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Negotiators for West Coast longshoremen and port operators resumed their talks Aug. 13 after a two-week break, with each side claiming the other was not bargaining in earnest.

Two pieces of legislation calling for port operator fines for keeping trucks waiting and making intermodal chassis inspections tougher moved closer to passage in the California Legislature.

Peterbilt, Cummins to Guarantee Engines • Bush Considering Economic Package • Mineta Praises Truckers During Appreciation Week • More Layoffs Feared As Engine Makers Await Ruling • And more...

The consumer price index, one of the most closely watched indicators of inflation, rose 0.1% in July for the second straight month, sparked by higher gasoline and health care costs, the Commerce Department said Friday..

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is looking for some creative methods to keep a portion of Interstate 80 in the southeastern corner of the state open when winter storms hit or vehicle crashes block the highway.

Major trucking companies and other transportation providers have been conservative in their use of stock options as a form of executive compensation, according to a report from J.P. Morgan Securities.

The California Trucking Association and several environmental and labor groups have refuted the federal government’s claim that the groups would be unaffected by heavier-polluting Mexican trucks.

U.S. industrial production rose 0.2% in July, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday, calling it the weakest performance since April.

Cummins Says Medium-Duty Engine Certified By EPA • CD&L Earns 6 Cents Per Share in 2Q • U.S. Xpress Revises First-Half Results • O'Neill Says Economy Rebounding • And more...

Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia-area contracted in August, for the first time since December, lending more fuel to fears that the stalled recovery is turning into a double-dip recession, Bloomberg reported.