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After a nearly 10-year shutdown, production has resumed at the Nabors trailer plant in Mansfield, La. — but it’s really a new operation.

All varieties of roads, from interstates to city streets, would get a share of the wealth generated by a newly proposed 4.5 percent wholesale tax on diesel and gasoline fuels.

Quake Wireless, San Diego, has developed a satellite communicator that monitors heavy equipment in remote locations.

The recent confirmation hearing for Surface Transportation Board nominee Wayne Burkes served as a preview of the upcoming debate on reauthorization of the regulatory body.

TT PhotoRep. Frank Wolf (pictured), a major critic of trucking, and the industry’s most powerful group agreed last week to work together on improving trucking safety and to support formation of a blue ribbon panel that would study the issues further.

Swedish vehicle maker Volvo AB says it is talking to U.S. truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp. about a possible takeover, the Financial Times reported in Monday's editions.

The AFL-CIO has given lukewarm support to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s latest attempt at an ergonomics regulation.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Commerce Committee headlines American Trucking Associations’ Board of Directors winter meeting in San Francisco this week.

With Utah residents paying less for gasoline than they have in a decade, some lawmakers think it's a fine time to increase the state's per-gallon gas tax.

The General Assembly's approval of $104 million in bonds to improve congested northern Virginia highways could provide overdue relief in specific areas, but it is unlikely to have the necessary lasting impact on the overburdened road network, groups studying the issue said.