Logistics

Roadrunner improved transit times across 149 major lanes as part of an ongoing initiative to improve speed across its network, the company announced May 17.

Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge want transportation officials nationwide to examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar construction.

The trucking industry stumbled through the first quarter amid a slowing economy and high inventories, according to experts.

Transportation leaders from government and industry are closely watching labor negotiations, including pending contracts with workers from both UPS Inc. and Yellow Corp.

Logistics company C.H. Robinson is cutting another 300 employees, the second round of layoffs in seven months.

A tentative agreement covering longshore workers at the largest U.S. ports is within reach after a year of negotiations between the union and employers, according to Stephen Lyons.

Self-driving-trucks technology firm Torc Robotics and refrigerated carrier C.R. England are teaming up on a pilot program.

After losses widened in Q1, U.S. Xpress has cut its corporate staff for the third time in the past year as the trucking giant prepares to merge with the larger Knight-Swift Transportation.

A group of suburban Chicago communities is appealing the federal approval of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger that is expected to bring more freight trains to the area.

Transflo has partnered with Comdata to introduce Transflo Wallet, a cardless fuel payment system that lets freight brokers send fuel advances to carriers and their drivers via a mobile app.