Trucking News

Declining used and new truck and trailer sales in July reflected seasonal trends and trucking company reluctance to add capacity in an uncertain economic recovery.

Three former executives of bankrupt Arrow Trucking filed $1.38 million in priority wage claims, drawing objections from Arrow's trustee, the Tulsa World reports.

The average retail price for diesel fuel fell 1.9 cents last week to $2.938 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Environmental, community and labor organizations Friday praised the decision by a U.S.

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A federal judge late Thursday rejected trucking industry arguments that parts of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Programs violate federal law and said controversial provisions affecting drivers an

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Landstar System is reducing its earnings outlook for the third quarter amid signs of slowing demand and tighter capacity in the domestic truckload market.

Truck tonnage rose 7.4 percent in July, the eighth consecutive month of year-to-year increase, the American Trucking Associations reported.

A former senior state transportation official said Tuesday the Obama administration must include financing proposals in any federal transportation policy to make the goals credible.

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose 0.3 percent in July but only because of a 76 percent jump in sales of commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department said.

Robert Sanchez will succeed Anthony G. Tegnelia, who is retiring as president of Ryder Global Fleet Management Solutions after 33 years with Ryder System.

Con-way Freight, which has struggled to regain its financial footing in the less-than-truckload market, announced the departure Tuesday of John G. Labrie as president.

Retail diesel prices fell for the second week in a row, dropping an average of 2.2 cents to $2.957 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The Department of Transportation is starting to push out the first of nearly $17.6 million in a multi-layered stimulus grant for upgrades of some Appalachian freight short line railroads, by nailing d

Freight broker Greatwide Logistics Services named Tyler Ellison, a veteran of two of the country’s largest trucking operators, to the new post of group president for transportation management and corp

An index of Canadian trucking activity fell 19 percent in July from the month before, freight services provider TransCore said Monday, but the decline was in line with seasonal shipping patterns.

A new era in trucking financial discipline need not mean dark ages for shippers.

After enduring one of the worst stretches in decades that culminated in last year’s economic and trade recession, the freight transportation industry is finally in recovery.

You know the transportation market has reached an “inflection” point when a shipper picks up a trucker’s bar and restaurant tab.

If a trucking renaissance ever arrives, it would look a lot like Old Dominion Freight Line and Knight Transportation.

Harbor truckers on the West Coast like to call at Matson Navigation terminals. The gates and container yards are always fully staffed, and gate operations are efficient.

David Congdon has a message other trucking executives might not want shippers to hear: Truckers don’t necessarily have to raise rates to build profit.

Federal and state officials pulled more than 100 truck drivers off the road for drug and alcohol violations in a two-week investigative sweep.

The recession isn't over for many small trucking companies. While larger competitors report record volumes and stronger bottom lines, many smaller carriers are still struggling to stay in business.

The Department of Transportation's payouts of stimulus checks to states for work on roads, bridges and other projects reached $17.134 billion as of Aug.

USA Truck is rebounding from the recession and expanding its fast-growing intermodal business. The dry-van truckload carrier said Aug.

Former BAX Global leader Joey Carnes this week became chairman and CEO of MIQ Logistics, where he'll work with former BAX hand John Carr, president and COO.

The battle over the employment status of drivers at FedEx Ground moved to Massachusetts this week as 31 current and former drivers sued the carrier, alleging improper classification.

YRC Worldwide completed the $38.7 million sale of most of YRC Logistics to private equity firm Austin Ventures, which rebranded the unit as MIQ Logistics.

Duisburg, the world’s largest inland port, boosted first-half container traffic by 29 percent from a year ago, almost double the growth at Europe’s top box hubs Rotterdam and Antwerp.

Mexico stepped up its pressure on the U.S. in the dispute over cross-border trucking on Monday, expanding the list of American goods that will be hit with punitive tariffs.

The average retail price for diesel dropped 1.2 cents to $2.979 per gallon last week, following three consecutive weekly increases, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Con-way Truckload is looking beyond its less-than-truckload sister company for more business from “external” customers.

Con-way Freight has a long, hard slog ahead as it struggles to right-size its volume and wrangles with shippers over pricing in what looks to be a slower recovery.

A motor carrier in Southern Virginia, FWC, shut down this week, ending a 30-year run as it struggled to rebuild business in the economic recovery.

New Century Transportation is the latest trucking company to plot a route for Wall Street with an initial public offering to raise cash for expansion in the recovery.

Non-asset logistics operator AutoInfo increased revenue from transportation services 57.8 percent from a year ago to $69.1 million in the second quarter.

Wayne Wise, who with his wife Donna founded Western Express, one of the nation's top 50 trucking companies, died July 31 at the age of 60.

Roadrunner Transportation Services reported a 32.9 percent gain in revenue in the second quarter, but costs associated with the retirement of debt cut into earnings.