Trucking News

Michigan Firm Named One of Fastest GrowingFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - American Business Comput

Baytree Investors Inc. is continuing its pursuit of ailing American Carriers Inc., proposing a $15 a

UAW Local Ratifies Contract With GMMembers of United Auto Workers Local 594 ratified a contr

Mack Trucks Inc. is betting that some of the big rigs of the future will be not so big. The

Struggling carrier PIE Nationwide Inc. is planning an Olympian promotion for 1988. The Jacks

Paccar Earnings Up For Quarter, YearBELLEVUE, Wash. - With the market for its heavy trucks e

Neoax Boosts Offer For IU InternationalNeoax Inc. has increased its hostile offer to $20 a s

Industry reluctance to supply timely data forced American Trucking Associations to halt its weekly t

An international investment firm headed by the former finance minister of Kuwait added a Columbus, G

Rising truckload rates are starting to give railroads the chance to raise intermodal prices, but the

Fruehauf Reorganizes Operations in EuropeFruehauf Corp. has completed the reorganization and

Arkansas Best Corp. Posts Earnings HikeFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp.'s fourth quart

Truck lines operating in the eastern central United States approved a freight rate increase effectiv

Conrail Income Rises in QuarterConsolidated Rail Corp. earned $79 million, or $1.15 a share,

Rockwell Introduces Heavy-Duty Axle LineRockwell International Corp. Automotive Operations i

The rapidly emerging anti-lock brake industry says it will be ready when a crucial program of federa

General Motors Corp. and Penske Corp. said they have received all necessary government approval to b

Reagan's '89 Budget Calls for End to ICCOffice of Management and Budget Director James Mille

Burnham Service Corp.'s board accepted the acquisition bid of an international investor's group that

A dissident member of the New Jersey Highway Authority withdrew his threat of legal action to block

A United Auto Workers official in Detroit said the union is seeking a new arbitrator to resolve two

Circle Express Inc. accelerated its rapid growth this week when the acquisition-hungry trucking comp

General Motors Corp. reached a last-minute tentative agreement with a United Auto Workers local that

New Features Unveiled For Kenworth SleepersKIRKLAND, Wash. - Kenworth Truck Co. has announce

Trucking giant Roadway Services Inc. has entered the bidding for Burnham Service Corp., competing wi

FRUEHAUF CORP. (Detroit) - Robert D. Rowan will retire as chief executive officer at the annual shar

Red Arrow Freight Lines Inc. will end its intrastate Texas trucking service to concentrate on buildi

Consolidated Freightways Inc.'s fourth quarter earnings fell to $20.6 million, or 53 cents a share,

Transportation Secretary James Burnley said Congress produced a workable compromise on the federal t

United Auto Workers officials voiced doubts that a strike against General Motors Corp. truck plants

Circle, Roadrunner Announce Merger PactCircle Express Inc. and Roadrunner Enterprises Inc. a

Con-Way Eastern Express has set opening dates and staff for new terminals in Utica, N.Y., and South

Greater freedom in using Teamsters workers heads the list of cost-cutting measures trucking employer

Ky. Supreme Court Overturns Highway TaxThe Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a highway user

Freightliner Corp. applauded the results of last year's surprisingly strong market for heavy trucks

New Truck Series Planned at GMCPONTIAC, Mich. - A full range of diesel and gasoline engines

A strike threat against General Motors Corp. truck plants next week could halt production of the com

RLC Corp. Posts Earnings IncreaseWILMINGTON, Del. - RLC Corp. reported earnings of $14.3 mil

The National Association of Stevedores will invite shipping lines, truckers, port authorities and sh

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc