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Hazardous material shipments will increase in the United States and so may the potential for disasters involving multiple deaths and mass evacuations unless the Department of Transportation does a better job, warns a federal investigative team.

United Parcel Service and ABF Freight System have little in common operationally, but executives with both companies agreed at Nasstrac's spring meeting that e-commerce is going to change the way they do business.

Somewhere in Canada’s governmental bureaucracy, lawyers are massaging the anxiously awaited hours-of-service reforms for trucking in that country.

This afternoon's headlines: Volvo still looking for acquisitions, mulling options for its stake in Scania; OSHA launches workers page for online hazard complaints; and UPS launches online store.

Ontario has pegged Nov. 1 as the official starting date of its entry into the International Registration Plan, in which participants pay license fees based on the number of fleet miles operated within the participating jurisdictions.

The freeway ramp connecting Texas Highway 225 with Houston’s Loop 610 has been the scene of number of truck rollovers, but a system of radar and laser beams has helped keep big rigs upright on the sharp turn.

In the news this morning: Mack plans expansion under Volvo ownership; Nebraska inspections take 50 rigs off the road; and More costs, traffic delay Mississippi highway widening program.

International Truck and Engine Corp. took action April 7 that would allow the company to sue the Environmental Protection Agency if it does not adopt a new sulfur standard for diesel fuel.

As Department of Transportation officials rolled out their new hours-of-service proposal, the National Transportation Safety Board was contemplating how to treat crash data from black boxes called for in the proposed reforms.

This afternoon's headlines: Lawmaker says Alabama bill to restrict trucks to right lane is going nowhere; Vehicle makers call for sulfur-free fuels; and Shortage of diesel mechanics is leading to a crisis in the shop for carriers.