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Congress is prodding the Department of Transportation to crack down on Mexican motor carriers operating illegally in the United States.

There were three national flags hanging behind the dais at the National Transportation Safety Board’s hearing on cross-border transportation Oct. 20, but only two of the governments represented by those flags actually showed up to participate - Canada and the United States.

Conducting fiscally conservative, sound science that advances trucking’s agenda is the goal of the ATA Foundation.

The move toward restructuring trade associations mirrors changes that have been occurring regularly in corporate America over the last two decades, according to association experts.

Shippers once again beat up on the railroads over issues of productivity and competition at the Council of Logistics Management’s annual meeting last week.

The average price of diesel fuel dropped for the second straight week to $1.224 per gallon, but analysts say this is the not the beginning of a plunge toward February levels.

Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater is seeking to eliminate antitrust immunity for rail and motor carrier rate agreements, pooling arrangements and mergers.

Container haulers picketed the American President Lines terminal at the Port of Seattle Oct. 21 in what Teamsters union officials say will be the first of a series of job actions aimed at forcing ocean carriers, railroads and truck lines to address driver grievances.

The Department of Transportation got its ability to issue fines and take carriers to court last week after temporarily losing the ability to do so.

The chief of the Teamsters union answered congressional charges that Teamsters have used violence and intimidation in their campaign to organize Overnite Transportation Co.