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The nationwide average price of diesel fuel rose for the fifth straight week, the Department of Energy reported Monday, adding 1.1 cents a gallon to stand at $1.311.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The TT 100 report contained in this issue makes official what most of us already knew: 2001 was a tough year to be in the trucking industry.

WASHINGTON — The new, longer labor pact between the Teamsters and United Parcel Service could be a harbinger for the less-than-truckload and vehicle-moving industries, which must both negotiate their own deals with the union to replace contracts that will expire in 2003.

Port Union Told to Reject Contract Offer • Daimler to Offer Dodge Commercial Van • Venezuela Says Will Comply With OPEC • UPS Sees 3Q Profits at 50 Cents to 55 Cents • And more...

Trucking’s bottom line took a big hit in 2001 as the industry’s leading companies grappled with rising costs and lower revenue, according to an analysis of financial performance of the 100 largest for-hire trucking companies in the United States and Canada.

State law enforcement authorities are not getting up-to-date information about truck-driver offenses, according to information that emerged from two state self-assessments of commercial driver license programs.

ITS Reports Attendance UpMeridian to Acquire MegaSys • Okla. Highway Bond Program May Increase • TransForce Acquires Retex Transport • Ark. A.G. Says Truckers Must Pay Back Sales Tax • And more...

DOT Offering Electronic Regulatory Notification • WorldCom Bankruptcy Won’t Affect Users, FCC Says • Laccona Leaves EGL to Head Italian Firm • Study Says Conventional Headlights May Be Safer • And more...

American Trucking Associations has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to modify consent decrees the court approved in 1999 which bound the diesel-engine industry to produce cleaner-burning truck engines by Oct. 1.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said it submitted a proposal allowing West Coast port operators the use of productivity-enhancing technology in exchange for expanded union job coverage, including all new information technology jobs.