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If sales of Class 8 trucks keep going the way they are, the dawn of the new millennium will see more than 250,000 rigs less than a year old plying the nation's highways.

Intrenet Inc. said it expects to post a net loss of between $2 million and $3 million in the second quarter in part because of a pending settlement of withdrawal liability claims filed by the Central States Southeast and Southwest Pension Fund.

This Morning's Headlines: Trucking Company Beats IRS in Court; Communities Jumping on Truck-Ban Bandwagon?; and Researching the Way to a Profitable Truckstop.

The National Truck Driving Championships has a major role in promoting truck safety, according to a panel of experts assembled to kick off this year's competition at the Tampa Convention Center.

This afternoons's headlines: More Stock Sales at Waste Hauler; Truck Height Checks to Start; and Users Want More From 3PL Providers.

The chairman of American Trucking Associations is concerned that the Department of Transportation may do more harm than good in revising hours-of-service regulations.

Legislation creating a separate motor carrier administration also carries myriad other provisions, including the use of electronic data to monitor compliance with hours-of-service regulations.

Mexico's improving international competitiveness will depend in part on the United States' willingness to open the border with its southern neighbor, according to a report by a Paris-based think tank.

This morning's headlines: Labor Leader to Speak at Truckers' Rally; EPA Is Urged to Accelerate Its Study of Health Effect of Tiny Soot Particles; and Operation Air Brake.

George Reagle has stood silently on the sidelines this year as lawmakers, government officials and highway safety advocates said the agency he oversaw for five years was partially to blame for a 20% increase in truck-related road deaths.