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Accuride Corp. says its Fix and Grow strategy is working, reporting operating income for the second quarter doubled year over year.

The Senate Thursday night approved a $10.8 billion House bill to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent through next May. This ensures that highway funding will continue for the next 10 months, a relief to states that had been concerned about the possibility of cutbacks but nevertheless a failure by Congress to address the nation's long-term highway ... (more)

For more than 30 years, Jane and Michael Stern have traversed the country in search of the best in regional American cuisine.

Dave Tate is one New Westminster resident who doesn't agree with city council's position that trucks should be banned from three of its streets.

Belarus police found out how hard is it to stop a truck driver on the run. It took at least 80 shots to bring a four-axle car carrier to a halt after a long and wild chase last Sunday.

The Phoenix facility will sell used light, medium and heavy-duty trucks and trailers.

In view of what has been happening in our area the last several months there is a matter I think needs to be given a lot more thought and our state legislature needs to take some action on.

Freight rates on the spot market, along with the number of loads available, have hit their typical seasonal slump, according to new figures released from the freight-matching service provider DAT.

A ROAD rage trucker has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering a motorist by deliberately driving his 17 tonne lorry over his head.

Andersen Flaps has launched a new website at www.ecoflaps.com that highlights its Eco-flaps Splash Guards' fuel-saving and splash reduction benefits.

Illinois State Police have joined their counterparts in a dozen other states for a massive public safety initiative this weekend.

Truckers stranded in Yellowknife by the latest closure of Highway 3 sit in the parking lot at Wal-Mart on Tuesday.

Trillium CNG, a business unit of Integrys Energy Group, opened a new compressed natural gas fueling station in Charlotte, N.C. The CNG station is for Class 8 vehicles and will be located one mile from I-485 and I-77 in an industrial park off Brookford Street.

Ford executives showed two trucks on scales to demonstrate the light-weighting of the new truck when compared to the 2014 model-year version.

With late-night fatal truck crashes grabbing headlines in New Jersey this summer, a battle looms in the U.S. Senate over how much rest the government should require for the drivers who spend the most hours on the road.

Outgoing Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration head Anne Ferro defended her agency's regulations limiting the amount of time drivers are allowed to work, during what probably was her last appearance before Congress as the agency's chief.

It happened at 10:24 a-m in the 7500 block of Fremont Road. Emergency responder had to help Billy Jeffries Jr. from the truck which was on its side.

Contract logistics provider, Exel, and its sister logistics company, DHL Supply Chain, have formed a new freight brokerage company, Exel Freight Connect .

Paccar earned $319.2 million, or 90 cents per diluted share, for the period, an increase of 9% compared to $291.6 million, or 82 cents per diluted share, earned in the second quarter of 2013.