Trucking News

As YRC scrambles to regain market share, its sales efforts this week focused on high value delivery options with an enhancement to the carrier’s Expedited Precision service.

Federal stimulus funds to states for such needs as highway, bridge and transit repairs were supporting at least 76,000 direct jobs as of July 31, says the House Transportation and Infrastructure Commi

Standard & Poor`s Ratings Services lowered corporate credit ratings on Quality Distribution to 'CC' from 'B-' on Tuesday.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide struck a new amendment to a $950 million credit line, the company said in its latest move to maintain financial footing and stay out of bankruptcy protection.

The average price of a gallon of diesel was nearly the same last week as the week before, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Quality Distribution, the largest tanker truck operator in the United States, announced a restructured debt arrangement Monday aimed at meeting financial obligations in a declining market.

Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico plummeted 31.5 percent in June compared with June a year ago, but the month-to-month increase of 6 percent runs counter to seasonal trends and confirms signals tha

In preparation for the peak fall season and extra demands on retailers, YRC Worldwide is expanding its window delivery capabilities across all of its transportation companies.

YRC Worldwide named Richard Williamson, a management consultant who’s worked with the less-than-truckload operator on its financial restructuring, chief strategy officer, a

The Department of Transportation pushed its stimulus project payouts to $2.023 billion in the week ending Aug.

Tonnage actually hauled by trucks decreased in July, whether compared with June’s dismal contraction or with July of a year ago.

New York City is scrubbing soot from its skyline by turning to electric vehicles, from heavy trucks to compact cars.

A truck driver working for UPS was killed Tuesday after his vehicle went off road and struck a concrete bridge pillar on an Indiana highway.

Credit ratings firm Standard & Poor’s removed both YRC Worldwide and Con-way from its CreditWatch list this month, but maintained a “negative outlook” for the trucking companies

Diesel prices climbed for the fifth consecutive week, adding 1.6 cents to reach an average of $2.668 per gallon, the highest retail price this year, according to the U.S.

Trucking bankruptcies plunged nearly 62 percent in the second quarter, falling to 370 from a peak of 970 a year ago, according to investment banking firm Avondale Partners.

Truckload carriers are beginning to report month-to-month increases in demand as the economy shows signs of improvement.

The case of two Los Angeles-area transportation con men had all the elements of a movie thriller except a Hollywood ending — at least for the scammers.

A “deep and DARK RECESSION” may have slowed Manitoulin Transport, but it hasn’t stopped the Canadian company’s expansion, President and CEO Gord Smith says.

It’s a simple fact of life: People get sick. So when economies take ill worldwide, the one area consumers won’t skimp on is their own health.

Nicholas Lakes and Viacheslav Berkovich used home computers, multiple cell phones, dozens of aliases and a web of false companies to cheat hundreds of victims in the trucking industry out of millions

Regional less-than-truckload carrier New England Motor Freight will reach across the border and deep into Canada through a partnership with Manitoulin Transport, a Toronto-based LTL carrier with 66 Ca

Maersk Line’s drive to establish a national chassis pool is starting to gain traction, even among critics.

The Department of Transportation paid out another $243 million for stimulus projects bills in the week ending Aug. 14, bringing the total it has spent so far to $1.737 billion.

Penske Truck Leasing, Reading, Pa., partnered with Web auction site eBay to expand used vehicle sales online.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is pushing back against the idea that federal stimulus money spending by his department is not helping the economy, saying the funds are creating thousands of jobs.

Agricultural exporters hailed the Port of Seattle’s clean-truck program for reducing pollution without imposing fees on cargo interests, and exporters urged the port commission to withhold suppo

Less-than-truckload carrier New Penn Motor Express may be merged into long-haul operator YRC unless union employees reverse course and accept wage and benefit cuts they rejected earlier this mont

The retail price of diesel fuel edged up 2.7 cents last week to $2.652 per gallon, the highest price since Nov. 24, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The fate of the nation’s largest trucking company lies in the hands of its bankers — and customers.

The state of the trucking industry in mid-2009 is, to put it mildly, chaotic.

For many trucking companies, the business outlook for the rest of 2009 is pretty bleak.

Chances are you’re pinching pennies these days. You’ve whittled all the fat out of your transportation budget and are running lean and mean.

Max Pietsch has a simple formula for expedited trucking companies to survive the recession.

In troubled financial times, it’s increasingly important to manage your business effectively.

The federal government gave plans at Eaton to build plug-in hybrid trucks and utility vehicles a $45.4 million charge with grant money from the stimulus package.

Northeastern regional LTL carrier New England Motor Freight will reach deep into Canada through a partnership with Toronto-based Manitoulin Transport.

Freight transportation in the United States stayed stuck in the doldrums in June, stalled at its lowest level since 1997, according to a report from the U.S.

The second of two California men who used information gleaned from federal Web sites to con trucking companies and brokers out of $2.7 million was sent to prison Aug. 10.