Trucking News

YRC Worldwide finalized an agreement with its largest pension fund to defer pension contributions as the trucking company scrambles to raise cash to avoid bankruptcy.

FedEx reported an $876 million net loss in its fiscal fourth quarter ending May 31 on Wednesday but company chief Frederick Smith said he believes the economy likely appears to have reached the bottom

Federally mandated emissions controls will add $6,000 to the price of a 2010-model-year diesel bus, vehicle manufacturer Navistar says.

The Federal Maritime Commission is moving to dismiss its challenge to the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program, in effect telling the U.S.

Diesel prices rose for the sixth straight week, ending with an average jump of 7.4 cents to $2.572 per gallon nationwide on June 15, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Con-way Freight will soon begin offering “truckload-style” pricing for large less-than-truckload shipments by capping rates in an effort to funnel more business into its higher-cost LTL fr

If surviving the recession is the first priority of trucking companies, the second might be making sure their network operations survive another round of negotiations with customers.

Shipper support is building for heavier trucks on U.S. highways.

It took less than 24 hours for Anne S. Ferro’s nomination as the nation’s top truck safety official to become embroiled in the dispute over truck driver hours of service.

YRC Worldwide did not apply for relief under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Associated Press reported June 12.

London -- European Union anti-trust regulators on June 12 opened an in-depth investigation of plans by DSV, Scandinavia's biggest trucker, and Danish shipping line Vesterhavet, to take joint control o

Trade moving by truck across the U.S.-Canadian border is so far unaffected by the start of the latest security upgrade two weeks ago.

The Teamsters union hopes to use a successful organizing effort at a Penske Logistics site in Southern California as a springboard toward larger efforts to bring logistics industry workers into the un

Ryder System inked a multi-year contract with plastic pallet maker Intelligent Global Pooling Systems to distribute and redeploy up to 175 million pallets annually to IGPS’s North American custo

The solution to freight corridor congestion may be through reducing commuter congestion, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

The American Trucking Associations renewed its call on Congress to mandate a 65 mph speed limit and require trucks to install electronic speed governors to insure they comply.

Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics acquired Raytrans Distribution Services in a combination the companies say will merge size with technology.

A key government measure of U.S. freight shipping fell to its lowest level in seven years in April, the government reported.

A cap-and-trade energy program would mean huge costs for the trucking industry and American consumers, the American Trucking Associations told Congress.

Two months after YRC Worldwide received approval from its lenders to use real estate as collateral for union pension deferrals, the Teamsters union formed a committee to consider whether changes are n

Retail diesel soared 14.6 cents to $2.498 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Not since the panic of last June have prices shot up so fast.

Big shippers are throwing their weight behind legislation allowing heavier trucks on federal roads as a way to boost carrier productivity, save fuel, and cut transportation costs.

Transporting refrigerated cargo is becoming an oasis for motor carriers that are finding it hard to make money hauling other kinds of freight.

Weak pricing in the less-than-truckload market isn’t deterring carriers from building density to cut transit times and use service to win business in a shrinking market.

A new security requirement could lead to a shift in the cross-border trucking market with Canada and higher costs for shippers.

It took less than 24 hours for Anne Ferro’s nomination as the nation’s top truck safety official to become embroiled in the dispute over truck driver hours of service.

TNT, providers of express and mail delivery services, launched the first-to-market and only integrated road network across South America, linking Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

President Obama tapped Anne Ferro, the head of Maryland's state trucking association and a former Maryland motor vehicle administrator, as the next Federal Motor Carr

Profit at same-day delivery and logistics company Dynamex fell 56.7 percent to $1.6 million on sales of $92 million in its fiscal third quarter ending April 30 partly as a result of lower shipment vol

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FedEx will take some $1.2 billion in charges against its fiscal fourth quarter earnings, including charges against its purchased Kinko’s and Watkins Motor Lines businesses, the company announced

Trucking interests are disputing government claims that exemptions to hours-of-service regulations for carriers of agricultural commodities make those carriers less safe.

Economic recovery will occur when consumer spending turns around, unemployment bottoms out and the business inventory-to-sales ratio improves, but that will take awhile, according to the chief economi

Mexican truckers, frustrated with the pace of efforts to reestablish a cross-border trucking program in Washington, are seeking $6 billion in damages from the United States.

Brighton, Mich.-based Pilot Transport, a niche carrier specializing in transporting specialty, research and development, show and prototype vehicles, named Rodger Dowdell vice president of business de

YRC Worldwide fired four top executives as part of a management reorganization the company says will allow it to execute critical decisions throughout the company fast

Estes Express Lines opened a 12-door terminal in Hope, Ark. to help meet growing demand for less-than-truckload freight in the Southwest.

The average retail price of diesel fuel jumped 7.8 cents last week to $2.352 per gallon in the largest increase since March, according to figures released Monday by the U.S.

The New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund is seeking two months worth of pension fund contributions from YRC Worldwide and is threatening to take legal action if not paid.

The sharp fall in fuel prices that helped prop up marginal trucking operators for eight months came to an abrupt halt in March, and after two months of increases, some of those carriers must choose be