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Overnite Transportation continued to operate late last week, after some Teamsters drivers and dock workers at seven company terminals walked off their jobs.

American Trucking Associations Chairman John Wren and more than 100 of ATA's members are on a whirlwind tour of the country, pitching membership in trucking’s largest trade group.

Julie Cirillo, the federal government’s top trucking regulator, wants the industry to know that when it comes to safety, she’s less interested in public perception than in saving lives.

If a diner went to a restaurant and found brown lettuce in his salad, he would send it right back. That’s the assumption of one Colorado company specializing in making and delivering fresh salads across the Southwest.

More Illinois truckers will be have to retake portions of their commercial driver license tests because of a bribery scandal involving state employees that just won’t go away.

Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. continued to be plagued by late trains, congested yards and other service problems last week, despite their hopes that the Independence Day holiday would allow them to catch up on deliveries.

The price of diesel rose 1.5 cents through the week leading up to the Fourth of July holiday, hitting $1.102 a gallon. The national average reported July 5 marked the fourth consecutive week of increases and took fuel to a 17-month high, nearing the $1.109 average posted Jan. 19, 1998.

Industry groups have asked California to declassify diesel exhaust particulates as a toxic air contaminant, and the state agency in charge of air quality has indicated a willingness to at least listen to the latest arguments from trucking.

Members of the Teamsters union voted by a 4-1 margin to ratify a four-year contract with unionized carhaulers, ending a negotiation process that began in February.

Trimac Transportation prepared to expand its operations between the United States and Mexico by acquiring an 80% interest in Amer-Liquid Transport of Brownsville, Texas, and signing a deal to do business with the bulk transporter’s former owner.