Trucking News

Truckload carriers will suffer the worst effects of the driver shortage in coming years as their lab

Canadian Firm to Buy Monsanto Spray GuardST. LOUIS - Monsanto Co. said it will sell its Spra

The United Auto Workers and Navistar International Transportation Corp. extended contract talks in L

John J. Cramsey said The Alamanc of Transportation has not been published and is only in manuscript

Moving the Midwest to the International Market, seminar sponsored by the Containerization and Inter

Kenworth Unveils New Ordering SystemKIRKLAND, Wash. - Kenworth Truck Co. announced a compute

Importers of Class 3 trucks are concerned about a reported drop in industry- wide sales but most are

Last month's stock market crash has not slowed Christmas shipments to retailers, say truckers whose

Time spent on non-trucking jobs must be subtracted from a driver's legally available working hours f

Isuzu Truck Opens Office in CaliforniaSOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. - Isuzu Truck of America Inc. h

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The sales surge in heavy trucks subsided slightly in October, ending eight straight months of increa

The United Auto Workers gave notice to Navistar International Transportation Corp. of Chicago that i

Users of electronic tariffs have found little to justify concerns about such systems. Centur

CF Buying Back Up to 2 Million SharesPALO ALTO, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways is buying

New Ford Models Gain In Fuel Economy TestsDEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. Truck Operations

Thousands of union jobs fell through an enormous loophole in a new "job security" contract when Gene

Companies can trim their distribution costs by better managing their inbound transportation, but the

Canada's trucking industry still has to follow a U.S. lead and cut its overhead by as much as 15 per

Federal officials should ban completely on-the-job use of alcohol by heavy truck and bus drivers, a

Sales of GMC Trucks Increase in OctoberPONTIAC, Mich. - GMC Truck dealers sold 25,746 trucks

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is actively pursuing the proposition that less is more with the introduct

General Motors Corp. is talking to several other companies about possible joint approaches to restru

One of the nation's largest truck buyers has warned equipment makers of the dangers of cutting back

Saab-Scania Opens Assembly Plant in PeruORANGE, Conn. - Saab-Scania AB of Sweden has opened

Product wholesalers and distributors will expand the use of hired truck transportation and reduce in

The results are in from what may be the trucking industry's most ambitious fuel economy test yet, bu

Greyhound Lines Inc. launched a pilot program Monday for rural bus service in Tennessee that it hope

GM Unit Establishes China Service CenterBEIJING, China - The China National Technical Import

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What Senate hearings tore apart three decades ago, the Justice Department has just pushed back toget

House transportation leaders are expected to fight a Senate proposal allowing states to raise speed

The United Auto Workers this week will ask an arbitrator to clarify his extension of transfer rights

Roadway Plans Stock RepurchaseAKRON, Ohio - Roadway Services Inc. said it plans to purchase

The Shippers National Freight Claim Council Inc. is offering a copy of its latest text, Transportati

Cummins Engine Co. is enlisting 4,000 truck stops to support its "$100,000 Premium Blue Power Play"

The recent collapse of the stock market, may cause one major truck carrier to rethink its 1988 tonna

Strapped by budget restraints, Mexico is getting private investors to build the new highways it need

INTERNAL SQUABBLING OCCURRED AS USUAL at this year's management conference of the American Trucking

Thage Berggren, president and chief executive officer of Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp., says his new co