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Proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules for truck drivers would come at a steep cost for tanker carriers, according to speakers at the National Tank Truck Carriers Association’s annual conference.

A sampling of manufacturers and distributors that have their own trucking fleets reveals that they may either be unaware or unconcerned about the possible effects of changes in driver hours of service on their businesses.

Federal Maritime Administrator Clyde J. Hart Jr. has emerged as the leading, if not the sole candidate, to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but probably only for a short term.

Two more truck manufacturers have added their names to the list of companies instituting production cutbacks and layoffs after robust vehicle sales since 1998.

When Thomas L. Finkbiner joined Norfolk Southern Corp. as head of intermodal marketing in 1987, he told his railroad colleagues that to be successful, they had to think more like truckers.

Long-haul drivers engaging in truck-stop sex are at high risk to contract the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, according to a study done for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Hours of service, Internet commerce and trucking association politics are on the agenda for the annual meeting of the National Tank Truck Carriers Association.

Despite its imminent purchase by Volvo, Mack Trucks will go ahead with plans to roll out a full line of Class 8 trucks that are designed to provide a “bridge” to the next generation of commercial vehicles.

Ah, spring. Love is in the air … er … e-mail.

A federal appeals court in Illinois ruled Landstar Inway is liable for freight damage that occurred in Mexico during a 1997 haul, even though the carrier’s contract contained tariff language stating it was not responsible for losses over the border.