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Contrary to published reports, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said last week that some workers in the railroad industry will not be exempt from a proposed set of new ergonomics rules.

A Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by AmeriServe Food Distribution is raising concern about the Dallas-based food service distributor’s willingness to pay claims by trucking suppliers.

Gov. John G. Rowland wants to get rid of a Connecticut property tax exemption for corporation fleet trucks that has not gone into effect.

This afternoon's headlines: Key oil ministers will recommend increasing output; EPA posts review of diesel-emissions study; and No moves from Canadian federal, provincial governments on gas tax relief.

This year, Mack Trucks Inc. and fans of perhaps the most legendary name in the truck-making business are celebrating the company’s centennial anniversary.

In the news this morning: Clinton seeks SBA money to weather fuel crisis; Renault's Douin does not rule out Nissan Diesel divestment; and Consolidated Delivery & logistics changes its name.

The price of diesel fuel in New England dropped by more than 19 cents a gallon for the second week in a row, helping to hold the national average price steady at $1.456 a gallon despite increases in the Midwest and West.

American Trucking Associations President Walter B. McCormick Jr. asked for immediate help for a trucking industry battered by soaring diesel fuel prices, in testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 24.

The two-tier fee structure that favors certain trucking operations in Idaho’s weight-distance tax is unconstitutional, a state court ruled last week.

The debate over placing so-called black boxes on trucks is ready to heat up, but the dialogue isn’t likely to go anywhere until someone spells out what the devices should do.