Trucking News

In an attempt to gain a marketing edge, Volvo GM Canada Heavy Truck Corp. of Milton, Ontario, has be

TEAMSTERS UNION LEADERS WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED this week when 66 percent of the union's car-hauli

FREYMILLER TRUCKING INC. (Bakersfield, Calif.) Mark A. Roberts was appointed vice president, finance

A team of specialists has begun a two-month, $25,000 study on how to control rats displaced by the $

Rank and file Teamsters who haul new cars from plants and ports to dealerships nationwide ratified a

Congressional transportation leaders resolved their differences on a pending truck safety bill and a

Sen. Jack Danforth had one word to describe how he felt Friday morning after he lost a fight for a l

NEOAX Inc. will undertake a leveraged recapitalization of five truckload carriers acquired in its re

TOY SHIPPERS report ocean freight rates from the Far East continue to tumble. They're like t

RYDER SYSTEM POSTS RISE IN EARNINGSRyder System Inc. increased sales and earnings during the

Trans-West Express Ltd. has developed a satellite tracking system to monitor temperatures in its ref

Pillsbury Co.'s use of maritime law in its takeover battle with Grand Metropolitan PLC is a delaying

American Society of Transportation and Logistics, Southern New England fall membership meeting, Oct.

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS INCOME OF $32.3 MILLIONMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways In

The truck was somewhere between Denver and Los Angeles. In the back was a load of temperature-sensit

A Long Island truck hijacking in which more than $60,000 in steak was stolen was part of a series of

Heavy truck sales came roaring out of the pits in September after a one-month pause to repair defect

AMERICAN PRESIDENT BEGINS STOCK OFFERINGOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Companies Ltd.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a two-year fleet test of heavy truck

MARK IV INDUSTRIES ACQUIRES ARMTEK CORP.NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Mark IV Industries has completed

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported income of $9.9 million, or 42 cents a share, on revenue o

YOU HAVE TO HAND it to the folks who work for Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. A few days befo

BURNLEY OPPOSES COMMERCIAL ZONE BILLCongressional attempts to pass a law ending commercial-z

About a year and a half ago, Waldorf Corp. was asked by 3M Co. to switch products made for 3M to a J

Long-haul motor carriers face an aggressive new attitude from railroads and their support services i

The Interstate Commerce Commission said it will require about 1,700 mid-sized trucking companies to

Sharp tonnage gains and firming freight rates helped a group of large regional trucking companies po

The first commercial-grade highway in China has opened, a small but significant step in combatting t

Heavy truck sales snapped back in September following one of the worst safety recalls in recent hist

Shippers must rethink their priorities if truckers are to have any hope of overcoming a truck driver

When Consolidated Freightways discovered a rare 1947 Freightliner truck still in operation it put so

A leading proponent of transportation deregulation in Canada is leaving his position as head of the

NEW YORK CITY SYSTEM WINS TRANSIT AWARDSNEW YORK - New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority

Employees at ABF Freight System Inc. rejected a profit-sharing and wage reduction plan proposed by t

Some general freight trucking companies are considering a possible price hike to take effect in Janu

Senate transportation leaders will try this week to save a truck safety bill by modifying two contro

Government at all levels must increase current annual highway spending 20 percent to maintain presen

FRUEHAUF AND VARITY CONSIDERING A MERGERFruehauf Corp. and Varity Corp. are talking merger.

Striking Hollywood drivers and three production companies have agreed to a court order barring the d

A majority of Interstate Commerce Commissioners appear to have reached agreement on a plan that woul