Trucking News

Trailer Bridge reported a narrow $6,876 net profit for the third quarter, compared with $1.7 million a year earlier, as the carrier’s revenue fell 3.4 percent to $29.3 million.

New safety regulations will tighten truck capacity for shippers, perhaps dramatically, perhaps as early as the second half of 2011, pushing up truck rates and potentially shifting some freight to othe

The retail price of diesel fuel surged 6.8 cents last week to $3.184 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Pitt Ohio Express is changing its name and its brand to reflect a broader business that goes "beyond the road" and the company's less-than-truckload roots.

Less-than-truckload carriers are turning away unprofitable freight and refining networks to lower costs and gain efficiency, but shippers have largely held off the kind of price hikes those carriers s

Shortly after al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen tried to blow UPS and FedEx cargo planes out of the sky, Boyd Stephenson spoke with trucking executives concerned about trucking security and the potential f

There is only a "slim" chance the appellate court handling the Port of Los Angeles clean-truck case will agree with U.S.

President Obama's deficit cutting panel delivered plans for transportation policy that include a gradual 15-cent increase in federal fuel taxes to shore up the Highway Trust Fund and a proposal that t

A shipper organization wants the Obama administration to release rewritten hours-of-service rules for truck drivers, kept under wraps since July.

The economy may be slowing, but truck demand is picking up, and will double by 2013, according to ACT Research.

The American Trucking Associations recruited a top Republican Senate staffer to lead its advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill, including its campaign to secure reauthorization of the surface transportatio

International Longshoremen’s Association official Harold Daggett said he’s ready for “war” with container lines transferring intermodal chassis service to companies outside the

Truckload demand increased and capacity tightened in the first week of November following three straight weeks of decline, according to Longbow Research.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 0.6 percent in October, pointing to a drop in trucking activity in what's typically a strong month for truck traffic.

The national average retail price of diesel jumped 4.9 cents to $3.116 per gallon in the week ending Nov. 8, according to the U.S.

Old Dominion Freight Line will raise its base rates about 4.9 percent Nov. 15, joining several less-than-truckload carriers pursuing early general rate increases.

Swift Transportation faces a class-action lawsuit alleging the nation's largest truckload carrier underpaid its truck drivers for at least a dozen years.

Southeastern short-haul carrier Brown Trucking acquired West Brothers' Companies, expanding its capacity and adding new lines of business.

The labor concessions approved by 62 percent of YRC Teamsters employees eliminate fears of an imminent shutdown at the nation’s largest trucking operator, both at its nationwide less-than-truckl

Which carriers won last year’s less-than-truckload price war? Based on the financial results across the industry, it was those who refused to fight.

Winning a third round of concessions from its Teamsters employees gave YRC Worldwide its best shot yet at survival, extending until 2015 wage and benefit cuts it won last year and sharply reducing its

The battle between the Teamsters union and the American Trucking Associations will drag out into next year, but the rules of engagement could change significantly.

The gap between new and used truck prices is widening, and that may further restrict truck capacity in coming years as carriers replace aging equipment.

In 2011, capacity will be king.

The long reorganization of long-haul less-than-truckload carrier YRC is still a work in progress, as the company looks to consolidate by shedding 50 terminals.

A trucking company charged with falsifying driver work records must install electronic onboard recorders in 700 trucks or pay almost $82,000 in civil fines.

YRC Worldwide reported a $62 million third-quarter net loss as revenue dropped 5.7 percent from a year ago at the nation's largest less-than-truckload operator.

Truck maker Navistar shipped about 17,000 vehicles to U.S. and Canadian customers in the quarter that ended Oct.

Net orders for heavy trucks surged in October, climbing 22 percent in the third straight month-to-month increase, according to FTR Associates.

Net income and revenue leaped in the third quarter at non-asset-based trucker Roadrunner Transportation Systems, with sales up 31.3 percent from a year ago.

Arkansas Best narrowed its losses to $300,000 in the third quarter, with a $2.6 million operating loss at its less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System.

Higher costs helped push trucking and logistics giant Con-way back into the red in the third quarter, as a second-quarter surge in truck demand faded.

The American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit for an expedited hearing of their appeals in the port's clean-truck case.

The average retail price of diesel fuel remained at $3.067 over the last week despite upward spikes in the Rocky Mountain states and in California that pushed the prices there to the highes

ABF Freight System is suing the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and three YRC Worldwide subsidiaries over the latest round of labor concessions at YRC.

Truckload operator USA Truck reported a profit for the second straight quarter, though its net income slipped by a third from the second quarter to $586,000.

Union workers at Navistar ratified a four-year labor pact the company says will improve the operating structure and flexibility of its truck and engine plants.

Teamster employees at YRC Worldwide approved extended wage, benefit and pension cuts to give the financially troubled trucking giant another shot at survival.

Trucking operators have long fought calls for new fuel efficiency and emissions standards.

When the Great Recession began, UPS Freight President Jack Holmes sought advice from J.