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The merger of Sweden’s Volvo and Scania could be the catalyst for new consolidations among truck-makers – in the United States as well as abroad – some analysts believe.

This morning's headlines: Truckers Rally, Slow Work at Port; Union Wins Overnite Election; and Quebec to Get Tough on Speeding Trucks.

More than 100 independent truck drivers at the Port of Seattle plan to stop work Tuesday, as some trucking companies at the Port of Vancouver make wage concessions to their drivers.

This afternoon's headlines: Agency sets precedent in permit for U.S.-Mexico bridge; Chubb puts certificates online for shippers; and Federal loans available for ag haulers hit by drought.

The price of fuel shot up nearly 6 cents in California last week, pushing the national average for diesel to a 20-month high and prompting calls for a government-mandated price rollback.

Striking owner-operators at the Port of Vancouver are standing fast in their demand to be paid an hourly wage, despite several alternative proposals from trucking company negotiators and Vancouver Port Authority officials.

A Federal Highway Administration spokeswoman last week criticized speculation about the contents of an hours-of-service reform the agency is drafting.

A federal tax court ruling could cost United Parcel Service, the nation’s largest motor carrier, hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes and penalties.

In an exclusive interview with Transport Topics, George Reagle, the former head of the Office of Motor Carriers, responded publicly for the first time to the criticism lodged against him earlier this year over his administration of the safety agency.

While legislation in both houses of Congress creating a separate motor carrier administration is a dream come true for many in trucking, the proposals carry a myriad of other provisions.