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Shippers Bet on Transportation Exchanges; Freemarkets Scraps Adexa Deal; AMR Touts E-Business Supply Chain Concept; and more...

American Trucking Associations is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority under the Clean Air Act of 1970, filing comments along with 25 other trade associations opposing a petition from environmental groups asking the agency to issue regulations controlling greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources such as trucks.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Trucking companies that go through mergers or acquisitions after June 30 may not account for their expansion as a pooling of interests. Instead, financial personnel must configure their records according to purchase rules.

For many professional drivers, the modern tractor-trailer is a home away from home. The sleeper cab may feature all the creature comforts of a small house, including a TV and maybe even a shower.

A federal court said the inspector general of the Department of Transportation exceeded his authority by launching criminal investigations of five trucking companies that were also the focus of safety compliance reviews in 1998.

With trailer sales falling off as much as 36% this year, one would expect trailer manufacturers to be suffering. So far, though, the casualties appear to have been relatively light.

Bill Calls for Biodiesel Fuel Mixture; Bush to Nominate Bies to Federal Reserve; Increased Consumer Spending, Not Saving, Would Aid U.S. Economy; Nicholson Departs Freightliner; and more...

Detroit Diesel Corp. said Thursday that it was notified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice that the government will not change the consent decree schedule to meet more stringent engine emissions standards by October 2002.

Motorola Says It Gained Handset Market Share; Pacer, Qiva in $10 Million Deal; Trucking Firm Turn to Logistics ASP to Cut Costs; and more...

A new study provides an original source for calculating the costs of crashes involving large trucks, according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials.