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Two more less-than-truckload freight carriers - Roadway Express and Con-Way Transportation Services - announced plans to raise rates.

At least five major trucking companies may have been victimized in a scam involving fraudulent cash advances and check cashing in which criminals have targeted users of Comdata Comchek electronic cards.

Cargo thieves may soon have more to worry about than just stealing a trailer load of clothes or computers. M.S. Carriers of Memphis, Tenn., and a major national retailer recently posted a $25,000 reward for the recovery of a load of apparel stolen Aug. 3 from Manning, S.C.

he National Truck Driving Championships has a major role in promoting safety behind the wheel of tractor-trailers, according to a panel of experts assembled to kick off this year’s championship round at the Tampa Convention Center.

The chairman of American Trucking Associations is not confident the Department of Transportation won’t do more harm than good in revising hours-of-service regulations.

The New York Legislature adopted a budget, but elimination of the state’s ton-mile tax on trucking was not part of the package.

Cynics might have been skeptical about a program to transform displaced factory workers into truckers because of the difficulty of keeping new drivers in the industry. But 30 new drivers are on the road through the private-government collaboration.

Ryder System is going the extra mile for its employees by establishing a public school for their children right across the street from its headquarters in Miami.

A merger of Devine Intermodal of Sacramento, Calif., and Ted Peters Trucking Co. of Manteca, Calif., has created the largest company-owned intermodal trucking fleet in California, company officials said.

Despite all the improvements that have occurred in the evolution of the equipment, the roadways and the handling of freight, drivers remain the industry’s indispensable linchpin, without which the wheels would fall off.