Trucking News

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS HUGE EARNINGS DROPMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Inc. ea

U.S. acceptance is vital to the success of a global electronic freight forwarding network that has b

MILLIONS HELD NEEDED TO REPAIR NJ BRIDGESTRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's deteriorating bridges,

Dispatcher Mike Hadley was sitting around with a bunch of drivers in the office at J.T. Trucking Co.

Ryder System Inc. lost $27.6 million in the third quarter compared with net earnings of $55.3 millio

Service will fuel the competitive fires and result in more consolidation of long-haul truckers in th

CON-WAY MAKES PLANS FOR MAJOR EXPANSIONNEW YORK - Con-Way Transportation Services, a subsidi

Federal transportation officials will send California $100 million to begin repairing earthquake-dam

Cummins Engine Co., lost $39.7 million on sales of $807.6 million in the 1989 third quarter. In the

After nearly three years of takeover fights, complex maneuverings and realignments, XTRA Corp. is no

More than 2,800 transportation executives from all over the world are expected to converge here this

CANADA'S LACK OF GRAIN SALES to the Soviet Union has granted Canadian grain shippers a reprieve from

The Department of Transportation seems ready to take some "common-sense" steps to improve its implem

National Frozen Food Association, convention and exhibition, Oct. 22-24. Contact: NFFA, (717) 534-16

An electronic tariff filing system developed by the Interstate CommerceCommission and rail c

UPS ASSISTS POLICE IN MARIJUANA ARRESTSBRIDGEPORT, Conn. - When a United Parcel Service Inc.

ROADWAY EXPRESS SETS JANUARY RATE INCREASERoadway Express Inc., Akron, Ohio, has confirmed t

Shippers are expected to seek Supreme Court review of a lower court ruling upholding an Interstate C

Heavy truck makers were reeling with a market slide of their own as a steep drop in September sales

ROAD BUILDERS SEEK INCREASED US BUDGETThe American Road and Transportation Builders Associat

Two regional trucking companies will soon find out if the same incentives that help sell airline tic

Legislators grilled state officials over funding for the city's ambitious Central Artery-Third Harbo

A hardening strike of the Finance Ministry staff is starting to hurt the French economy. The

The Australian trucking industry does not want "black boxes" in trucks. Australian truck dri

FREDERICK H. GRUBBE NAMED FOR DOT POSTSecretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner has appo

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.'s third-quarter earnings fell to $9.4 million, or 40 cents a share

SHIPPERS APPLAUD THE SUPREME COURT decision in a Missouri intrastate trucking case. "I like

MACK TRUCKS FORCED TO IDLE PA. FACILITYALLENTOWN, Pa. - Mack Trucks Inc. is temporarily clos

Transportation Research Forum, 31st annual forum, Oct. 11-13. Williamsburg Hilton Hotel & Conference

NAVISTAR SETS RATINGS FOR DIESEL ENGINESNavistar International Transportation Corp. announce

Heavy truck sales dipped sharply in September, signalling the start of the long-predicted decline in

The Supreme Court handed freight shippers a victory when it rebuffed an attempt by Missouri official

CON-WAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Kevin C. Schick was named vice president and c

LEND LEASE TRUCKS INC. (Minneapolis) - Ron Meinhardt was appointed executive vice president, control

TRANSETTLEMENTS' TALKS WITH HARBINGER OFFNegotiations have broken off between TranSettlement

AMERICAN AIRLINES VALUES ITS INDEPENDENCE; so much so, that few who follow the airline industry will

Tank trucks that deliver fruit juices and cooking oils often are reloaded the next day with caustic

Norfolk Southern Corp. is offering service through three New England bulk distribution centers to gi

P.A.M.'S SAFETY RATING RAISED TO SATISFACTORYTONTITOWN, Ark. - P.A.M. Transportation Service

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority sought to reassure truckers that it would not single them out f