Trucking News

Web-based technology that will help shippers get a clearer view of freight as it moves through less-than-truckload pipelines is being added to the SMC3 Platform.

Hanjin Shipping told a bankruptcy court in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday that railways, terminal operators, and container lessors are price gouging the South Korean line’s shippers by asking those cargo owners to pay more than usual to bring freight into US ports, in the wake of Hanjin’s recent bankruptcy filing.

Hanjin Shipping told a US District Bankruptcy Court on Friday how it would handle the late return of containers.

A heavyweight fight is shaping up in the Texas Legislature over proposals to allow trucks to carry heavier loads over the state’s highways.

The US Department of Transportation laid down guidelines this week for manufacturers of automated vehicles that provide a clearer path forward for autonomous trucks.

TNT's European road network, and its ability to handle profitable palletized freight, will be important to FedEx as it integrates global express operations.

FedEx raised revenue, profit in its first quarter as owner of TNT Express, despite integration costs following acquisition.

Seasonal adjustments may account, in part, for an unusually strong gain in truck tonnage in "difficult-to-read" August.

EZE Truck Holdings, which has grown through mergers and acquisitions since 2009, is combining with Farran International.

Truckload linehaul costs and intermodal pricing both drop year-over-year, leading Avondale Partners to lower its truckload rate forecast.

"Augmented reality" technology that blends the actual and the virtual is finding real-world uses beyond gaming, and the supply chain could benefit.

Truck drivers and warehouse workers at two XPO facilities are the latest to call for a union representation vote in a Teamster campaign that includes ports, warehouses, and truck terminals.

Shipments on the truckload spot market increased year-over-year for the first time since December 2014 in August.

A Transplace survey of 2,000 carriers shows smaller fleets lagging their larger counterparts when it comes to adopting electronic logging, though about half the companies queried already had ELDs in place.

Automation on the highways and in warehouses will radically change how products are produced, moved, and stored over the next decade, CBRE says.

Many of the largest less-than-truckload carriers are seeking increases in non-contract rates despite the weak freight market.

A $10.5 million infusion will help LTL-focused tech startup expand services and grow internationally.

Acquiring California-based Gardner Trucking will add more than $400 million to CRST's annual revenue while adding new services and markets.

Pending US trucking regulations may play a significant role in market share of trucking and intermodal industries.

Largest US truckload carrier sees increase in demand from contract customers, but rates still down 1 to 1.5 percent.

Jerry Moyes, who built Swift Transportation into the largest US truckload carrier, will retire at the end of the year, the company said Thursday.

The vice president of international logistics at retailer Target, Joshua Dolan, will lead a coalition dedicated to increasing supply chain efficiency.

Acquisition of LDS gives ArcBest subsidiary ABF Logistics a route into fast-growing dedicated market.

Old Dominion Freight Line experienced shipments and tonnage decline year-over-year in August. A contraction in US manufacturing output may be partly to blame.

Digital vulnerability and rapid technological advancement rank among the top concerns for transportation industry executives.

Import warehouses are next in line as a wave of disruption caused by the sudden shutdown of Hanjin Shipping heads inland. Expect warehouses to be "inundated," a logistics executive says.

US trucking companies kept their hiring engines firing in August.

With freight volumes and rates down, truckload drivers stuck closer to their employers, American Trucking Associations data show.

Hanjin Shipping’s collapse has left US motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers scrambling to limit their financial exposure and wondering what to do.

With transportation veteran Mark Yeager now a senior adviser, private equity firm looks for a "platform" company as a base for expansion in logistics.

European truckload carrier Waberer’s said it was able to increase revenue and volume in the first half.

Opposition to the shipment of liquid radioactive waste from Canada to South Carolina by truck spotlights broader challenge to hazardous materials transportation.

A U.S. federal mandate requiring truck drivers to use electronic logging devices by the end of next year won’t necessarily be the harbinger of a long-anticipated “capacity crunch.”

Trucking companies and freight shippers shouldn't expect a "rally" or "retreat" but a very slow rebound.

A proposal to mandate speed-limiting technology on heavy trucks would increase demand for truck drivers, U.S. regulators admit.

Investors appear to be demanding more proof “Uber for Trucking” concepts actually will work.

Trucking companies of all types are being driven to take new and sometimes rough routes, as the growth of e-commerce, shifting consumer spending patterns, new regulations and technology create new challenges.

U.S. for-hire truck tonnage in July rose at the slowest pace of 2016 on a year-over-year basis.

The long-anticipated, much-discussed truck driver shortage could surface again as a major problem as early as next year.

Two shipper groups are protesting changes to the uniform bill of lading, but does the U.S. Surface Transportation Board have the authority to intervene?