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A Surface Transportation Board hearing will bring together numerous parties in discussing railroad issues, especially the recent tide of mergers and their effect on service.

The federal government’s efforts to improve intermodal freight transportation were scrutinized by rail, highway and ocean carriers last week at a National Academy of Sciences conference.

The National Sleep Foundation is calling for increasing the amount of time truck drivers can spend behind the wheel to 12 hours, as long as they have 12 hours off.

The leader of the nation’s largest shippers group got a blunt answer in response to his proposal to allow trucks to carry heavier loads in exchange for moving some of the freight to rails.

Money is at the heart of the debate over the future of the Single State Registration System.

Sky-high diesel prices along the Eastern Seaboard eased a little last week, as the national average price retreated slightly from the 10-year high set the week before. But Rocky Mountain and Midwest regions were not so fortunate, as fuel costs there increased for the sixth week in a row.

Money is at the heart of the debate over the future of the Single State Registration System.

Members of The Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations are the target of a recruiting drive by ATA.

Large trucking operations hauling hazardous materials will see their federal registration fees increase 660% beginning May 1 under new rules issued last week by the Research and Special Programs Administration.

A decision on rate-making handed down by the Surface Transportation Board has met with approval from shippers but has truckers protesting.