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Delivering the freight is an important part of the trucking business. That’s a given. But delivering information to your customers and staff is just as critical, especially if you’re looking to grow and compete with non-traditional freight-hauling companies that are providing the extra services of information and control to their accounts.

A rise of 5.6 points in the National Association of Purchasing Management's manufacturing index and 0.3% increase in construction spending has sparked hopes that the sector has turned the corner as the third quarter begins.

G.I. Continues Midwest Expansion; After Three Months, Comair Flies Again; Officials Investigate Two Calif. Trucking Cos.; Swift, M.S. Carriers Complete Merger; and more...

Transportation industry experts said that the U.S. economic slowdown likely took a bite out of the profits of many trucking and railroad companies in the second quarter ended Friday.

D.C. Firm to Manage U.S. Phone Numbers; PC Expo Rides Wireless Waves; Real-Time Shipment Tracking; and more...

The Federal Reserve's interest-rate cutting campaign appears to be slowly helping the U.S. economy and the manufacturing sector, two reports released on Friday showed.

A number of freight transportation companies with strong commercial Web sites, led by trucking giant Yellow Corp., were ranked among the nation’s top 100 e-businesses by a widely circulated technology magazine.

Trucks driving on Interstate 95 in Maine would be exempt from federal weight limits for three years under a bill introduced in Congress. he bill, sponsored by Rep. John Baldacci (D-Maine), would do away with the 80,000-pound weight limit for trucks on that highway for a three-year period.

Dimitrios Dardalis thinks he has a design that will enable producers to wring greater fuel efficiency from diesel engines while greatly reducing overhaul requirements. ardalis, a mechanical engineering doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, patented a wear-reducing concept that involves the use of rotating cylinder bore liners to reduce boundary friction during the combustion cycle.

Hoffa, Leedham Nominated for Teamsters President; Oshkosh Acquires Geesink Norba for $127.5 Million; Airborne, DHL Reportedly in Talks; FedEx Express to Trim Jobs Through Attrition; and more...