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

Truckers using fuel or credit cards will be able to whiz through check-out lines at truck stops, according to marketers of a satellite point-of-sale technology.

Truckers using fuel or credit cards will be able to whiz through check-out lines at truck stops, according to marketers of a satellite point-of-sale technology.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services plans to install Vantage Tracking Solutions systems in 14,000 trailers over the next two years.

With roughly $31 billion left on the table annually because of supply chain inefficiencies, a number of companies are hungry to match empty returning trucks with shippers’ pallets.

Highway robbers are banking on the easy prey of unattended trailers, and the black market distribution network has become so sophisticated that the stolen loot can be on a boat bound overseas before the theft is even reported.

National average diesel fuel prices jumped to their highest level in 17 months during the week ending June 28, and the surge in diesel prices over the past three weeks has cost trucking companies an estimated $9 million, according to analysts.

Air shipping rights obtained in a purchase of Challenge Air Cargo could give United Parcel Service dominant market share of both heavy air cargo and express package service in Latin America.

Highway robbers are banking on the easy prey of unattended trailers, and the black market distribution network has become so sophisticated that the stolen loot can be on a boat bound overseas before the theft is even reported.

Electronic credentialing, in which trucking operations connect directly with state agencies by computer, has been slow in developing. It has a long way to go to live up to its full potential, but regulators and the industry see the program as having significant long-term benefits.