YRC Reports First Quarter Profit for the First Time in Six Years
YRC Worldwide has done something it hasn’t in quite a while: posted positive first quarter financial numbers.
YRC Worldwide has done something it hasn’t in quite a while: posted positive first quarter financial numbers.
Representatives of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the trucking company ABF have reached a tentative contract agreement.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood congratulated two elementary school students – a second grader from Maryland and a third grader from Missouri – as this year’s winners of the “Be Ready. Be Buckled.” Safety Belt Student Art Contest sponsored by the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Belt Partnership.
IdleAir, a truck stop electrification service provider, has opened a new location in Dallas, Texas. The new IdleAir facility is located at Flying J #726 (I-20 Exit 472).
Problems with a parking brake have led to a recall of Volvo and Mack trucks. Volvo Trucks North America is recalling 701 model year 2011-2013 VHD and VNL trucks manufactured Dec. 13, 2010, through July 17, 2012, while Mack Trucks is recalling 331 model year 2011-2013 CXU trucks manufactured Nov. 23, 2010, through March 19, 2012.
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. opened a new container drayage facility that will serve rail heads, container yards and ports in the Birmingham, Ala., area.
As lawsuits continue to mount against the truckstop chain Pilot Flying J, its board of directors has appointed a head of a special committee overseeing an internal investigation along with what it calls a “special independent council,” but questions are quickly being raised about one of the choices.
Truckworx Kenworth – Birmingham was named Kenworth’s 2012 Paccar MX Engine Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada during the Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently at the Paccar Engine Company’s manufacturing plant in Columbus, Miss.
Love’s Travel Stops opened a new travel stop in Weimar, Texas, at Interstate 10, Exit 682 on April 25.
The American Trucking Associations announced it has launched LEAD ATA, a new program created to engage young trucking executives and groom them to be the industry's next generation of leaders.
The average U.S. cost of diesel has dropped for the 10th week in a row, down 0.6 cents from last week, coming in at $3.845 per gallon, according to new figures form the U.S. Energy Department.
CRST International says its purchase of Allied's Special Products Division will create the most extensive network of specialized distribution centers in North America.
Four professional drivers honored earlier this week by the National Private Truck Council have together covered more than 18 million miles over a combined 166 years, operating a variety of equipment safely and reliably, yet each finds time for community involvement, NPTC said in its annual Hall of Fame presentations.
Con-way Inc. reported 2013 first-quarter net income of $14 million, or 25 cents per diluted share. The results compare to first-quarter 2012 net income of $25.6 million, or 46 cents per diluted share.
The 10.2% year-over-year gain in domestic container volume in the first quarter of 2013 represents the sixth consecutive quarter of 10%-plus increases, and the second highest volume in domestic container history.
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