Trucking News

Plans by General Motors and Chrysler to close a combined 1,900 dealerships are the latest bad news for car-hauling trucking companies hurt by problems in an industry decimated by high fuel prices last

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sees a strong need to improve the country’s freight infrastructure, but the administration won’t back a higher fuel tax to pay for the work.

The Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust, one of approximately 20 separate multi-employer pension plans to which YRC contributes, has referred its 10 YRC accounts to its attorneys for collect

With stricter border documentation requirements set to start June 1, Canadian truckers are “on edge” about how the new rules will be applied to drivers delivering exports into the United S

Liquid bulk carrier DisTech opened a terminal near Cincinnati as part of a plan to relocate into bigger facilities to take advantage of transportation options.

FTR Associates is forecasting the economy will stabilize in the third quarter, followed by a moderate recovery in 2010 with GDP growth estimated to rise 2.7 percent, data the firm says suggests the wo

The American Trucking Associations will support legislation limiting tolls on federal highways while the Obama administration is keeping tolling on the table as a way to pay for maintaining and upgrad

Saia cut transit times by a day for freight moving between Atlanta and the Midwest as a result of improved density that allows for more direct moves.

Two of the nation’s largest trucking organizations are at odds over legislation establishing a national database for commercial driver drug and alcohol test results.

Truck tonnage in the United States fell at its sharpest rate in 13 years in April as an apparent inventory correction hit in the midst of the lowest point yet for demand during the recession.

The national average price for diesel fuel grew for the third straight week for the week of May 25, according to the U.S.

UPS Freight, the less-than-truckload division of UPS, cut transit times between northeast Kansas and more than 70 cities from California to Virginia.

At a time when trucking companies are falling from the landscape due to a lack of business and unsustainable rates, Jim Palmer Trucking found a way to keep its wheels on the road.

Consumer confidence improved two months in a row and in May rose to its highest level in eight months, according to researchers at the Conference Board.

Overcapacity in the trucking industry is sending used truck prices plummeting and leasing companies are scrambling to minimize the damage and keep inventory rolling.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is ready to take a new cross-border trucking program to Congress, but the bigger question may be whether Congress is ready for Mexican trucks.

The Obama administration’s fiscal 2010 budget proposal includes more than $250 million in transportation spending cuts, but lawmakers and interest groups won’t let the programs go without a fight.

YRC’s Worldwide’s latest move to avoid exiting the highway for good raises new questions not only about the trucking company’s financial status but also the future of thousands of retired union employ

The Virginia Department of Transportation scaled back its plan to close a group of rest stops in one of the heaviest truck routes in the country in a move the American Trucking Associations says will

Reddaway, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide in the western United States and Canada, this week launched a four-level Guaranteed Window Delivery service.

The Obama administration does not favor raising the federal tax on motor vehicle fuels as a way to bolster highway spending accounts, said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

While lawmakers wrestled over how alternative energy should shape the nation’s overall energy policy yesterday on Capitol Hill, supporters of more traditional fuel sources were determined not to

The trucking industry will have to see a significant freight volume increase before beleaguered carriers return to profitability, a leading trucking executive says.

The top executive of troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide challenged investment analysts and predicted his company would be profitable again by the end of third quarter.

YRC Worldwide’s intention to request $1 billion in federal aid could provide a check on rising freight rates by keeping a major competitor up and running, says the director of logistics at a lea

Retail diesel prices climbed 1.5 cents last week to an average of $2.231 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The impact of the economy had a multiplied effect on non-asset based transportation services company AutoInfo in the first quarter.

The American Trucking Associations has challenged the April 28 decision by the U.S.

YRC Worldwide’s lenders waived a $45 million second quarter earnings requirement in a move one Wall Street analyst says is evidence banks aren’t interested in shutting down the troubled ca

The National Infrastructure Bank proposed by President Obama will likely have many twists and turns on its journey toward a new way to fund infrastructure projects.

There's a growing belief that action must be taken on size and weight limits for trucks on highways, but don't mistake that for any sort of agreement on the direction of truck limitations.

Cutting transportation costs without sacrificing service or losing customers is difficult enough when times are good.

The twin troubles of overcapacity and weak demand forcing motor carriers to readjust operations could lead to long-term changes in the markets that supply their equipment.

Transportation giant UPS said it’s studying the issue of federal bailouts for financially ailing trucking companies but wouldn’t comment directly on competitor YRC Worldwide’s reques

U.S. industrial output fell 0.5 percent in April from March, leaving it 12.5 percent below April 2008, the Federal Reserve said.

YRC is seeking $1 billion from the federal government for relief from its pension obligations in an unprecedented move as it struggles to keep operating under heavy pressure from its lenders.

Trucking industry leader YRC Worldwide’s Chairman and CEO Bill Zollars said the company will seek $1 billion in federal bailout funds to ease pressure from its pension obligations.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is suing the Minnesota State Patrol for violating truck drivers’ rights in placing them out of service for fatigue.

Democratic leaders on the Senate Commerce Committee are calling for what might be called a shift away from highway freight transportation by 2020.

Profit at Express-1 Expedited Solutions fell 99 percent to $5,000 in the first quarter as a result of falling surcharge revenue and excess capacity.