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Having lost in the court of public opinion, Oregon trucking representatives now want to take their battle against the state’s weight-distance tax to a real courthouse.

When does the growth of information technology for trucking become information overload that could distract the driver? Federal transportation officials have decided it’s time to look into the question, since it could have negative implications for safety.

Traditional third-party logistics providers seem unfazed by the proliferation of their online counterparts. But some observers wonder whether the tech-savvy newcomers may one day reduce the role of the conventional logisticians to little more than package-pushers.

Productivity improvements in the logistics and trucking industries generated by computers and use of the Internet may be imperiled by the Transportation Department’s hour-of-service rules, according to a leading industry analyst.

A jury will decide later this year whether the producers of “Dateline NBC” misrepresented their intentions to a Maine trucking company owner in developing a segment on driver fatigue for the television news show.

Trucking companies are part of a ground swell of public sentiment seeking repeal of the estate tax,which kicks in when family-held businesses or property are transferred from one generation to another, and Congress is taking note.

Owners of trucks that have only an old ICC identification number will have to start painting their carriers’ DOT number on the doors.

The battle for control of Simon Transportation Services escalated during the week of June 5, with the Simon and Moyes families dueling for control of the truckload, refrigerated carrier.

The Teamsters’ 2-month-old strike of Associated Wholesale Grocers ended June 4 with the ratification of an eight-year contract between the company and three locals in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

Hazardous materials placards may be placed at a level below the trailer’s floor and behind the rear underride guard as long as they are not obscured, according to a June 2 decision by the Department of Transportation’s Research and Special Programs Administration.