A spokeswoman for Landstar System said the company is working “feverishly” to resolve problems that led to a proposed unsatisfactory safety fitness rating for its subsidiary, Landstar Ligon.

Top transportation officers of the military, in a groundbreaking meeting with American Trucking Associations, agreed to work with the industry on legislative and regulatory issues and to try to resolve long-festering problems.

A lawyer representing customers of United Parcel Service has sued the package carrier, accusing it of insurance fraud.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, the nation’s largest freight broker and a major non-asset-based transportation service provider, is buying one of its biggest competitors, American Backhaulers of Chicago.

North American Van Lines and Allied Van Lines completed a $450 million merger to create the world’s largest household goods mover.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, the nation’s largest freight broker, is buying one of its biggest competitors, American Backhaulers of Chicago for $100 million in cash.

Top transportation officers of the military agreed to work with the industry on legislative and regulatory issues and to try to resolve long-festering problems.

Two companies with the same goal — to dominate the package delivery and logistics market worldwide — are gearing up to battle each other in the global marketplace.

Intermodal drivers are unhappy, ocean carriers seem unable to meet their demands, and in the middle sits Clark E. Brown, president of Bridge Terminal Transport, the nation's largest intermodal drayage firm.

Covenant Transport, Chattanooga, Tenn., completed its second acquisition in the past month and a half with the purchase of Harold Ives Trucking and its freight brokerage affiliate, Harold Ives Transportation, for approximately $45 million.