Landstar System, which says it gained truckload freight and raised rates in July and August.

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Class 8 truck orders rebounded in August, despite dire predictions for the U.S. economy, according to preliminary figures from two research groups.

Saddle Creek promoted Mike DelBovo, a 14-year company veteran, to the new position of president of transportation at the contract logistics operator.

The Cass Freight Index for U.S. shipments grew 4.4 percent in August over the same month a year ago, the smallest gain in a year-and-a-half and a sign of fragile demand in the American economy.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration upheld the use of stickers to identify trucks complying with a drayage registry established by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The Teamsters union filed a lawsuit last week in an attempt to block the Obama administration’s plans for a cross-border trucking pilot project with Mexico.

The number of refrigerated trucks on U.S. highways is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to a report by Technavio.

Frozen Food Express Industries saw total operating revenue increase $6.4 million to $101.3 million in the second quarter of 2011, compared with $95 million in the same period of 2010.

Capacity in the U.S. refrigerated truckload sector is tight and approaching the challenging levels of the fourth quarter of 2005, according to several industry reports.

Trucks drove through bridge toll gates an estimated 416,065 times last year to reach the New York Container Terminal on Staten Island. Total cost for the tolls: more than $14.5 million.

The development of dedicated high-speed rail lines in China is translating not only into faster passenger service for billions of potential train riders, but also a greater emphasis on rail freight.

Pacific Coast-based Gordon Trucking is pointing its business toward the East Coast. The Pacific, Wash.-based truckload carrier is acquiring Central U.S.

John Simone spent his fifth day as president and CEO of LinkAmerica meeting the people who may hold the key to his new company’s success — truck drivers.

Trucking employment fell slightly in August and has remained relatively flat since June, according to seasonally adjusted data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The shareholders of Express-1 Expedited Solutions approved a $150 million private equity investment and a change in management and name for the company.

Regional truckload carrier Brown Trucking is investing in trailer-tracking technology to better manage its fleet and effectively increase capacity.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group increased its credit facility to $100 million and reset its credit terms as it eyes future acquisitions and internal investment.

Many trucks are still unable to make deliveries in New Jersey, Vermont and New York because numerous bridges and road remain washed out after Hurricane Irene battered the region last weekend.

The federal government is suing trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line for allegedly discriminating against an alcoholic truck driver.

Trucking’s urge to merge will be dented by an uncertain economy and faltering economic growth, slowing the pace of merger and acquisition activity after a year rife with motor carrier buyouts, s

APL Logistics said it is outperforming the U.S. intermodal market since its reentry into the business last year after a decade-long absence.

The dollar value of U.S. surface trade with Canada and Mexico rose 11 percent in June to $77.5 billion, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics said Tuesday.

FedEx Freight is expanding in Mexico, adding terminals in Toluca, Puebla and Veracruz through its alliance with Mexican carrier Auto Lineas America.

Freight forwarder Panalpina, looking to capitalize on the growing importance of intra-Asia trade

Purolator International, moving to double its footprint in the United States, said it plans to open three more branch offices in the U.S. this year after opening seven facilities since January.

Diesel prices across the United States rose 1 cent in the week ending Aug. 29, increasing for the first time in six weeks as oil prices rose on a report of increased consumer spending.

Three global investors will pump $150 million into a U.S. company that plans to build a nationwide network of natural gas fueling stations for heavy trucks.

A federal appeals court overturned a rule that would require certain trucking companies to use electronic onboard recorders to monitor drivers.

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APL Logistics is taking a “cautious” outlook for the rest of the year and into 2012, despite a strong first half-year performance and growth in emerging markets and automotive logistics.

UPS added 100 all-electric delivery vehicles for deployment in California, bolstering its fleet of more than 2,200 alternative fuel vehicles and tripling its electric transport fleet.

The head of the American Trucking Associations wants Govs.

Averitt Express added 73,150-square-feet of warehouse space in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, as it joins other less-than-truckload carriers in

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said will buy freight Prime Logistics for $97.5 million, as one the fastest gro

For-hire truck tonnage fell 1.3 percent in July after rising a revised 2.6 percent in June, indicating growth will

Old Dominion Freight Line will raise its base rates 4.9 percent Sept.

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States received another $208 million in stimulus from the Department of Transportation in the week ending Aug.