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Ken Gold had no way of knowing in 1986 when he started hauling sand and gravel that a few side jobs transporting motorcycles for friends would evolve into successful operation of GoldRush Motorsports, a specialized trucking fleet for racing.

When Ford Motor Co. issued a mandate that all of its suppliers comply with ISO 9002, an international standard for quality, A.D. Transport Express had little choice but to go along with the program. After all, Ford was the $30 million carrier’s largest customer.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general went too far when it searched a trucking company’s offices and seized its records last year, said a federal judge in Phoenix.

Comdata, the leader in the trucking fuel-card business, has settled a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission by agreeing to license its card-processing system to its competitors.

Protesting truck drivers blocked highways into Luxembourg today as European Union transport ministers gathered there to debate proposals to reduce truckers' working hours.

This afternoon's headlines: Wawa, union at odds over strike's effect; OPEC ministers plan to meet as prices slip; and a former Md. trash hauler is sentenced, fined for falsifying records.

There is no sign that rising prices of petroleum and diesel fuel have “topped off,” a commodities specialist told truck fleet managers last week.

Faced with the possibility of new taxes to cover dredging operations, ports are starting to exercise their political muscle.

The Sept. 30 deadline for job actions at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma came and went with no strike called.

In the news this morning: DaimlerChrysler reaches contract with Canadian Auto Workers; N.J. lawmakers propose trucking safety bureau; and Feds expand Ill. CDL probe.