Trucking News

Non-asset logistics operator AutoInfo increased revenue from transportation services 57.8 percent from a year ago to $69.1 million in the second quarter.

Wayne Wise, who with his wife Donna founded Western Express, one of the nation's top 50 trucking companies, died July 31 at the age of 60.

Roadrunner Transportation Services reported a 32.9 percent gain in revenue in the second quarter, but costs associated with the retirement of debt cut into earnings.

About 300 independent truckers in the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association who operate in parts of the central and southwestern U.S.

YRC Worldwide plans to ask Nasdaq for additional time to raise its stock value above $1 a share to avoid delisting, the company said in its full quarterly 10-Q report.

Panther Expedited Services, the second largest expedited transportation company in the U.S. by revenue, plans an initial public offering worth up to $100 million.

The average price of diesel fuel jumped 6.3 cents last week to $2.991 per gallon, according to a report Monday from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

More trucks on the road mean more cups of coffee sold at TravelCenters of America, not to mention more meals, deals on merchandise and gallons of diesel.

Despite ongoing rumors that California’s transportation refrigeration unit regulations are on hold, a state agency already has issued $800,000 in fines.

Rate increases for reefer trucking companies are not a foregone conclusion, according to a new survey by Transport Capital Partners.

California’s flower growers have taken a cue from their produce counterparts and will begin to consolidate shipping to save freight costs and better compete with South America’s floral pro

Surging freight volume and tightening truck capacity in the second quarter put freight brokers and third-party logistics providers in a vise, as the cost of purchased transportation shot up faster tha

White is the new green for companies in the cold chain that want to improve their environmental rating.

One of the most significant changes in the 54-year history of maritime containerization is unfolding rapidly at U.S.

Add chassis to the list of transport equipment in short supply this year as the early recovery in demand caught carriers and leasing companies with their chassis down.

The country’s largest less-than-truckload carrier is nowhere near as large as it used to be, but YRC Worldwide is far closer to profitability.

An Environmental Protection Agency grant of nearly $1.1 million will go to add battery-powered air conditioning units to at least 101 long-haul trucks, targeting those operated by KLLM Transport Servi

Senators Thursday introduced a bill that would let states decide whether to allow tractor-trailers as heavy as 97,000 pounds on Interstate highways.

An increase in the cost of shipping shoes has Sen. Herb Kohl kicking about the classification system used to help price less-than-truckload freight.

Mandating the use of stability control systems on heavy trucks could help avoid almost 3,500 rollover accidents and save more than 100 lives a year, industry and federal officials told the National Tr

Canadian shippers paid more to move goods by truck in May, with overall freight costs rising 3 percent from April, the Canadian General Freight Index reports.

Frozen Food Express Industries made sequential volume and revenue gains but was unable to shift back into profitability in the second quarter.

Trucking and logistics operator Con-way said its net profit fell by more than half in the second quarter to $13.9 million as earnings plunged in the core less-than-truckload operations despite improvi

Echo Global Logistics increased sales 82.3 percent from a year ago, as spot market and contractual brokerage and logistics revenue soared in the second quarter.

YRC Worldwide's regional carriers reported a second-quarter profit, as tonnage growth put them on a faster trajectory toward recovery than national carrier YRC.

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line approved a 3-for-2 stock split to boost the trading volume of its stock. The split will take place Aug. 23.

Greek truckers ended a week-long strike Tuesday, defusing a confrontation with the government over plans to reform the country’s entrenched trucking industry rules.

YRC Worldwide reported a $48.3 million operating profit in the second quarter on Tuesday and expanded business with shipping customers as the less-than-truckload carrier showed signs it is turning aro

Diesel prices climbed an average of nine-tenths of a cent to $2.928 per gallon in the second consecutive week of gains, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Monday.

Legislation calling for a national freight transportation policy would short-change the nation’s highways, the American Trucking Associations said.

Celadon Group's annual profit soared 83 percent last year, boosted by increased demand, diminished capacity and more cross-border traffic with Mexico.

Unionized truckers in India delayed for 10 days a nationwide strike planned for Aug. 6, temporarily averting disruptions in the country’s road transport sector.

More than halfway into a year that’s been a seller’s market for freight transportation of all kinds, the surge in ocean container rates may be losing steam.

Trucking magnate Jerry Moyes is driving $2.6 billion Swift Transportation back to Wall Street with plans to raise $700 million in an initial public offering.

Swift Transportation pulls up to Wall Street a different company than the one that left the stock exchange in 2007. Swift isn’t just smaller, it’s more intermodal.

The harbor drayage community in Southern California is warning there will be a shortage of truck capacity during the peak shipping season.

A harbor working group that includes 30 terminal operators, trucking executives and labor representatives is moving quickly to address marine terminal congestion in Los Angeles-Long Beach.

Seasonally adjusted truck tonnage declined for the second consecutive month, supporting claims the economy is slowing, the American Trucking Associations said.

Acquisitions and higher freight demand helped Universal Truckload Services increase sales 28.7 percent in the second quarter to $154.3 million, the carrier said Friday.

Striking truck drivers in Greece will consider proposals to end their five-day protest Friday, after defying a Greek government order to return to work.