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California truckers are caught in the middle of political test of wills between the state’s two most powerful air quality agencies over diesel sulfur levels.

A former driver for Overnite Transportation Co. said he was paid $10,000 to damage company property and falsely accuse union sympathizers so they would be fired.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is surveying its 1.5 million members to determine if they want to endorse anyone for president this November.

He was advised – jokingly — to wear body armor. It seems that several members of the House subcommittee on Ground Transportation were worried about the slings, arrows and heavy artillery assault he could expect from opponents of the proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc. unveiled a new family of Class 8 work trucks – the heaviest class of commercial truck – that it said would be available through dealers in the United States, Canada and Mexico in late September.

Transportation.com waded into the murky waters of online exchanges early last month and is attempting to debunk a rising notion that dot.coms are black holes for money.

What would have been just another bridge reconstruction in Newark took on greater significance as New Jersey embarked on the first project of its $1 billion-plus Portway project.

The Montana Department of Transportation is about to go online with a system that automatically approves size and weight permits, which truckers may print out from their own computers 24-hours a day. It also serves as a prototype that the contractor hopes to sell to other states.

TCT Logistics bolstered its less-than-truckload operations in Canada with the purchase of Daily Motor Freight of Mississauga, Ontario, for cash and stock valued at $7.2 million in Canadian currency.

TT’s 15-page financial review of 1999 makes it clear that the year that was, was the year of the Internet. It was the year that trucking discovered — and was discovered by — the personalized Digital Age.