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Con-Way Transportation Services, the nation’s fourth-largest LTL carrier, announced a new base for its surcharge formula Aug. 2, as the national average price for diesel rose to $1.146 a gallon.

Owner-operators hauling for Landstar System will soon be breezing past certain weigh stations without having to stop for credential checks, thanks to the PrePass program.

Going once, going twice, sold. Freight contracts are being awarded by an increasing number of companies using an electronic auction process.

This afternoon's headlines: Trucking company president accused of theft; Consolidated Delivery posts jump in profit; and Milwaukee area truck crashes soar.

Truckers need computers, but they can be downright brutal with them. So trucking companies are looking for units that can withstand the hostile environment of their industry.

Voters in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday approved the conversion of an airport to an intermodal freight hub by the Kansas City Southern Railway.

Staying on the straight — and curved — narrow has long been the truck driver’s most important job, but lane-tracking technology is ready to lend a helping hand.

In the news this morning: Consolidated Freightways signs service pact with Merzario; Canada's largest port losing millions in strike; and Regulatory reforms pay off for sector.

Oregon legislators have given in to pressure from truckers and voted to eliminate the state’s 52-year-old weight-distance tax.

The closing of Preston Trucking Co., a little more than 12 months after being sold off to company management by Yellow Corp., came as a shock to its 5,500 employees, Teamsters union officials and industry analysts.