Trucking, intermodal and logistics services provider Schneider National Inc. on Tuesday reported its second quarter profit increased 5.2% from a year...

Trucking and all other transportation modes except rail carried less cross-border freight by value in July compared to a year earlier, according to new U.S....

Profit for trucking and logistics provider Werner Enterprises Inc. fell 20% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same time in 2016 while...

The U.S. economy added another 228,000 non-farm jobs in November, aided by job gains in the trucking industry, according to a Labor Department report...

A new U.S. Transportation Department report shows the total amount of for-hire freight moved in the country fell 0.6% in September from the month before,...

U.S. manufacturers started the year with a rebound in output and new business growth, according to preliminary results of a survey released Friday. A...

Spot market freight volume remained relatively stable in September, edging down only 0.6% month over month as rates declined from both the month before and...

Amid extreme weather and tight capacity, national average spot truckload rates saw double-digit increases during the week ending Jan. 6, according to DAT...

A load of publicly held trucking fleets released first quarter 2018 earnings – Forward Air, Knight-Swift, Landstar, Covenant, Echo Global, and Heartland –...

The output from the nation's factories, mines and utilities increased in July, the largest gain since November 2014, and there also are improvements in...

Profit for the Tennessee-based parent to Covenant Transport plummeted in the third quarter, while Landstar System recorded only a 7.6% decline, according to...

Measures of both truckload and intermodal rates posted another rounds of declines, according to new figures released by freight payment processor Cass...

Barring the U.S economy suddenly slamming on the brakes — and you would be hard-pressed to find any economist or analyst worth their salt who would make...

Spot-market load availability moved a little higher last week, but it was not enough to outweigh a gain in truck capacity, with rates continuing to fall.

Despite a booming construction sector, the latest reports on jobs and manufacturing have some concerned that the U.S. economy is losing some of its steam.

Some are predicting the Amazon-Whole Foods acquisition will be a game-changer but it may not be as big of a deal for trucking as we think, says Business...

The U.S. manufacturing sector had a solid start to 2017, with overall operating conditions improving at the quickest pace for nearly two years, according to...

Three measures of freight activity and spending were mixed, according to new figures, but the outlook for their performances has improved, according to Cass...

Employers in the U.S. continue to add people to their payrolls at a healthy pace, and there is mounting evidence that the nation’s manufacturing sector is...

An increase in the price of crude oil is largely responsible for another jump in the value of freight moved between the U.S. and its two North American Free...

Growth across all business segments let to higher earnings for trucking and parcel delivery giant UPS in the second quarter.

Freight volume followed a common seasonal pattern of declining in August on the spot freight market as linehaul rates also moved lower, pushing the latest...

Spot truckload freight rates switched patterns over the past week, following seasonal highs hit by vans and reefers and a decline in flatbeds, as overall...

Spot market freight volume got a 38% percent boost from seasonal freight in March, but the DAT North American Freight Index remains at one of its lowest...

Marten Transport Ltd. has reported a near 50% improvement in net income for the second quarter of the year compared to a year ago.

GDP doesn't always tell the whole story of trucking's economic climate. That's why MacKay & Company developed its proprietary measure, Truckable Economic...

First quarter earnings for trucking company Heartland Express Inc. edged lower from the same time a year ago as revenue posted a significant decline,...

Traditionally, transportation and logistics managers start planning in earnest for the coming bid season with a look back at the previous year for...

U.S. manufacturing activity in July remained solid, according to two reports issued Tuesday while separate ones showed overall construction activity in the...

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports should see a small-but-significant increase this month as merchants stock up for the...

The availability of spot truckload freight dipped 1.8% while the number of trucks posted fell 2.4% during the week ending Oct. 28, according to DAT...

The parent company to Volvo, Mack and other truck brands is back in the black, according to earnings reports released Friday, but it plans to cut U.S....

A measure of the nation’s freight market showed gains in both spending and shipments during the fourth quarter of 2017, but the strength of the advances...

Despite van and reefer load availability increasing for the third consecutive week on the spot market, national average rates in the three major trucking...

Home building in the U.S. slowed in September, according to a new report, while a separate one showed that the total amount of output from the nation’s...

The number of available loads on the spot truckload freight market increased 3.5% during the week ending July 30, sending load-to-truck ratios higher at the...

Total intermodal freight volumes climbed 6.3% year-over-year in the third quarter for the strongest growth rate in over three years, according to new...

Despite greatly increased revenue in the final quarter of last year and for all of 2015, the fleet that purchased Con-way last year reported bigger losses.

The amount of freight available on one spot network moved slightly higher last week, but it was only enough to push rates up a little bit in one sector.

Spot truckload freight rates continued trickling lower for the third straight week for the week ending Jan. 27, according to new figures release from...

Industrial production in the U.S. rebounded from a drop at the start of the year, as consumer sentiment is the best in more than a decade – but there's a...

If you’ve given up on the truckload spot freight market or have been using it less because of the past year’s depressed rates, it might be time to give it a...

Freight shipments and payments rose in September following two straight monthly declines, according to the latest Cass Freight Index.

Truckload shipping rates continue to rise, while intermodal shipping continues to get cheaper, according to two of the latest monthly readings. A wider...

Two new readings of the U.S. manufacturing sector for April show the second quarter began with a slowdown in production and new business growth, while a...

Earnings for trucking and package delivery company FedEx Corp. moved up modestly to $715 million, or $2.65 per share, in its fiscal quarter ending Aug 31...

The parent of a company primarily known for its less-than-truckload fleet saw its profit fall by nearly a third while a separate carrier that provides...

The first reading on how well the American economy performed in the second quarter of the year shows it accelerated well ahead of the first quarter pace,...

Employers in the U.S. continued adding a strong number of jobs in July, while separate reports show better exports and factory orders.

The U.S. housing market improved in October following some ups and downs earlier in the year, while industrial production jumped in part due to increased...