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The Illinois State Police and the Northwestern University Traffic Institute are using a federal grant to study the uniformity of roadside truck safety inspections.

Problems with financing forced the cancellation of two major transportation buyouts: Xtra Corp.’s purchase by Apollo Management; and Celadon Group’s acquisition by Odyssey Investment Partners. tra, a major lessor of over-the-road trailers, marine containers and intermodal equipment, terminated its merger agreement with Apollo, a New York-based investment firm, and Interpool Inc., an ocean container leasing company, on Nov. 25.

AB Volvo has decided to cut 5,300 jobs worldwide, including about 1,000 in North America, according to Stefan Lorentzson, spokesman for subsidiary Volvo Truck Corp.

For weeks now, we’ve been hearing from certain quarters that the way to improve trucking safety is to transfer federal oversight from the Federal Highway Administration to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

No one in trucking has to be convinced that there’s plenty of competition today.

In Washington, D.C., the arrival of the Capitol Christmas tree is a traditional reminder that the clock is ticking on holiday shopping.

Television and radio channel surfers in Nebraska last week caught the first wave of an advertising campaign created by the Nebraska Motor Carriers Assn. to improve the industry’s image.

The European Union’s Ministers of Transport Committee, meeting in Brussels Dec. 1, accepted a deal that allows EU-registered trucks transit rights through Switzerland, but at a very high price for road transport.

James P. Hoffa, son of one of the most famous union leaders in the history of organized labor, will hold a press conference today following his presumed victory over Tom Leedham to become president of the Teamsters union.

House investigators are reviving their probe into Rep. Bud Shuster (R-Pa.), the House Transportation Committee chairman under fire for his dealings with a lobbyist friend.