Trucking News

Some trucking companies appeared ready to drop their conditions for supporting a shippers' rate refo

A recently completed poll of users and managers of surface transportation systems indicates fears th

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Don Bearden was appointed terminal manager at Hot Spri

It was a New Year's celebration that Gerry Rowe, chief executive officer of Toronto-based TNT Canada

The trucking industry faces a number of key challenges in the weeks and months ahead, including taxa

The weeks and months ahead are likely to see more mergers, acquisitions andleveraged buy-out

The government sued to force free elections and other reforms in the International Brotherhood of Te

Teamsters' union officials announced a tentative nationwide labor agreement with trucking companies

Richard Carrico, a truck driver whose 25 years on the road ended when a rock was thrown from an Inte

Careful planning and artful nursing is bringing McAllister Towing Co.'s trucking subsidiary into the

Ed Brown, chairman and chief executive of Bulldog Trucking Co. in Carnesville, Ga., calls his compan

The sudden drop in heavy truck sales for Freightliner Corp. last month is no sign that demand is coo

CONSULTANT TO AUDIT NJ AGENCY OPERATIONSWOODBRIDGE, N.J. - The New Jersey Highway Authority

A New Jersey trucking executive was indicted on charges of fraudulently obtaining over $12 million i

Los Angeles, which plans to join the ranks of U.S. cities with subways in 1993, said it'll cost betw

A proposal to lower to 18 the minimum age for driving heavy rigs got an important boost Wednesday wh

MORE HAGGLING IS IN STORE between shippers and truckers over the shippers' undercharge plan.

Truckers support the basic concept of a plan by a coalition of shippers and transportation brokers t

Tractor-trailers carrying barrels of radium-contaminated soil are en route to Utah via Tennessee in

A coalition representing shippers and retailers urged Congress to finish the job of deregulating the

Two of the nation's largest inter-regional trucking companies suffered steepfinancial losses

Two-legged commuters are waiting longer for Chicago Transit Authority busesbecause there are

Lend Lease Trucks Inc. wants to alter its image. The full-service truck lessor is carving ou

A congressional study office gave passing grades to the nation's truck safety inspection programs bu

The leaders of the pack in the heavy truck industry found smaller competitors nipping at their marke

The Teamsters union and an employer group representing some 50 small and regional trucking companies

Secretary of Transportation James Burnley proposed a massive drug testing program that would cover 3

A May shower of sales in the heavy-truck industry turned into a downpour as deliveries surged 9.7 pe

Arkansas Best Corp. rejected a revised tender offer from Razorback Acquisition Corp., calling the $2

A controversial Chicago investors group launched a new subsidiary that it says will focus on acquiri

Net earnings for United Parcel Service Inc.'s trucking operations fell more than 50 percent in the f

Officials of Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp. are finding it's safer not to imitate Babe Ruth. Ove

ARKANSAS BEST REVIEWS TAKEOVER ALTERNATIVESFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp. said it is

Truckers will find the going a bit easier along Interstate 95 in the Nutmeg State. That's be

International Harvester, the name and the company, are alive and well in Australia. Although

CF Kingsway Inc. of Toronto has signed a letter of intent to take over Calgary, Alberta-based Tri-Li

The Teamsters Union has declared an impasse with the Adolph Coors Co. and will hold an election at t

Hertz Penske Truck Leasing Inc. and Gelco Truck Leasing Inc. will combine their truck renting and le

A coalition of shippers and transportation brokers formally asked Congress to approve legislation ai

A federal court blocked a Tennessee proposal to ban heavy trucks from an interstate highway near Nas