Trucking News

A drop in spot rates and sluggish economy bit into revenue and profit at the fourth-largest U.S. truckload carrier.

In trucking, warehousing and, in fact, in a number of industries, worker misclassification is possibly the hottest topic today in labor relations.

Tonnage drops in June despite other improving indicators for trucking.

New online sales events such as Amazon's Prime Day increase demand for last-mile capacity.

The EU has fined four of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers a record 2.93 billion euros ($3.3 billion).

Second-quarter results show $6.2 billion J.B. Hunt is spending to build intermodal, truck volume, revenue.

As US regulators look into shipper detention practices, DAT survey finds many drivers are being delayed.

Economic indicator shows no sign of inventory destocking in May.

As spot market truckload volumes rise, will rates follow?

Established logistics companies and brokers could partner with digital start-ups to speed the "evolution" of technology demanded by shippers, the CEO of Echo Global Logistics says.

Mario Cordero reacted quickly to an announcement of a traffic mitigation fee increase at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.

As freight demand lags, trucking's payroll drops from post-recession peak.

The soft U.S. freight economy has trucking companies slamming on the capacity brakes.

It's a hard economy for smaller U.S. trucking companies such as Nebraska Transport Company. The carrier believes technology, partnerships can help it not just survive, but thrive.

Shippers are OK with paying an extra to help fund night gates at the Port of Oakland.

Frustrated by a slow-growth economy, low freight demand and tighter regulatory controls, trucking providers are looking for new opportunities, often in last-mile logistics.

New direction for trucker-owned chassis cooperative.

The state of U.S. freight growth in 2016 and perhaps next year hangs on inventories.

Ripples from Brexit could reach truck cabs on U.S. highways.

Amazon now may be the world's largest 3PL, especially for small shippers, supply chain consultant Adrian Gonzalez tells SMC3 Connections 2016.

Can the notoriously complicated, not to mention technologically hidebound, freight forwarding industry be turned into a streamlined, digitally driven paragon of efficiency?

A new bill introduced in the California legislature aims to spur the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex to revamp its PierPass system.

Software glitches continued to plague terminal gates at the Port of Charleston’s Wando Welch Marine Terminal Thursday.

"Hauliers and shippers run the risk of being punished for infringement of rules they could not properly prepare for,” the European Shippers' Council said.

Inventory destocking is likely under way, but the process will probably be slow.

“Importers and exporters need to work together. It’s a common bond we’re not using,” Dean Tracy, managing director of Global Integrated Services, told the annual Agriculture Transportation Coalition conference.

Shipment volumes climbed in May, but not enough to pull transport providers out of a deep year-over-year hole.

U.S. regulators are taking further steps toward a rulemaking on the detention of truck drivers by shippers and their customers.

The North American Free Trade Agreement’s cross-border freight growth of 3.2 percent in 2015 — representing 14.7 million truck and rail containers crossing both borders — exceeds the global ocean container trade’s weak gain of 1.3 percent in the same period.

Trucking firms in Russia are consolidating and expanding their services in a bid to remain competitive with containerized rail transportation.

The legislation would implement a new preclearance agreement.

Shippers, especially retailers, want better end-to-end visibility to better manage inventory, but they need to connect gaps in their supply chains.

An online marketplace for dynamic less-than-truckload spot rates is expanding rapidly as technology helps shippers, carriers meet goals.

Canadian freight operator Manitoulin Global Forwarding added temperature-controlled trucking to its portfolio.

The NFI Industries case is unusual, but not the first such whistleblower action in trucking.

The Port of Virginia has closed its Virginia International Gateway terminal to inbound truck traffic.

The spring freight bounce fell flat for the Phoenix-based trucking company.

At the U.S.-Canadian border, rising truck volumes are a welcome sign of economic improvement. But an 8 percent increase in truck crossings in Detroit in the first quarter also raises concerns about the speed and fluidity of cross-border freight traffic.

The Port of Oakland’s largest terminal operator is addressing looming congestion problems by preparing to charge a fee to support night gates.

An inter-terminal truck transfer system at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has had success.