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Driven by capacity concerns and sky-high operating costs, more private fleet owners are converting all or part of their fleets to dedicated carriage.

The dedicated contract carriage sector is set for another strong year after double-digit growth this year.

Truck-related fatalities rose 8.7 percent last year, reversing a long-term trend, while overall highway deaths dropped to their lowest level since 1949, the Department of Transportation said.

A large majority of truckload carriers expect freight volumes and truck rates to rise next year, according to new survey.

Truckload linehaul rates rose 8.5 percent year-over-year in November, according to Cass Information Systems and investment research firm Avondale Partners.

Canadian Pacific Railway aims to be able to run 11 percent longer trains by 2013 through new and expanded siding in “several key regions.”

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Diesel prices across the United States fell 3.3 cents in the week ending Dec. 5, falling for the second week in a row as oil prices hit a two-week high.

Net orders for Class 8 heavy trucks dropped in November after several months of steady increase, according to two trucking and vehicle market research firms.

Technology provider ModusLink Global Solutions named Tom Nightingale, most recently chief marketing officer at Con-way, president for sales and marketing.

YRC Worldwide’s stock price jumped above $13 a share Monday morning, opening at $13.34 per share after climbing from $9.25

FedEx Ground will raise rates for its U.S. package and home delivery services an effective 4.9 percent Jan.

Jimmy Lyons has everything in place for strong growth in containerized exports, except for the containers themselves.

A new security standard and certification program for trucking could help motor carriers and shippers close one of the biggest remaining gaps in supply chain security — what happens to cargo onc

It’s not easy to secure a truck, and it’s even more difficult to come up with global trucking security requirements.

Steve Jobs’ untimely death, as well as the just-released best-seller biography of this genius, has triggered intense national focus on the Apple co-founder and his groundbreaking methods.

When UPS executives sit down to negotiate a new five-year contract with the Teamsters union next year, they’ll face a very familiar negotiating team.

YRC Worldwide boosted the per share value of its stock above $9 in a 1-for-300 reverse stock split Friday that drastically reduced its number of shares.

Trucking employment rose 2.7 percent in November from a year ago but was almost flat from October, rising only 0.3 percent despite high demand for truck drivers, according to federal statistics.

Federal regulators are planning a crack down on “reincarnated” motor carriers after shutting down two closely affiliated trucking operators in one month.

Two unions representing railroad workers have reached tentative agreement with major U.S. railroads, averting the immediate threat of a national labor action.

The freight transportation industry is preparing for important trigger dates in 2012 that should convince even the skeptics that there will be no turning back when it comes to greening the supply chai

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DHL Global Forwarding is offering shippers a new multi-modal service between China and Japan, which it says cuts costs by up to 60 percent compared to air freight options.

A 12 percent surge in refrigerated food shipments sent spot market reefer rates up almost 2 percent during the Thanksgiving week, countering soft pricing across most of the truckload market, according

Shipper and transportation groups are increasing pressure on Congress to avert a potential national rail stoppage, as the deadline for striking an agreement with two unions nears amid the peak holiday

YRC Worldwide will execute a 1-for-300 reverse stock split Friday in an attempt to boost its stock value from about 3 cents per share to more than $1 per share.

Trucking companies urged Congress on Wednesday to block proposed changes to truck driver work hours, arguing tighter restrictions would backfire by putting more trucks on the road and making highways

Shipper groups are pressing Congress to step in to avert a potential nationwide strike next week, with one warning the disruption of rail service “during the busy holiday shopping seas

The value of trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico rose 13.8 percent in September from a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported.

A federal judge sentenced the former transportation director for SC Johnson to eight years in jail this month for his role in a shipping scheme that defrauded the company of tens of millions of dollar

Diesel prices across the United States dropped 4.6 cents in the week ending Nov.

An Arizona utility will get $63 million in reparations and rate reductions under a Surface Tr

Drayage companies in Southern California by the end of the year will remove from service the final 280 trucks that do not meet the standards contained in the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-truck program

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ABF Freight System is looking at new growth areas, including potential acquisitions, as the freight carrier seeks to build its business beyond its long-haul, less-than-truckload core operations, accor

Trucks handled more freight in October, as rising manufacturing output helped increase for-hire truck tonnage 0.5 percent from the previous month and 5.7 percent from a year ago, the American Trucking

Diesel prices across the United States increased 2.3 cents in the week ending Nov. 21, rising over $4 a gallon for the first time in 26 weeks as crude oil prices fell.

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Orders for Class 8 heavy trucks hit a six-month high in October, with manufacturers receiving 29,824 new orders and 28,026 net orders, according to ACT Research.