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Alternative Diesel Fuels Draw States’ Attention; AMJ Campbell’s Owner Has Profitable Quarter; Authorities to Probe BNSF's Injury Reporting; Ford Says UPS Logistics Deal Saving $1 Bln; DaimlerChrysler Reported Eyeing Major Changes; and more...

U.S. Rep. Don Young of Alaska, who just took over as chairman of the House Transportation Committee, tells Transport Topics that he plans to attack congestion in the transportation system that hinders truck deliveries and other freight movements.

he U.S. average pump price for diesel fuel fell 3.8 cents in the past week, to 148.0 cents per gallon as of Feb. 19, the Energy Department reported Tuesday afternoon.

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a truck driver pilot program from the Truckload Carriers Association that would put 18- to 21-year-olds behind the wheel.

Microsoft Sells Its System to Some Phone Makers; United Air Launches High-Tech Cargo Terminal; AT&T, Digital Link Sensor Technology With Web Use; NHL Uses Wireless to Assist to Meet Ticket Goals.

Trucking is already in recession because its main customer, manufacturing, is in recession, say analysts — some of whom see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.

There are reasons to be cautiously optimistic that, for the trucking industry, the worst of the current economic downturn may be behind us. For the less optimistic, it appears that at a minimum, things aren’t likely to get much worse before they get better.

Navistar Shareholders Say Dump Poison Pill; West Texas Communities Want Truck Route; American Air Raising Cargo Rates April 1; ATA Forms Research Institute; and more...

The New York Stock Exchange announced on Friday that it was suspending trading in American Depositary Receipts of Mexican truck manufacturer Consorcio G. Grupo Dino.