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When J. Harwood Cochrane founded truckload carrier Highway Express in 1991, he was starting his "second career" with high hopes.

The Federal Highway Administration is reviewing self-insurance standards for trucking companies.

Legislation replacing three federal truck taxes with a weight-distance tax was proposed May 13 by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Chafee (R-RI).

Teamsters union negotiators have threatened to call a strike if bargaining with major vehicle transport companies doesn't produce an acceptable labor contract by May 31.

Organizers of a July 5 trucker strike said they have been getting between 20 and 40 inquiries a day from drivers wanting to know more about the planned job action.

The National Transportation Safety Board looked at trucking regulators' response to its most urgent safety recommendations last week and found it seriously wanting.

On April 1, the U.S. Customs Service hooked up its beleaguered Automated Commercial System to a sort of Internet-based life support.

The Customs Service needs $1.4 billion over the next four years to replace the antiquated and increasingly shaky computer system it has used for the last 16 years, customs chief Raymond W. Kelly told the Senate Finance Committee.

Owners of small businesses had sharp words for the early version of an ergonomics regulation that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is trying to place on the books.

Central Freight Lines, a storied Texas-based regional less-than-truckload carrier, is planning the first initial public offering by a trucking company in more than a year.