Trucking News

The U.S. Department of Transportation is making it harder for unsafe bus and truck operators to stay in business and making rule-breaking more costly.

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Diesel prices across the United States increased 2.4 cents a gallon in the week ending July 18, rising for the second consecutive week just a crude oil prices fell, largely because of European and U.S

Con-way Freight will hike its tariff rates 6.9 percent Aug. 1, matching general rate increases announced this month by UPS Freight and ABF Freight System.

Total Transportation Services, a Long-Beach, Calif-based port drayage company, plans to buy 100 hydrogen fuel cell plug-in e

FTR Associates’ monthly Shippers Condition Index rose this month, indicating that market influences affectin

The Teamsters union and environmental groups are taking a new tack in their long, so far unrewarding campaign to organize port container haulers.

Security continues to be a key issue for shippers doing business in Mexico. The rise in cross-border surface trade between the U.S.

After securing a $400 million asset-based loan, the last remaining step is the sale of $100 million worth of convertible preferred securities to its lenders, a company official said.

When the first Mexican truck in a new cross-border trucking pilot project rolls into the U.S., it will bring an end to punitive Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods.

For a quick gauge of where truck pricing is headed, check tire prices.

YRC Worldwide expects its revenue to rise about $600 million this year to $4.9 billion and to report an operating profit of $4.2 million in the second half.

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FedEx will increase capital spending 24 percent over the next year, adding $800 million as it replenishes its fleets with new aircraft, trucks and tractors.

The backlog of Class 8 trucks on order to be built is getting bigger, as demand for new trucks remains strong despite a slowing economy, ACT Research said.

Truckload shipping volumes increased 2 to 3 percent in June from the previous month, with rates rising 4 to 5 percent, according to Longbow Research.

Freight carried by for-hire transportation carriers declined 1.8 percent in May from April to its lowest level since November, the Transportation Department’s Freight Transportation Services Ind

YRC Worldwide expects to draw $255 million from its new $400 million asset-based loan to help repay its existing asset-based loan and set up an escrow account.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce index pulled out of its two-month slide with a 1 percent increase in June, though it remains lower than it was in March.

Diesel prices across the United States jumped 4.9 cents a gallon in the week ending July 11, rising for the first time in a month just as oil prices on world markets showed new upward pressure, the U.

A key measure of truckload capacity eased last week, after tightening for several weeks.

A major natural gas company is investing $150 million in a venture that would build 150 liquid natural gas fueling stations for heavy trucks at truck stops nationwide.

Greatwide Logistics tapped John P. Tague, the former president of United Airlines, as chief executive officer, succeeding veteran trucking executive Leo Suggs.

Container-on-barge service could be a $500 million business on the inland waterways, but the federal government hasn’t been willing to test the idea on a large scale to prove its value, accordin

Schneider National is looking to hire 300 truck drivers in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico for its dedicated and bulk divisions to serve the region’s booming oil business.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide secured a $400 million asset-based loan facility from its lenders, a key step toward completing its

YRC Worldwide is one step away from completing its financial restructuring by a July 22 deadline, a key official at th

YRC Worldwide named financial executive Christopher C. Wren senior vice president and treasurer of the $4.3 billion trucking enterprise.

The Federal Maritime Commission will discuss a proposal to increase the PierPass traffic mitigation fee to $60 per TEU when it meets July 13.

The for-hire trucking industry is adding workers to company payrolls while the national unemployment rate continues to rise.

Spot market truckload rates rose 4.5 percent in June from May, according to TransCore Freight Solutions, as truckload capacity dropped 7 percent.

Freight brokers increased their revenue 17.1 percent in the first quarter from the same period a year ago as the third-party logistics companies expanded fastest in business beyond their cor

A five-day-old trucker strike at India's Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal ended late Wednesday following talks between union leaders and terminal operator DP World.

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ABF Freight System won an important victory in its challenge to wage and benefits concessions the Teamsters union granted YRC Worldwide and its subsidiaries.

Owner-operator truck drivers this week sued one of the largest drayage operators at the Port of New York and New Jersey, claiming the company improperly classified them as independent contractors inst

DHL is starting a weekly less-than-containerload ocean service from New York Harbor to Durban, South Africa.

Trucking company ABF Freight System will raise general less-than-truckload rates 6.9 percent July 25, the company said Wednesday.

UPS Freight’s Aug. 1 rate hike is likely to set off a round of early general rate increases in the less-than-truckload market, key financial analysts said.