Author: Jim Stinson

Marten Transport Ltd. reported its best first-quarter operating revenue in the company’s 73-year history, according to an April 16 news release.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The beginning of the end is here for the internal-combustion truck engine, said Roger Nielsen, CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, the largest truck manufacturer on the continent.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Trucking firms are generating massive amounts of data, but they don’t necessarily have the expertise to handle and interpret it, said an expert on connectivity.

Regional trucking firms should take a good long look at electric trucks, experts in the industry said.

LOS ANGELES — Kenworth Trucks joined forces with several allies April 22 in the battle against greenhouse gases, unveiling three of 10 Class 8 trucks that will run using hydrogen fuel cells developed by Toyota.

Celadon Group Inc. is selling its Celadon Logistics brokerage and third-party logistics subsidiary in a $60 million deal that helps advance the Indianapolis-based company’s plan to shore up its business in the wake of accounting troubles that date back several years.

Boosted by extraordinary trade growth with Vietnam, the Port of Oakland will offer a direct line to the Southeast Asian nation. Pacific International Lines will operate the service using vessels that can carry up to 11,900 20-foot equivalent units.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel climbed 2.5 cents to $3.118 a gallon, as crude oil dropped below $64 a barrel, the Department of Energy reported April 15.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel climbed 2.5 cents to $3.118 a gallon, as crude oil dropped below $64 a barrel, the Department of Energy reported April 15.

As digital technology in trucking grows, so, too, do the ways it can be combined.