Trucking News

Online marketplace uShip, which is doing for shipping what eBay did for sales, is moving deeper into the world of industrial transportation.

When mega-ships disgorge containers at U.S. ports, will mega-trucks haul them away?

Increased inventory restocking and improving industrial output helped the U.S.

Truckload capacity slackened slightly in the week ending April 11 but is still much tighter than it was a year ago, according to a key measure of capacity and demand.

Spot market truckload rates rose 4 percent in March from February and were up 15 percent year-over-year, according to TransCore Freight Solutions.

Strong intermodal and trucking demand in the first quarter pushed revenue up 18 percent to $1 billion at J.B. Hunt Transportation Services, Lowell, Ark.

Truck freight brokers moved 10 percent more loads per month in 2010 than in 2009, underscoring growing use of brokers by shippers, according to TransCore.

New data showing a lower rate of truck-involved accident deaths indicate more restrictive hours of service rules for truck drivers are unnecessary, the American Trucking Associations says.

Freight shipping declined about 1.5 percent month-to-month in February, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports.

Online transportation marketplace uShip is opening its doors to freight brokers, allowing brokers to offer loads to truckers on the Web-based auction site.

A panel of appellate court judges will decide the fate of an unprecedented legal battle between two major trucking companies and the Teamsters union.

A three-judge appellate court panel heard arguments April 12 in an ABF Freight System lawsuit against the Teamsters union and subsidiaries of YRC Worldwide.

Stronger freight demand in March pushed the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index up 2.7 percent month-to-month, reversing declines in January and February.

Pending budget cuts from last week’s deal to avert a government shutdown will take a deeper bite out of transportation funds, but industry and government sources say the ones that could most aff

The select group of trucking companies with more than a billion dollars in annual revenue expanded last year, as three carriers shot past the revenue threshold.

Diesel prices soared 10.2 cents last week to a national average of $4.078 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Combined revenue for the 50 largest U.S.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released plans Friday for a new pilot trucking project with Mexico "to test and demonstrate" the ability of Mexican truckers to operate safely within th

Two years after container ship lines began moving away from their 55-year-old practice of supplying U.S.

Intermodal marketing giant Hub Group demonstrated its faith in the economic recovery last week with the $83 million acquisition of Exel Transportation Services.

Using inland and coastal waterways to haul more cargo-laden containers and trailers would add “abundant and cost-effective new freight capacity,” while cutting highway maintenance costs, T

From the manufacturing floor, the trucking business has rarely looked better.

Truck drivers should be required to use electronic devices to log their hours of service, the American Trucking Associations said Thursday.

A key measure of truckload capacity shot up 5.9 percent, or 9.1 points, indicating that truckload capacity tightened in the first week of April as freight demand increased.

A bill introduced in the Senate Thursday would raise the heavy truck weight limit to 97,000 pounds, breaking a 20-year federal freeze on truck sizes and weights.

Long-haul and regional trucking operator Integrated Freight acquired Cross Creek Trucking of Medford, Ore., extending its reach to the Pacific Northwest.

Freight shipments jumped 6.9 percent in March, with tonnage increasing across transportation modes, according to the Cass Freight In

The surge in orders for heavy trucks isn't big enough to prevent a shortfall in available truck capacity in 2011 and 2012, according to ACT Research.

Net orders for heavy trucks jumped 20.2 percent in March to 29,200 units, the largest monthly order number since May 2006, according to ACT Research.

Diesel prices climbed 4.4 cents last week to a national average of $3.976 per gallon, the highest level in two and a half years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The issue of data ownership is an obstacle to broader acceptance of cloud-based collaborative TMS models.

Hours-of-service restrictions and CSA 2010 aren’t the only issues motor carriers are dealing with.

Transportation management software delivered under the software-as-a-service umbrella is evolving as next-generation hybrids and cloud computing delivery models enter the marketplace.

For shippers, the search for truck capacity is like playing dominos.

The intermodal market is heating up so much that rate increases could be the strongest in a decade.

YRC Worldwide named veteran executive Phil Gaines senior vice president and chief financial officer of its nationwide less-than-truckload subsidiary, YRC Inc.

Express transportation giants UPS and FedEx joined with AT&T, Verizon and Pepsi-Frito Lay in a coalition to promote the use of alternative fuel vehicles.

Americans drove more miles last year, but fewer were killed on the nation's highways, the Department of Transportation said Friday.

Trucking showed the strongest employment growth in March among transportation and warehousing industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Deutsche Post DHL and Ryder System are rolling out electric, hybrid and natural gas trucks, from delivery vans to heavy vehicles, in New York and California.