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If all goes as planned March 17, the Truckload Carriers Association will decide on a new vision that will remove the 61-year-old group from the public policy arena and put it on the path toward integration with American Trucking Associations.

Volvo shareholders approved the $6.5 billion sale of its car division to Ford Motor Co. with a simple voice vote March 8.

The LTL industry sharply criticized a draft study from the DOT on truck sizes and weights, beginning what is likely to be a steady stream of disapproval from trucking.

While waiting for official certification of his election as general president of the Teamsters union, James P. Hoffa’s influence is already being felt.

Weight-distances taxes were on the legislative burner in two states last week.

The challenge of harnessing technology for better productivity is shaping the content of The Maintenance Council’s annual meeting and equipment exhibition.

Pony Express Delivery Service of Atlanta, in a move to improve profitability, will cease operations in 14 states in the Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.

Lemforder Corp. announced plans to produce chassis and steering components for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses at a new factory soon to be completed in Lancaster, S.C.

When the current hours-of-service rules that govern trucking in the United States were adopted, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in the White House, Britain still ruled the waves, New York City had three baseball teams and the closest thing to a superhighway was U.S. 1.