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Schneider National of Green Bay, Wis., said it will acquire the assets of A.J. Metler’s flat glass business for an undisclosed amount.

Mexican trucks could be allowed access to four U.S. border states by year’s end, according to Department of Transportation documents submitted to Congress.

Releasing the first earnings data since completion of its merger, DaimlerChrysler reported today that net profits rose 29 percent last year to $6.1 billion.

Pacer International of Lafayette, Calif., an intermodal marketing, truck brokerage and cartage company, has agreed to a buyout with an affiliate of Apollo Management.

United Parcel Service and the U.S. Postal Service are hard at work trying to shape the future of postal delivery in the United States.

Xata Corp. sold its Enterprise Technologies operation in Peoria, Ill., to Mobile Security Communications of Roswell, Ga., for an undisclosed amount.

An agreement between two wireless communications organizations is expected to effort their 225 million customers by providing them with global coverage.

Union officials praised Union Pacific Railroad executives Wednesday for their efforts to improve safety for the Omaha-based railroad's employees.

TT File PhotoA congressional panel Tuesday heard pleas to improve truck safety by reducing drivers' hours, increasing their required sleep and expanding inspections of big rigs. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA.) contends the Motor Carrier and Highway Safety business unit is too cozy with the trucking industry.

The fuel use taxes collected on toll roads in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York amount to illegal double taxation of truckers, according to the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association.