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Enrollments in the federal Transportation Worker Identification Credential program at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., are lagging behind schedule, causing concern among port officials about a possible shortage of drivers when the TWIC is required for entry this fall.

A&R Logistics said Wednesday it acquired Pacific Chemical Distribution Corp. and its affiliate Pacific Bulk Transportation Co., for an undisclosed sum.

An American Trucking Associations official asked a congressional panel to set a national speed limit of 65 miles per hour, as part of a series of steps ATA said would support the trucking industry’s efforts to reduce fuel consumption and address the escalating cost of diesel.

The Department of °®¶¹´«Ã½land Security said it pushed back the enforcement date for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program to April 15, 2009, although some areas will need to comply sooner.

First-quarter U.S. worker productivity improved 2.2%, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Your front-page article April 7 about auxiliary power units possibly saving on fuel quoted an APU maker’s spokesman who stated (like many others I have seen) that idling truck engines use up to 1.8 gallons of fuel an hour.

American Trucking Associations’ Security Council presented its Security Professional of the Year award to Richard Martin, the corporate security director for truckload carrier Knight Transportation.

With oil soaring to new records — crude surged past $122 a barrel on Tuesday for the first time — federal regulators are considering stricter regulation of the oil industry, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund’s first-quarter profit fell but its trucking and logistics unit’s performance improved, the company said late Monday.