Trucking News

Navistar International Transportation Corp. and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreemen

Trucks are no longer the ugly ducklings of Detroit. Automakers who have seen their passenger

Bridgestone Corp. has unveiled a new design theory for truck and bus radial tires that the company b

Creating computer software for the trucking industry is a complex and difficult business. Developing

Truck makers, truckers and engineers by the hundreds will come together this week at the Society of

Tighter operating restrictions on freight brokers are not needed to resolve the few complaints voice

Ryder System Buys School Bus CompanyMIAMI - Ryder System Inc. has acquired Liberty Bus Lines

Allied Mineral Products Inc. has seen its export business grow from 3 percent to 4 percent of overal

Airlines and railroads paid less federal income tax than most U.S. companies in 1986, but the trucki

Truckload carriers will suffer the worst effects of the driver shortage in coming years as their lab

The United Auto Workers and Navistar International Transportation Corp. extended contract talks in L

Canadian Firm to Buy Monsanto Spray GuardST. LOUIS - Monsanto Co. said it will sell its Spra

John J. Cramsey said The Alamanc of Transportation has not been published and is only in manuscript

Moving the Midwest to the International Market, seminar sponsored by the Containerization and Inter

Last month's stock market crash has not slowed Christmas shipments to retailers, say truckers whose

Importers of Class 3 trucks are concerned about a reported drop in industry- wide sales but most are

Kenworth Unveils New Ordering SystemKIRKLAND, Wash. - Kenworth Truck Co. announced a compute

Isuzu Truck Opens Office in CaliforniaSOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. - Isuzu Truck of America Inc. h

Time spent on non-trucking jobs must be subtracted from a driver's legally available working hours f

The sales surge in heavy trucks subsided slightly in October, ending eight straight months of increa

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

The United Auto Workers gave notice to Navistar International Transportation Corp. of Chicago that i

CF Buying Back Up to 2 Million SharesPALO ALTO, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways is buying

Users of electronic tariffs have found little to justify concerns about such systems. Centur

New Ford Models Gain In Fuel Economy TestsDEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. Truck Operations

Companies can trim their distribution costs by better managing their inbound transportation, but the

Canada's trucking industry still has to follow a U.S. lead and cut its overhead by as much as 15 per

Thousands of union jobs fell through an enormous loophole in a new "job security" contract when Gene

Federal officials should ban completely on-the-job use of alcohol by heavy truck and bus drivers, a

One of the nation's largest truck buyers has warned equipment makers of the dangers of cutting back

Sales of GMC Trucks Increase in OctoberPONTIAC, Mich. - GMC Truck dealers sold 25,746 trucks

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is actively pursuing the proposition that less is more with the introduct

General Motors Corp. is talking to several other companies about possible joint approaches to restru

Product wholesalers and distributors will expand the use of hired truck transportation and reduce in

Greyhound Lines Inc. launched a pilot program Monday for rural bus service in Tennessee that it hope

The results are in from what may be the trucking industry's most ambitious fuel economy test yet, bu

Saab-Scania Opens Assembly Plant in PeruORANGE, Conn. - Saab-Scania AB of Sweden has opened

The United Auto Workers this week will ask an arbitrator to clarify his extension of transfer rights

GM Unit Establishes China Service CenterBEIJING, China - The China National Technical Import

What Senate hearings tore apart three decades ago, the Justice Department has just pushed back toget