Trucking News

Southeastern Freight Lines is replacing carrier partnerships in Alabama with its own direct service to speed delivery and reduce damage claims.

Daimler AG is making changes at the top of its North American truck manufacturing unit — the largest supplier of heavy-duty trucks in the United States and Canada.

Business is very slow for manufacturers in New York, according to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

Industrial production, a key measure of shipping demand, fell 1.4 percent in February, according to a report from the Federal Reserve.

Freight tonnage will grow more than 26 percent and freight revenue by 68 percent by 2020, according to a study sponsored by the American Trucking Associations.

After challenging Bush administration trucking hours-of-service rules several times, the Teamsters union and several safety advocacy groups are taking their fight to the more labor-friendly Obama admi

When Germany began charging drivers by the mile for the use of its highways, commercial trucks were the first to convert from a motor fuel tax. If the U.S.

Trucking companies waiting until next year to upgrade their fleets with cleaner- burning diesel engines may have a tough time passing the extra cost on to shipper customers if the long economic winter

Just five months after launching their clean-trucks program, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are poised to restructure the fee and subsidy elements that are at the core of the nation’s m

The American Trucking Associations is challenging the third attempt by the Teamsters union and consumer safety advocates to change federal truck driver hours

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Congress passed a huge $409.6 billion omnibus appropriations bill March 10 with a final vote in the Senate of 62-35.

Freight transportation services declined in January for the third consecutive month, pulling the Department of Transportation’s index to its lowest level in more than five years.

Frank J. Walsh, long-time chairman of National Retail Systems, died on Feb. 25 of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 62.

Diesel last week dropped 4.2 cents to an average price of $2.045 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Con-way is trimming wages, salaries and benefits across its entire employee base to save costs during the deepening recession.

The Teamsters union and several safety advocacy groups are petitioning the Obama administration to tighten its stance on trucking hours of service rules.

There’s another stimulus plan under way in Louisiana and Mississippi, where two new federal efforts are trying to help New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast recover from the powerful 200

UPS Freight cut transit times in Michigan and Wisconsin, including next-day service between new direct points linking Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee.

A leading freight transportation analyst warned March 9 he is cutting his volume and earnings estimates under a “deep recession, no recovery” U.S. forecast for all of 2009.

For LTL carriers needing cash to bolster operations in a declining economy, the sale and leaseback of truck terminals, even to competitors, could prove beneficial.

It’s taken more than two years, but Debra Pluchino just hit a breakthrough with one of the largest shippers on Long Island, scoring an agreement to run test shipments because they’re not s

Teamsters drivers and dock workers returned to work at Oak Harbor Freight last week, days after ending their five-month strike against the Auburn, Wash., less-than-truckload carrier.

Teamsters drivers and dock workers returned to work at Oak Harbor Freight last week, days after ending their five-month strike against the Auburn, Wash., less-than-truckload carrier.

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Refrigerated trucking company Frozen Food Express Industries lost $201,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with a loss of $3.5 million in the same period in 2007, an improvement helped in part

Averitt Express, which specializes in less-than-truckload service, is expanding its truckload coverage in response to increased demand in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and New Jersey.

North American LTL carrier Estes Express Lines expanded its Mexico service with the launch of a third-party logistics subsidiary, Estes Logística.

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Austin, Texas-based express carrier Lone Star Overnight now has overnight parcel delivery to every ZIP code in Texas.

Southeastern Freightways, a major player in regional less-than-truckload (LTL) hauling, is responding to shipper demand for more full truckload transportation as customers look to save money in the we

It took more than five years, but Yellow Transportation and Roadway are finally one company.

Trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, Canada and Mexico, is declining rapidly as the recession deepens.

A steep drop in heavy truck orders could be an early warning sign for shippers enjoying unprecedented pricing power and a glimmer of hope for carriers forced to slash rates to keep freight in their tr

Strong net revenue margins at Landstar are helping offset significant revenue declines at the non-asset based truckload operator, according to investment banker Stifel Nicolaus.

The unpopular clean-truck fees that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach began collecting two weeks ago could be ended within a year if motor carriers continue to finance the purchase of environmen

The atmosphere surrounding the trucking and railroad debate over truck size and weight limits is more frigid than ever, and shippers claim they’re stuck in the middle.

Struggling YRC Worldwide got a breather from its bankers, but its customers and Wall Street are keeping close watch on the carrier as trucking capacity and the rates shippers pay hinge on the trucking

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