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.

Inspired by the miltary's success in changing the way it pays its freight bills, the General Services Administration is moving to encourage all federal agencies to adopt electronic payment systems.

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.

Furthering partnerships and helping trucking companies deal with rapidly rising fuel costs will be on the agenda as the Transportation Intermediaries Association begins its annual meeting.

The Internet is having a major impact on the way trucking companies do business by making it easier to communicate with customers and reducing the time it takes to process transactions.

Ocean Group plc and NFC plc are exploring “a merger of equals” that would create one of the world’s largest providers of integrated logistics services.

Asche Transportation Services fired Chairman Larry L. Asche and Vice President Diane L. Asche, his wife, for allegedly misappropriating $1 million in company funds over a number of years.

While the Internet has been a boon for trucking companies, a group of exedcutives is going one step further by using it to compete directly against asset-based transportation service providers.

Ocean Group plc and NFC plc are exploring “a merger of equals” that would create one of the world’s largest providers of integrated logistics services.

A rule raising hazardous materials registration fees from $300 to $2,000 is unfair and “riddled with loopholes,” according to a group representing hazmat carriers.