°®¶¹´«Ã½

The national average price of diesel fuel rose less than a cent last week to just over $1.08 a gallon — the smallest increase in the past four weeks.

TT File PhotoA group thinks it has the right combination to unlock congressional action on a plan to reduce cargo theft and allow criminal background checks of potential employees in trucking.

Class 8 truck sales in North America continued at a blistering pace in March, with 22,455 units sold — nearly 28% above the total in March 1998.

Shipments of complete truck trailers and chassis for the first two months of 1999 are down 10% from last year, but have shown a slight growth in orders since January.

The days of the industry’s hand-in-hand relationship with the federal government are over, soon to be replaced by stronger safety enforcement, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s top trucking regulator.

Will the truckload segment be a major source of new intermodal traffic for railroads? Don’t bet on it.

The ability to make customers out of today’s motor carrier competitors may determine the success or failure of the joint purchase and breakup of Conrail by Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp.

A federal court struck down the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s attempt to give employers the choice between adopting stricter work safety measures or facing guaranteed inspections.

A group thinks it has the right combination to unlock congressional action on a plan to reduce cargo theft and allow criminal background checks of potential employees in trucking.

The responsibility for preventing cargo theft is shared by everyone in the logistics chain.