Late in the game, the head of the Surface Transportation Board is speaking out against replacing Norfolk Southern management, suggesting the effort threatens the U.S. rail network.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges was down Monday for the fourth week in a row.

New Class 8 truck orders in April up from a year ago, down from March.

Truck transportation jobs posted a small decline in April after six straight months of relatively minor gains.

RXO looked to various metrics to push a message that things are getting better at the 3PL.

With sequential numbers at C.H. Robinson showing solid improvement, the company’s heavily shorted stock soared in late trading.

A second proxy adviser is backing big changes on the Norfolk Southern board, but this one is calling for CEO Alan Shaw to stay.

The benchmark diesel price used as the basis for most fuel surcharges declined for the third week in a row.

An “influential” proxy advisory company has come out in favor of Ancora’s efforts to oust the leadership of Norfolk Southern.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision helps define the legal status of  transportation workers at companies that are not primarily involved in transportation.

A possible strike by Daimler North America workers was averted at the last minute late Friday with a four-year deal.

TFI CEO Alain Bedard thinks the company’s U.S. LTL operations are booking too much light freight.

Truckload carrier Pam is running a Dutch auction to buy back its shares, which soared on the news.

In a quarter of tough earnings report, Covenant Logistics performed relatively well.

A key sales executive at LoadSmart discusses the company’s TMS capabilities and where it fits today with the needs of smaller fleets.

New Norfolk Southern COO John Orr made his debut on the railroad’s earnings call, but there was little talk about an ongoing proxy fight.

Investors cheered Ryder’s earnings, which weren’t immune to the weakness in the trucking market.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges is below $4 a gallon once again.

The one attorney who has pleaded guilty in the Louisiana staged truck accident scam has seen his sentencing delayed again.

Triumph Financial CEO Aaron Graft talked future opportunities as growth engine TriumphPay flipped to negative EBITDA in the first quarter.

Marten is the latest trucking company to report earnings that reflect the weak trucking market.

The April State of Freight webinar tried to make sense of a trucking market that has now been in the doldrums for two years.

Five auto haulers are combining to launch an initial public offering on the Nasdaq.

Here are a few key takeaways from the Scopelitis Transportation Law seminar on the myriad of legal issues facing today’s trucking fleets.

Federal rules on personal conveyance are a big reason for continued hours-of-service violations, according to P. Sean Garney of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting.

The California Trucking Association and OOIDA plan to appeal a recent decision upholding California’s independent contractor law, AB5, to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

A new law in Minneapolis that was to go into effect May 1 on Uber, Lyft compensation has been delayed.

TCA executive David Heller sees the trucking industry as having made the necessary adjustments to deal with the Baltimore harbor closure.

The oil market is up overall, but diesel hasn’t soared despite Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries, key producers of the fuel.

A truck driver who filed a defamation suit because of the contents of a report on him came up short on appeal in federal court.

A preliminary report on how Norfolk Southern did in the first quarter comes as the showdown over its future nears a climax.

A federal appeals court backed the authority of the EPA to grant environmental waivers to California, with possible ramifications for trucking.

Teamsters members at Dependable Highway Express in Southern California have ended the union’s representation at the carrier.

The weekly DOE/EIA retail diesel price moved up Monday as pump prices are reacting to an overall strong oil market.

The first data paints a mixed picture of how trucks and ships are diverting away from Baltimore in the wake of the Key Bridge collapse.

A waiver for truckers impacted by the collapse of the Key bridge in Baltimore and a preliminary timeline for repairs offer optimism.

Truck transportation jobs in March recorded an increase in the midst of a generally weak trucking market.

Class 8 new truck orders were down in March, but the research firms that track them did not see it as significant.

Daseke, known primarily for its flatbed operations, is now part of TFI International.

Truck lease purchase deals did not get many positive reviews at a recent gathering of a federal task force studying the deals’ impact.

New debt to pay a big dividend has led the two largest ratings agencies to reduce their rating of short-line rail operator Genesee & Wyoming.

The benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges is below $4 a gallon for the first time since early February.

A nuclear verdict in a fatal accident on Interstate 70 in Missouri has been upheld by an appellate court.

An earlier ruling that a group of drivers in Amazon’s Flex program in Wisconsin are employees rather than independent contractors has effectively been upheld.

An administrative assistant at a Texas trucking company who ran a fraudulent pay scheme faces more than five years in prison.

Hauling autos into Baltimore is a big business that is going to scale back dramatically in coming weeks and months.

Moody’s held its investment-grade debt rating of RXO, but its outlook was shifted to negative.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose by the smallest amount in months.

Norfolk Southern’s annual meeting will be May 9, when the push to oust current management comes to a head.

The energy sources that will power trucks that carry freight in the future was the focus of a discussion at CERAWeek. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves).

Oil analysts at CERAWeek see a market that isn’t what they predicted a year ago but is relatively stable, all things considered.

The precise rules granting tax breaks to hydrogen to fuel trucks are still to be announced, and that has some people at CERAWeek concerned.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose 2.4 cents, though diesel futures are climbing rapidly.

The odds of winning the big AB5 independent contractor case on appeal, after last week’s smackdown in a lower court, are considered slim, observers say.

A new attempt to keep California’s independent contractor law AB5 from the state’s trucking sector was thoroughly rejected by a federal judge this week.

Uber and Lyft have declared their intention to pull out of Minneapolis after a minimum pay ordinance for app-based drivers survived a mayoral veto.

The Volkswagen diesel scandal settlement is providing more money to buy zero-emission drayage trucks and other vehicles in California.

The closely watched International Energy Agency analysis of oil supply and demand is seeing consumption growing in part because of shipping diversions.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena defended the railroad’s safety record, which recently has come in for criticism from Federal Railroad Administration Chairman Amit Bose.

The two key ratings agencies expressed caution about the debt metrics on GXO’s acquisition of Wincanton. (Photo: GXO)

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges fell slightly for the third straight week.

An NLRB rule on joint employee status that was widely feared by employers has been vacated by a federal court in Texas just before it was to take effect.

Truck transportation jobs in the monthly BLS report were slightly down, but that couldn’t be said for plunging warehouse numbers.

Supply chain software provider E2open, with Elliott Investment Management holding a big stake, has launched a “strategic review” on its future.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has withdrawn a rule that would have required reporting of scope 3 emissions, those related to companies’ supply chains.

The latest figures from ACT and FTR show a new truck build market that remains solid but that slowed from a month earlier.

At the FreightWaves 3PL Summit, TIA’s Anne Reinke talks about the natural distrust between brokers and carriers.

Norfolk Southern has defended its safety measures and CEO pay package amid criticism and calls to action from activist investor Ancora Holdings.

A director at Werner Enterprises has resigned over several disputes, including one over the truckload carrier’s environmental, social and governance policies.

The benchmark price used for most diesel fuel surcharges was down for a second consecutive week.

Drayage carriers at the Port of Long Beach may be adding more internal combustion engine vehicles than zero-emission vehicles to prepare for California’s Advanced Clean Fleets rule. The Port of LA’s use of ZEVs is also low.

A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Pennsylvania on Saturday amid an already heated battle over railroad safety issues. Here’s the latest.

The Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch have reached a new five-year contract covering 5,000 workers across operations in the U.S. 

J.B. Hunt President Shelley Simpson becomes CEO on July 1, succeeding John H. Roberts III.

A case in Illinois involving BNSF Railway and a federal law on biometric information privacy has its settlement figure: $75 million.

The Texas Supreme Court has set a March 6 deadline for any parties that want to weigh in on the $90 million verdict against Werner Enterprises.

Financial data from Canadian bank BMO, a major lender to the trucking industry, showed further credit deterioration.

The weekly diesel price that serves as the basis for most fuel surcharges fell in its latest posting.

When Berkshire Hathaway bought the last 20% of Pilot Travel Centers, the deal valued the chain at significantly less than just a year earlier.

Supreme Court considers that question and what it means for disputes taken to arbitration or to court.

A new report from venture capital firm UP.Partners takes a look at the impact of the freight recession and new developments in the industry.

Kimberly Fisk, the new COO of Triumph’s factoring group, sat down for an interview with FreightWaves as she begins the job.

Takeaways from the State of Freight webinar this month kick off with an “abysmal” February.

The benchmark price used for most diesel surcharges was unchanged.

Volume data at Expeditors suggests that the year-on-year decline is slowing from where it was earlier in 2023.

“Grabbing the Hammer Lane,” a one-actor show with trucking as a theme, is winning strong reviews.

The Teamsters, which have been mostly winning lately, saw their union kicked out by some workers in Wisconsin.

An administrative law judge ruling against the current system of chassis pools was upheld by the full Federal Maritime Commission.

Investment bank Piper Sandler cut its rating on trucking-focused bank Triumph Financial even as it offered praise for the company’s strategy.

Ryder has a plan in place to reduce its reliance on equipment leasing. Its progress could be seen in its earnings.

International Roadcheck through North America will take place in mid-May this year.

New Jersey’s leading insurance trade group says umbrella coverage is likely the way to go for fleets  looking to meet the state’s new $1.5 million minimum.

The DOE/EIA benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges is above $4 for the first time since December.

Reaction to RXO’s fourth-quarter earnings has been decidedly negative, and the first quarter started off weak.

RXO’s fourth quarter was slightly better than the third, but overall, the 3PL had its challenges last year.

There isn’t much sign of an upturn in Uber Freight’s latest earnings report.

Thomas Schmitt, the Forward Air CEO who put together the deal with Omni Logistics trashed by investors, is leaving the company. 

A lawsuit that goes back to 2010 and opened the door for the ABC test in New Jersey has been settled.

The benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges has risen two straight weeks for the first time since September.

U.S. Bank’s freight indices are down but at a rate that may suggest a balancing of capacity could be ongoing.