Trucking News

YRC Worldwide revised a credit agreement to borrow additional money, the company said Monday, as the trucking operator said it expects a pre-tax profit in the second quarter but that higher spending i

Barges boosted their share of container transport to and from Rotterdam’s hinterland last year while rail lost three years of growth.

Hybrid electric trucks are rolling off the drawing board in greater numbers as manufacturers ramp up production and transport operators put them to work — or at least try them out.

Maersk Introduces Priority Shipping

Tariffs As Business Tools

When Joe Killeen wanted to prove an all-electric truck could make it on the tough streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, he turned to Norton and Trixie.

ACT Research increased its 2010 forecast for heavy truck production to 4,500 units, a 23 percent increase over 2009.

YRC Worldwide’s stock value fell almost 12 percent Thursday to 20 cents a share, as approximately 131 million shares changed hands in a day of frenzied trading.

After delaying sweeping truck safety changes, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is “absolutely on target” to meet its new deadlines, FMCSA administrator Anne S.

Shippers and freight brokers are facing a “landslide” of lawsuits related to truck accidents, says Tucker Company Worldwide President Jeffrey Tucker.

The U.S. must find more “innovative” ways to fund infrastructure projects, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday.

YRC Worldwide's stock plunged to a record low Wednesday, dropping from about 31 cents to 22.2 cents per share before pulling up to 23.1 cents when the market closed.

The Department of Transportation paid out more than $13 billion to reimburse states for work done under last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The Freight Transportation Services Index rose for the third consecutive month in April, climbing 0.3 percent from March, the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics said.

Global cargo security firm Freightwatch is launching a covert freight tracking service in the U.S. with Qualcomm, the satellite communications and equipment tracking giant.

Truckload carrier Heartland Express is purchasing an undisclosed number of 2010-model-year Class 8 tractors from Navistar, replacing older vehicles in its fleet.

U.S. diesel prices fell for the fourth straight week in the week ending June 7, with the national average price sliding 3.4 cents to $2.946 a gallon, the U.S.

Trucking employment last month grew at its fastest pace since it began to recover in March, and that mode led a broad gain in May that extended across all freight transportation modes.

Schneider National offered a $5,000 signing bonus for drivers willing to work for its Dedicated Services division in Chambersburg, Pa.

Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a bill into law today making Georgia the 28th state to ban cell phone texting while driving. The law will apply to all drivers effective July 1.

UPS said Monday it is bolstering its technology to simplify multimodal shipments and give importers more control over packages and less-than-truckload freight.

Tens of thousands of trucks and buses will be stopped for safety inspections by state police this week in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck.

Chicago is not only the nation’s crossroads, but also its chokepoint.

EU to Investigate Ocean Carriers

The less-than-truckload field’s largest network alliance — the sprawling, multicarrier Reliance Network of regional carriers — is undergoing some changes, expanding its reach on the

A nationwide information system that can track the locations and speeds of hundreds of thousands of trucks on U.S. highways is much more than a wild-eyed notion.

Building the more fuel-efficient heavy trucks the Obama administration wants to see on U.S.

To small trucking companies working the ports in California, using independent contract drivers to haul containers creates a symbiotic relationship, giving owner-operators the freedom they prize and t

Two highway safety advocacy groups often bitterly at odds with the trucking industry honored the top safety executive at one of the nation’s largest truckload carriers, signaling potential

President Obama used a visit to a commercial truck dealership outside Washington, D.C., Friday to highlight how the economic recovery has spurred hiring in equipment suppliers to the freight sector.

Truckers in South China who are seeking higher earnings reportedly blocked the main road leading to ports in western Shenzhen on Thursday, and threatened to take their protest to larger ports if they

Truckload rates are spiking 10 percent and higher as rising freight demand collides with deep cuts in capacity, according to freight brokers.

The clean-trucks program and other pollution-reduction measures slashed harmful diesel emissions at Los Angeles last year, according to the port's 2009 air emissions inventory.

Pacer International, in the second round of major management changes in the last three months, announced new executive changes as the intermodal and logistics services provider transforms from primari

Seven transportation companies and the nation's second-largest container port made the 2010 CIO 100 list recognizing companies that create business value through technological innovation.

Economic recovery in the U.S.

The market for hybrid trucks and buses is set for a thousand-fold increase within five years, with more than 300,000 hybrids sold by 2015, Pike Research says.

Maersk Canada said Wednesday it is selling the Canadian assets of port trucking line Bridge Terminal Transport to Rouge River Capital, a Canadian merchant bank.

Diesel prices fell to their lowest point in three months, sliding 4.1 cents to an average of $2.98 per gallon across the country in the week ending May 31, according to the U.S.

Teamsters vice president Fred Gegare will challenge James P. Hoffa next year for the top job at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.