Trucking News

Heavy truck manufacturer Paccar eked out a $13 million third-quarter profit on $2 billion in combined truck and financial service revenue, but its net was down 96 percent from a year earlier and its t

Truckload carrier Covenant Transportation Group lost $13.6 million in the third quarter on freight revenue, excluding fuel surcharges, of $133.3 million.

Federal truck driver hours of service rules will be revised and a new rule proposed within nine months under an agreement between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Teamsters union a

Scania, the Swedish truck maker, said the downturn in the European market has leveled off as it reported third quarter earnings plunged 85 percent from a year ago.

Retail diesel prices took a third consecutive leap this week just before oil prices dropped sharply with the rebound of the U.S. dollar.

An American Trucking Associations executive said New York and New Jersey politicians will regret endorsing Los Angeles-style clean-truck regulations that he said represent a thinly disguised effort to

UPS Freight improved transit times between western Canada and points across the United States.

The Port of Los Angeles’s task of defending its clean-trucks plan against a lawsuit by the American Trucking Associations got suddenly more difficult on Oct.

YRC Worldwide this week will release what could be the most significant quarterly earnings report in trucking this year, and analysts, customers and competitors — as well as tens of thousands of emplo

New Deal Logistics, which offers trucking and distribution services from New England to North Carolina, got its start serving the apparel business in New York’s midtown Garment District in the late 19

The battle to organize harbor truck drivers at U.S.

New Deal Logistics’ Joe Killeen knows retail delivery like he knows Manhattan, which is to say block by block.

A change in vacation policy allegedly helped less-than-truckload carrier Saia return to profitability in the third quarter.

The trucking industry is finding the road to recovery has its own potholes.

Nearly 80 bus and truck drivers and as many companies may face charges or fines for drug and alcohol violations after a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration investigation.

Ryder System profit fell 66 percent in the third quarter as the company closed some logistics operations and carried less freight due to the global recession.

Truckload and intermodal operator USA Truck lost $1.6 million in the third quarter due to low volume and excess capacity in the freight market.

Sweden’s AB Volvo reported its fourth consecutive quarterly net loss but said demand for trucks stabilized in the past three months.

Trucker appointment systems at marine terminals can be beneficial for both parties if the systems are flexible and managed objectively, according to a transportation economist.

More federal funding and more “reasonable” regulation are needed to speed freight across the U.S.

The settlement of a lawsuit Monday between the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations should serve to expedite the introduction of low-polluting trucks into the harbor, the port's e

Swift Transportation is the latest carrier to look to its bankers for help in tough times, and get it.

People who operate airplanes, locomotives, trucks and buses would still be in violation of Department of Transportation rules against drug use if they use marijuana, despite a reported shift by federa

With an eye on the coming recovery, Old Dominion Freight Line pumped $50.2 million into infrastructure investments even as the less-than-truckload multi-regional motor carrier’s revenue fell 22

Rates charged by less-than-truckload motor carriers should remain low through the holiday season and into the first quarter of 2010, investment firm Stifel Nicolaus says.

Major infrastructure development is at a standstill in Southern California and other regions because planners are not leveraging the economic, environmental and community benefits of an efficient good

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation increased its volume in the third quarter, but revenue and income fell as pricing deteriorated.

Intermodal marketing company Hub Group reported a $9.8 million profit in the third quarter, down 42 percent from a year earlier as revenue of $389 million fell 24 percent.

Refrigerated trucking operator Marten Transport earned 43 percent less in the third quarter compared with a year ago as the truckload market became unusually harsh due to lower volume, excess capacity

ABF Freight suffered an operating loss of $14 million in the third quarter, which was an improvement on the loss of $25 million in the second quarter.

Through cost cutting and a pair of key acquisitions, non-asset based third party logistics company C.H.

A driver pre-employment screening program offered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration fulfills a long-sought goal of the American Trucking Associations.

Dramatically lower freight rates bit deeply into revenue and profit for trucking and intermodal giant J. B. Hunt Transport Services.

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises earned a profit of $18.99 million on revenue of $429.3 million in the third quarter.

Overcapacity and depressed truckload rates put a dent in revenue and profit at Heartland Express during the third quarter, but the company continued an extensive overhaul of its tractor fleet as it po

The retail price of diesel jumped an average of 10.5 cents to $2.705 per gallon last week, in the largest increase since a 14.6-cent surge in the week ending June 8, according to the U.S.

The Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations settled a trucking industry lawsuit against the concession requirement in the port’s clean-truck program, the port announced Monday,

Heavy truck sales in North America increased for the fourth straight month in September, reaching 10,817 units, largely driven by new emissions standards, according to FTR Associates.

The world’s largest truck manufacturer is guardedly optimistic that sales in North America and Europe have hit bottom and will improve this year as the economy picks up and demand for trucking service

For the second time, YRC Worldwide employees in Teamsters Local 710 in Chicago rejected wage and benefit cuts proposed by the company and union, a dissident labor group reports.