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Roberson Transportation Cos. last week exited the trucking industry, agreeing to sell its dry van truckload business to Indianapolis-based Celadon Group for $22.7 million and its flatbed business and logistics division to Annett Holdings of Des Moines, Iowa, for an undisclosed amount.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eading Transport Topics’ Letters & Comments section in recent months on the issue of the hours-of-service rules for drivers has, quite frankly, left me astounded.

Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson announced he would resign, effective March 1.

Overall trucking freight volumes fell a seasonally adjusted 1% in December, according to an American Trucking Associations index.

While 2004 was the fourth-best year ever for total U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks, suppliers to truck makers said their sales in 2005 would be even better.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., parent to the second-largest U.S. railroad, reported record quarterly earnings for the fourth quarter of 2004, which rose 53.5% over the previous year’s fourth quarter.

Schneider to Add 10 New Brokerage Offices • CNF's Fourth-Quarter Earnings Rise; Takes Loss for Year • Celadon Reports Record Income, Revenue • Class-Action Bill a Priority, Journal Says • And more...

Security screening devices that use radiation to scan the contents of trucks and trailers at ports and border crossings may pose health risks, Teamsters union representatives said.

Three Northeastern governors declared states of emergency over the weekend as a blizzard pounded the region after dumping a foot of snow across the Midwest, the Associated Press reported.