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In the news this morning: Volvo sales drop 5% in first half of 2000, North American sales plunge; Los Angeles, Long Beach ports booming as peak shipping season starts; Overnite Transportation launches expanded Canadian coverage; and more.

An inspector from the New Mexico Motor Transportation Division swept the North American Inspectors’ Championships.

American Trucking Associations and the Environmental Protection Agency will meet on Nov. 7 before the U.S. Supreme Court to argue whether EPA can set revised smog and soot standards without a detailed congressional mandate.

Teamsters pilots for a BAX Global subsidiary are threatening to strike because they say they are frustrated with a lack of progress at the bargaining table.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber is soliciting nominations for the 18th annual installment of its Highway Hero awards.

Old Dominion Freight Line will add to the list of major carriers increasing rates, the less-than-truckload hauler announced Thursday.

This afternoon's headlines: Bridgestone/Firestone may face congressional hearing over tire recall; TrucktireXchange.com debuts personalized service in 'My TTXchange;' Consolidated Freightways launches new customer website; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Unions threaten to walk out of Verizon talks; supply chain firm Tradiant nets $21 million in funding; and truck equipment makers roll out website to get the industry online.

Transportation officials in central Florida are embarking on a study of traffic and freight movement in the Orlando metropolitan area that they say takes an innovative approach.

California state officials and trucking lobbyists think they have fashioned a compromise over how to reform the state’s truck and trailer registration fee system in time for a Jan. 1 deadline.