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Logistics.com served notice to carriers and shippers by hiring Schneider National’s former chief operating officer as its president, that it plans for its software products to dominate the digital transportation market.

The head of a new federal regulatory agency said she is awaiting the opportunity to issue several new motor carrier safety regulations this year.

Trucking companies that hire Pennsylvanians are having to resort to unusual means to conduct pre-employment screening since the state revoked access to the state’s driver records for background-check provider DAC Services.

Watkins Motor Lines, the nation’s eighth-largest less-than-truckload carrier, has formed a joint venture with Saddle Creek Corp. to offer warehousing and distribution services nationwide.

There is still a lot of talk around the industry about the Department of Transportation’s announced “national initiative” to cut the number of truck-related fatalities in half within the next 10 years. While I applaud this initiative, I continue to read with amazement how the “good guys” [the Department of Transportation] are going to audit, fine and penalize the “bad guys” [trucking industry] into some kind of safety Nirvana.

Despite its fondness for records and similar milestones, the nation took little note that diesel fuel prices hit their highest mark in history last week.

When opportunity came knocking, Van O’Neal had an answer to fill the skyrocketing demand for truck drivers in Texas.

A federal agency charged with collecting financial and operating statistics from trucking firms has denied requests from 24 carriers that the data not be released to the public.

Overnite Transportation and the Teamsters union scheduled five days of negotiating sessions in the next month, even after both sides reported no progress in two days of meetings last week.

Truckers for Heartland Express will soon be enjoying about a 2-cent-a-mile increase in pay.