Trucking News

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he has a clear understanding from House leaders that changes to future Highway Trust Fund legislation will not use trust

For Jonathan Gold, 2010 was a year for lessons. For Donna Lemm, 2011 is about hope. And for George Macko, the trucking concerns of today will be with us into 2012.

This will be a turbulent, eventful year for trucking, dominated by capacity issues, primarily on the truckload side. Fueling the turbulence will be a combination of economic and regulatory pressures.

Largely dormant in the recession, merger-and-acquisition activity in trucking is reviving as the recovery boosts the value of companies and equipment.

The bad news for transportation policy as 2010 ended was that Congress again put off tackling long-term issues, and kicked major decisions on highway spending programs down the road for a few more mon

Trucking executives are still cautious about the state of the economy and the business outlook for 2011, but they’re much more optimistic than they were a year ago.

Trucking companies have been eliminating capacity since 2007, after “pre-purchasing” a glut of new tractors in 2006 to avoid higher-cost models with new emissions controls.

All of the stars are aligned for a huge year of U.S. cotton exports. The only question is whether trucking companies, shipping lines and equipment providers will be up to the task.

The message to truck drivers is clear: Fasten that safety belt, put down the cell phone and stop texting.

Teamsters union General President James P. Hoffa said he is "deeply disappointed" in the Obama administration's plan to negotiate a new cross-border trucking agreement with Mexico.

The transportation and warehousing sector added 8,800 jobs in December, the Labor Department said, as part of a total 113,000 private industry jobs created last month.

Independent truck drivers slammed the Department of Transportation's "concept document" for a renewed cross-border trucking program with Mexico, while manufacturers stung by

Four organizations followed the Harbor Trucking Association by individually filing am

The Department of Transportation Thursday released "an initial concept document" for a new crossborder trucking agreement with Mexico, without setting deadlines.

Ryder System completed its acquisition of Total Logistics Control, a third-party logistics provider, for approximately $200 million.

The federal government will consider limiting the speed of all heavy trucks to 68 mph, a proposal some truckers support and others oppose.

The Harbor Trucking Association of Southern California, in a brief filed Wednesday with the U.S.

Truck manufacturers closed 2010 with three strong months of orders for heavy rigs as truckers replaced older equipment they hung onto during the recession.

Wall Street firm J.P.

Old Dominion Freight Lines promoted several key executives following the death of John B. Yowell, executive vice president and chief operating officer.

South Carolina-based Southeastern Freight Lines is launching a truckload and logistics subsidiary, moving beyond its regional less-than-truckload market.

The Intermodal Association of North America elected a chairman, vice chair, treasurer and five directors, the board announced Jan. 5.

John B. Yowell, a veteran trucking executive who helped build Old Dominion Freight Line into an almost $2 billion company, died Dec. 30. He was 59 years old.

Trucking company ABF Freight System is broadening its container service from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic as it expands its global portfolio.

The nation’s largest truckload carriers are carefully matching capacity to demand and appear likely to keep supply tight baring a sharp spike in freight shipping, according to an analysis of fle

The American Trucking Associations filed its opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, charging that the U.S.

The Teamsters union gave YRC Worldwide until March 15 to make good on a plan that includes $300 million in new equity investment and debt reduction.

A wave of acquisitions could hit the U.S. trucking and logistics industries in 2011 as the economy slowly improves and cramped companies look to expand.

The average U.S.

The rate of trucking bankruptcies is declining, but that’s not providing anyone buying trucking services much relief in available capacity.

There used to be some uniformity to the U.S. less-than-truckload industry, at least in the unionized wing of the business.

Not every bankruptcy ends badly. There will be a mañana for USA Dry Van Logistics, a cross-border trucking specialist in McAllen, Texas, that emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Nov.

YRC Worldwide is dodging bullets, but it can’t stop dancing.

2010 produced mixed results for the truckload, less-than-truckload and domestic parcel segments of the trucking industry.

The incoming chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said the federal and state governments should increase existing highway capacity rather than spend millions for expanded

Average diesel fuel prices across the United States jumped 4.6 cents in the week ending Dec. 27, according to the U.S.

YRC Worldwide is hiring Tom Gerke, former president and CEO of communications firm Embarq, as general counsel and executive vice president, effective Jan. 3.

Federal transportation regulators released a long-anticipated proposal Thursday that would overhaul work rules for truck drivers, but the long-anticipated proposal puts off a decision on whether

In this podcast, Senior Editor William B. Cassidy shares his thoughts on 2010's biggest trucking stories, and gives his predictions for the big stories of 2011.

The heavy rains in Southern California this past week caused mudslides and road closures throughout the region, but the harbor drayage community in Los Angeles-Long Beach kept on trucking.