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When opportunity came knocking, Van O’Neal had an answer to fill the skyrocketing demand for truck drivers in Texas.

Overnite Transportation and the Teamsters union scheduled five days of negotiating sessions in the next month, even after both sides reported no progress in two days of meetings last week.

Truckers for Heartland Express will soon be enjoying about a 2-cent-a-mile increase in pay.

European noise restrictions that vary by nation are slowing the growth of air cargo, according to a UPS executive.

Watkins Motor Lines, the nation’s eighth-largest less-than-truckload carrier, has formed a joint venture with Saddle Creek Corp. to offer warehousing and distribution services nationwide.

Logistics.com served notice to carriers and shippers by hiring Schneider National’s former chief operating officer as its president, that it plans for its software products to dominate the digital transportation market.

According to a third-party licensing bureau, the International Registration Plan admitted in court papers that it cannot enforce its decision to require trucking companies to have a bona fide place of business in their base states.

Inspired by the miltary's success in changing the way it pays its freight bills, the General Services Administration is moving to encourage all federal agencies to adopt electronic payment systems.

This afternoon's headlines: ILA, Teamsters to work together on port trucker issues; Bill allows longer truck combinations on Maine roads; and VW truck division head says company has enough cash on hand for pssible acquisition.