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An Overnite Transportation Co. driver was shot and wounded last week in Memphis, Tenn., leading to charges by Overnite officials that Teamsters were responsible for the shooting.

After nearly two decades of work, the framers of the Multi-State Highway Transportation Agreement are still battling to give western states the right to standardize truck size and weight limits.

A settlement between a produce wholesaler and a group representing owner-operators could dramatically change how trailers get loaded and unloaded in this country – and who pays for it.

Members of the Western Highway Institute will set the group’s research agenda at its annual meeting in San Francisco early this week and discuss its affiliation with American Trucking Associations.

In the news this morning: Ontario says car drivers to blame for most big-rig accidents; W.Va. to use laptop computers for safety enforcement; and two stolen trucks retrieved in Florida.

This afternoon's headlines: Federal grand jury says trucker falsified log before fatal accident; Missouri audit says agency should collect for road damages; and Volvo follows consolidation route.

Diesel fuel prices continued their march upward last week, with the national average retail cost rising 1.5 cents a gallon to $1.304, the highest in about three years.

Trucking’s national trade association said the Environmental Protection Agency’s conclusion that diesel exhaust is likely to cause cancer is not based on “sound science.”

Oregon plans to give away a limited number of Norpass transponders as part of a program to encourage truckers to use the time-saving devices.

Illinois lawmakers provided relief to intermodal truckers by passing a law that makes the owners of chassis, trailers and containers responsible for their condition.