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TT File PhotoTruck trailers have evolved at a slower pace than the rest of the industry, but they are catching up — going from little more than boxes on wheels to high-tech cargo carriers.

Is the trailer leasing business recession-proof? Not quite, “but this is almost the case,” said Michael J. Phelan, VP of Associated Rental Systems.

Fed-up Oregon highway workers trying to put a stop to motorists who toss urine bottles onto the side of the road have gotten help from a state legislative committee.

International Asset Systems introduced an Internet service that allows shipping lines, container lessors and intermodal companies to exchange information about equipment availability and location.

A tractor-trailer packed with more than 100 illegal aliens was discovered by U.S. Border Patrol agents at a checkpoint in Sarita, Texas.

Transportation consultants have come up with three strategies for dealing with a possible trade traffic jam along Interstate 35.

Though well into his 80s, Benjamin Layton still remembers the trucking experiences of his youth — no matter how hard he tries to forget them.

Snapping a streak of seven weeks of increases, the retail price of diesel fuel edged downward by 0.4 cent to a national average of $1.08 a gallon on April 19.

Trucking’s chief regulator put on a softer face as she outlined a three-pronged approach to improve truck safety that includes education, enforcement and expanded use of technology.

Schneider National, the nation’s largest truckload carrier, expects to boost its intermodal business 20% this year and expand the number of intermodal containers in its fleet from 750 to 2,000.