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Navistar International Corp. said this week it will take a restructuring charge of as much as $456 million in the fourth quarter as it leaves the Brazilian truck market, and because of the uncertain future of a truck engine agreemen

The Truck Renting and Leasing Assn. (TRALA) has reached an apparent agreement with the New Jersey Division of Taxation to include private fleet transportation from the definition of "commercial freight"

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said the Department of Transportation would soon issue final regulations to allow Mexican motor carriers access to U.S. markets

Due to difficult and extraordinary market conditions in the North American truck manufacturing industry, Freightliner LLC will make a series of production and work-force adjustments beginning in January 2003

FreightDATA Software Inc., a transportation management software provider, has interfaced its Harbor Drayage/Intermodal application with eModal, North America's Port Community System, providing inbound container availability informatio

Tags: Intermodal

Dana Corp. announced this week it has signed agreements with the Riverside Co., a leveraged buyout firm, to sell several non-core businesses.

A federal court jury in Denver said Yellow Freight Systems, a Kansas-based trucking company, should pay a black truck driver $3.3 million for racial discrimination,

In contrast to last year when used trucks flooded the market, Kenworth used truck dealers are facing a tight market in which demand is strong and many truck models are scarce

Hub Group Inc. and Grupo TMM have announced an operating partnership between Hub Group and TMM Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo TMM

Consumer confidence in the American economy slipped to its lowest level in nine years during October

Tags: Economy

EMS Technologies Inc. has announced the continued success of its joint collaboration with GEOCOMtms, architect of the leading A.MAZE solution that optimizes the routing and scheduling of fleet operations

Cummins Inc. has announced it discovered a miscalculation in the company's reported third quarter diluted earnings per share

The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Assns. awarded its highest honor -- the Silver Spark Plug Award -- to four trucking industry professionals during the Council's 2002 fall meeting in Charlotte, N.C.

Aether Systems Inc. a leading provider of wireless and mobile data solutions, has announced that J Schugel Trucking Inc., a nationwide truckload carrier, has converted its fleet to Aether MobileMax for wireless vehicle tracking and messaging

Qualcomm has announced that it has shipped 450,000 mobile communications units worldwide and that 36 new U.S. carriers have signed agreements to use the wireless fleet management system in Qualcomm's quarter ended September 2002

Landstar System Inc. is using TransFlo Express truckstop scanning from Pegasus TransTech at participating truckstops

International Truck and Engine Corp. has announced that members of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) have approved a new five-year labor agreement that will enable the company to become more competitive

The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) and Volvo Trucks North America today announced that Volvo Trucks will sponsor ATA's America's Road Team, trucking's premier industry and truck driver image program

TruStar Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket distribution group, and the Management Information Systems Group Inc. (MISG), recently launched a new E-commerce initiative called TruNet that will enable all TruStar members to exchange electronic business documents with their suppliers.

Celadon Group Inc. has announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2003 ended Sept. 30, 2002 in line with its guidance issued earlier this month

Orders for durable goods plunged in September, while shipments declined less, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Commerce Department

Tags: Economy

International Truck and Engine Corp. and the leadership of the United Auto Workers union have reached tentative agreement on a new five-year labor agreement, it was announced Friday

This was a good week for management at Overnight Transportation, with the trucking company registering its best quarter since 1994 and the Teamsters Union pulling out of a long, drawn-out strike against the Richmond, Va.-based firm