Trucking News

The trucking industry is fuming over a decision to raise truck tolls on the Massachusetts Turnpike b

October heavy truck sales plunged 18.2 percent from a year earlier in their second double-digit drop

Marten Transport Ltd. reported a third-quarter loss of $66,500 on revenue of $18.9 million.

A new survey released Wednesday found that shippers rate trucks better in price and service than the

ROYAL NEDLLOYD BUYS W. GERMAN COMPANYDUSSELDORF, West Germany - Royal Nedlloyd Group NV has

Federal transportation officials this week formally postponed random drug testing for truck drivers

ITEL PLANS TO ACQUIRE SHARE OF RYDER SYSTEMItel Corp. plans to acquire at least $15 million

Although rainfall and hydroelectric dam releases have helped maintain normal water levels on the Mis

COURT ORDERS COVERAGE FOR BROWN TRANSPORTA U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has ordered that insu

Transportation officials at home and abroad are watching plans for a 15-mile stretch of road in cong

Kenan Transport Co. reported third quarter income dipped to $550,000, or 23 cents a share, on revenu

Barge freight rates, pressured by an abundance of bearish factors, plunged Wednesday and are likely

CONRAIL TO ACQUIRE 1,000 AUTO CARRIERSConsolidated Rail Corp. is acquiring 1,000 fully enclo

With shippers demanding service guarantees, there'll be more diversity and more reliance on third pa

Journal of Commerce Transportation Table, Nov. 3, National Press Club, Washington D.C. Robert A. Mat

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - John N. Etchart was promoted to vice president, c

TNT LTD. EARNINGS FELL IN FIRST QUARTERREDFERN, Australia - TNT Ltd.'s earnings for the firs

Rockwell International Corp. Automotive Operations announced a new nine-speed direct-drive transmiss

NAVISTAR TO OFFER HI-RISE CAB OPTIONNavistar International Transportation Corp. said it plan

Schedule a seminar on "Using New Technology to Keep Customers in the '90s" for trucking executives,

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said the federal government will investigate the extent o

Trucking companies must retain precise state-by-state financial records if they are to cope with the

EVEN THE U.S. TRUCKING INDUSTRY is thinking internationally these days. As a precursor to its annual

CSL INTERMODAL (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Jeffrey S. Provow was promoted to assistant general manager, Wes

MASS. HIGHWAY PROJECT GETS FEDERAL FUNDSMassachusetts officials announced Monday they have s

NJ DUMP FIRE CLEANUP COULD COST $8 MILLIONNEWARK, N.J. - It could cost $8 million to clean u

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS HUGE EARNINGS DROPMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Inc. ea

IT'S USUALLY A NEAT TRICK to get truckers, shippers and railroads together. But Timothy H. L

FREIGHTLINER TO BUILD NEW PLANT IN CANADAPORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Corp. will build a ma

U.S. acceptance is vital to the success of a global electronic freight forwarding network that has b

MILLIONS HELD NEEDED TO REPAIR NJ BRIDGESTRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's deteriorating bridges,

Service will fuel the competitive fires and result in more consolidation of long-haul truckers in th

Dispatcher Mike Hadley was sitting around with a bunch of drivers in the office at J.T. Trucking Co.

Ryder System Inc. lost $27.6 million in the third quarter compared with net earnings of $55.3 millio

Federal transportation officials will send California $100 million to begin repairing earthquake-dam

CON-WAY MAKES PLANS FOR MAJOR EXPANSIONNEW YORK - Con-Way Transportation Services, a subsidi

After nearly three years of takeover fights, complex maneuverings and realignments, XTRA Corp. is no

Cummins Engine Co., lost $39.7 million on sales of $807.6 million in the 1989 third quarter. In the

More than 2,800 transportation executives from all over the world are expected to converge here this

CANADA'S LACK OF GRAIN SALES to the Soviet Union has granted Canadian grain shippers a reprieve from