Trucking News

Container truck drivers late Saturday called off a five-day strike at the Port of Cochin, restoring the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from India Gateway Terminal.

An Alabama trucking company shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reopened five days later with a new name, a new owner, but many of the same trucks and drivers, and it’s

The economy is growing slowly and freight demand is down from last spring’s high mark, but orders for new trucks and trailers are exceeding all speed limits.

Thousands of small trucking operators fear they could be forced out of business when some of their CSA 2010 scores are made public this month, despite their satisfactory safety ratings

Trucking companies that receive some shocking mail in the next few weeks from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can’t say they and their customers weren’t warned.

Although the banning of old, polluting trucks from the nation’s two largest ports appears to be a difficult requirement to circumvent, creative truckers in Southern Californi

There’s widespread belief among carriers and shippers that CSA 2010 will tighten truck capacity, but no consensus on when and by how much.

With all the labor controversy, political intrigue and costly litigation surrounding clean-trucks programs at U.S.

Shipping and aviation were high on the agenda of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun as environment ministers, policymakers and regulators from around the world invaded the Mexican

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comments on a trucking group’s challenge of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to require stickers for vehicles that mee

Same-day delivery specialist Dynamex increased sales 11.2 percent to $110.6 million in its last quarter, but higher purchased transportation costs cut into profit.

CSA 2010 will launch no earlier than Dec. 12, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says, delaying the publication of carrier data by about a week.

Two key Republican House members are calling on the Obama administration to end an impasse with Mexico over cross-border trucking.

Swift Transportation raised the stakes in its initial public offering this week to $1 billion as it launched a stock sale first announced in August.

Vitran is selling off most of its truckload assets for $5 million to focus on its core less-than-truckload and logistics business, the Canadian-based company said.

Same-day carrier Dynamex accepted a sweetened acquisition offer of $238 million from Greenbriar Equity Group, turning down a rival offer from an unnamed suitor.

The final report by President Obama's deficit commission stuck with a plan offered earlier by its co-chairs to hike federal fuel taxes 15 cents a gallon but included a number of recommendations that c

More than 400 owner-operators drove their trucks in a massive protest convoy on Highway 91 outside of Vancouver last Friday.

The Senate Tuesday morning passed by a 73-25 vote a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration added authority to keep contaminated food out of the food chain.

Retail prices for diesel fuel fell an average of nine-tenths of a cent last week to $3.162 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Smaller trucking companies and expedited carriers are asking a federal court to stay a portion of the federal CSA 2010 safety initiative set to take effect next month.

The Obama administration is formally introducing its emission and fuel efficiency rules for heavy trucks and other freight-hauling vehicles, starting a 60-day countdown for public comment.

Used truck sales fell 16 percent in October from the previous month, while orders for new heavy trucks surged 24 percent from September.

Freight shipping demand slowed in the third quarter, but many of the nation’s largest trucking companies improved their bottom lines by carefully matching capacity to demand and better utilizing

Truck freight volume rose for the second straight month in October, pushing for-hire truck tonnage up 6.1 percent year-to-date compared with the first 10 months of 2009.

Southeastern Freight Lines is expanding its workforce by hiring 900 employees, bringing its total headcount to more than 7,000 workers by the end of 2010.

Orders of new trailers hit a 33-month high in October, as dry van trailer orders more than doubled, according to ACT Research. Total orders topped of 17,000 units.

APL Logistics hired two veteran intermodal experts to strengthen its inland transport capabilities.

Last-minute changes to the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 initiative announced last Thursday will benefit truckers, but will leave some shippers wondering how to assess their carriers’ safet

Like any good buyer, Brown Trucking’s Brian Kinsey has a checklist of sorts for evaluating a potential acquisition.

After watching freight volumes moderate or slip in the late summer and early fall, some trucking companies are enjoying a late peak shipping season.

Is this the time to buy or sell a trucking company? Businesses on both sides of the question are concluding the time is right for the sort of transactions missing since the beginning of the U.S.

Bengt Henriksen has been importing fireworks for years, contracting with a large motor carrier to haul his hazardous cargo from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to local warehouses and rail ram

The American Trucking Associations petitioned the U.S.

Cash-carrying The Brink's Co. is expanding in Mexico by buying the country's largest secure logistics company, Servicio Pan Americano de Proteccion.

YRC plans to close 31 terminals in the Midwest, South and East, ratcheting back its total terminal network to about 320 facilities.

UPS Freight is speeding its cross-border service to Western Canada, extending its two-day and three-day delivery network to the energy-rich region.

Three YRC Worldwide subsidiaries asked a federal court to toss out ABF Freight System's lawsuit challenging their latest pact with the Teamsters union.

Container truck drivers at India’s Port of Chennai ended a three-day strike Wednesday morning, allowing the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from the country’s second-largest container gateway

ABF Freight System intends to press its lawsuit against the Teamsters union in federal court and is not using its filing to pressure the union to negotiate a separate settlement, President and CEO Wes