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A court struck down the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s attempt to give employers the choice between adopting stricter safety measures or facing guaranteed inspections.

Intermodalism got a huge plug from Schneider National, the nation’s biggest truckload carrier.

The national average price of diesel fuel rose less than a cent last week to just over $1.08 a gallon — the smallest increase in the past four weeks.

TT File PhotoA group thinks it has the right combination to unlock congressional action on a plan to reduce cargo theft and allow criminal background checks of potential employees in trucking.

Class 8 truck sales in North America continued at a blistering pace in March, with 22,455 units sold — nearly 28% above the total in March 1998.

Shipments of complete truck trailers and chassis for the first two months of 1999 are down 10% from last year, but have shown a slight growth in orders since January.

The responsibility for preventing cargo theft is shared by everyone in the logistics chain.

Transportation professionals are in Washington, D.C., for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s annual meeting.

Will the truckload segment be a major source of new intermodal traffic for railroads? Don’t bet on it.

The ability to make customers out of today’s motor carrier competitors may determine the success or failure of the joint purchase and breakup of Conrail by Norfolk Southern and CSX.