Truckload carrier Transport America purchased a majority stake in Optimal Freight, a Chicago-based brokerage, the carrier said Dec. 1.

By mid-autumn, trucking suppliers usually are well into preparations for the Mid-America Trucking Show that takes place each March, but this year is different.

UPS Inc. posted a 3.5% increase in third-quarter net income to $1.26 billion, compared with the same three months in 2014, even as quarterly revenue dipped by 0.4% to $14.24 billion.

Old Dominion Freight Line generated more third-quarter profits and brought in more revenue than during the same time last year, overcoming rising complaints in the less-than-truckload sector that problems among manufacturers are cutting in sharply to LTL freight volumes.

Declining tonnage and rising wage bills led regional less-than-truckload carrier Saia Inc. to a third quarter of diminished profitability and revenue.

UPS Inc. posted a 3.5% increase in third-quarter net income to $1.26 billion from $1.21 billion, even as quarterly revenue dipped by 0.4% to $14.24 billion from $14.29 billion, compared with the same three months in 2014.

PHILADELPHIA — Chris Grundler, the Environmental Protection Agency official behind the Phase 2 greenhouse-gas proposal, is passionate about reducing vehicle emissions but quick to point out his commitment to data, evidence and engineering as the foundation for writing regulations.

PHILADELPHIA — Its sluggishness aside, the U.S. economy is now, and will remain well into 2016, the world’s strongest producer and trucking will benefit from that, two economists said as part of their forecasts here.    

PHILADELPHIA — American Trucking Associations updated its top leadership at the end of its Management Conference & Exhibition here Oct. 20, with Pat Thomas of UPS Inc. elected the federation's 71st chairman.

PHILADELPHIA — The use of telematics in trucking will expand dramatically and reshape the industry, participants at a panel discussion said here.