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UPS Freight increased its revenue 19 percent to $660 million in the second quarter, improving its revenue per hundredweight and profitability, the company said.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have chosen seven companies as recipients of the 2011 Clean Air Action Plan quality awards.

Strong growth in global truck markets drove engine sales up 53 percent to $2.9 billion in the second quarter at heavy-duty engine manufacturer Cummins.

High demand for heavy trucks in the U.S. drove up sales and profit for drivetrain supplier Eaton in the second quarter.

MultiPack, formally Servicios Nacionales Mupa, has trucking, express package and warehousing operations across Mexico.

For-hire truck tonnage rose 2.8 percent in June after falling a revised 2 percent in May, indicating that freight shi

Canadian less-than-truckload operator Vitran lost $2.3 million in the second quarter, despite a 23.1 percent increase in revenue to $208.9 million.

Top executives are shifting jobs at truckload carrier C.R. England, with CEO Dean England taking the president’s title from Chairman Dan England.

Railcar fleet leasing firm CIT Rail ordered 5,000 hopper and tank cars for about $475 million, with production to be split among “multiple manufacturers.”

Diesel prices across the United States increased 2.6 cents in the week ending July 25, rising for the third consecutive week as gridlock over the U.S. debt solution pushed crude oil prices down.

Richard Hughes Jr., who is not seeking re-election as International Longshoremen’s Association president, said Harold Daggett has his “full support” as the next head of the Atlantic

YRC Worldwide must demonstrate its value to shippers, logistics providers and its own employees to survive and succeed, new CEO James L. Welch said.

Canadian logistics provider and package carrier Purolator International opened a facility in Minneapolis as it rolls out an “aggressive” expansion in the U.S.

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In its first full year of operations as a U.S. third-party logistics operator, Echo Global Logistics took in $33.2 million in gross revenue from 677 customers. That was 2006.

There may be a strong case to be made for using natural gas to fuel the country’s heavy-duty trucks, but for years that case has been ruled by inarguable logic: Truckers don’t buy natural

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will replace fewer old trucks than expected under a $28 million clean-air initiative but says the program is a success and may be a forerunner of similar

Matthew “Bo” Bates thinks many ocean carriers have left their customers in the lurch.

YRC Worldwide on Friday named James L. Welch, a former president of Yellow Transportation who spent 29 years with the trucking company, as its new CEO.

Troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide completed its $500 million financial restructuring Friday, cementing long-term credit terms and labor concessions that will save the company more than $1 billion

When YRC Worldwide’s new board of directors meets for the first time today, job number one will be naming a new CEO. Job number two: a new CFO.

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Long-haul less-than-truckload operator YRC National rolled back into the black in the second quarter, reporting an operating profit of $10.6 million.

YRC Worldwide hiked its contract rates about 4 percent in the second quarter as the less-than-truckload carrier hauled more long-haul and regional freight.

YRC Worldwide, in the midst of a restructuring aimed at stabilizing the trucking company's finances, reported a $39 million loss for the second quarter on Friday but said overall revenue grew 12.3 per

Trac Intermodal, which leases or rents 245,000 marine and domestic chassis to motor carriers throughout North America, is testing a program that includes the cost of maintenance and repair in its dail

USA Truck increased sales in the second quarter but its profit dropped $300,000 to $598,000, clipped by higher fuel costs and a fuel-hedge hangover from last year.

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James L. Welch is resigning as CEO of Dynamex, leaving the former YRC executive free to rejoin the trucking company in place of retiring chief William D. Zollars.

Landstar System increased its profit 21 percent to $29.6 million in the second quarter, as the truckload carrier group exercised its pricing power in an improved, albeit slightly “choppy”

More freight and higher rates gave Swift Transportation a $19.6 million net profit in the second quarter, compared with a $23.1 million loss a year ago.

Werner Enterprises increased its net profit 31 percent year-over-year to $27.5 million as revenue rose 11 percent to $515.9 million in the second quarter.

Averitt Express is shortening transit times between the Southern U.S. and Western Canada with a service that speeds freight across the border over weekends.

Heavy truck orders slowed for the second straight month in June, dropping 9 percent from May levels to 21,266 units, but production backlog remains “solid,” ACT Research said.

Marten Transport improved its profitability for the fifth straight quarter, raising its profit 20.1 percent from a year ago to $6.2 million in the second quarter.

Heartland Express increased its profit 35.3 percent year-over-year to $22.5 million as operating revenue rose 7 percent to $137.2 million in the second quarter.

Former Massachusetts governor and presidential canidate Michael Dukakis said to invest in the future spending on infrastructure is key — even if requires increasing the fuel tax during the

A federal judge threw a new twist into the battle over clean-trucks programs at Southern California ports, ruling the Po

YRC Inc., the long-haul subsidiary of YRC Worldwide is hiking its rates 6.9 percent, matching rate hikes announced by many of its