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Xtra Lease will install 25,000 Terion trailer-tracking units on its rental trailers.

Leaders in the freight industry insist that the advent of new technology will not negate the need for a large and productive workforce.

Canada’s Trimac Corp. could vanish from the Toronto Stock Exchange by Nov. 30 and become a privately held firm if a proposal from the company’s dominant McCaig family comes to pass.

A private equity fund partnership has completed $37 million of investment in same-day courier United Shipping & Technology, the holding company that owns Velocity Express.

Saying thank you to a branch of the federal government could get to be a habit for trucking.

It’s a time-honored tradition in American politics. Citizens seize upon an issue and lobby their elected representatives to change the law or put in place policies to achieve their goal.

In an August incident of alleged road rage in Pennsylvania, a truck driver was charged with using his big rig to push a stalled car more than 12 miles down Interstate 83 at speeds of up to 60 mph. The trucker was said to be angry because he felt that the car’s driver had cut him off.

Jackknifing a tractor-trailer or putting a truck into a runaway spin can be great learning experiences, as long as they are done on a skid pad.

Five giants of the household goods moving industry hope a new joint Internet site that will give consumers the power to get automatic estimates and reserve trucks will be the answer to industry fears about online competitors.