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Political flare-ups in South America and the Middle East are combining to push oil prices higher, and could keep prices rising throughout the spring and summer driving months, news services said.

Business inventories and business sales both dipped in February, the Commerce Department reported Monday. It was the 13th consecutive month of decline for inventories, the report said.

Shippers Making Plans in Case of Dock Strike • W.Va. Task Force to Tackle Coal Truck Dispute • Arctic Drilling Plan Seen Unlikely to Pass • OPEC May Boost Output in ’02 on Rebound • And more...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued new guidelines for depreciating truck tires, ending a 60-year dispute over how to treat tractor and trailer tires on trucking company tax returns.

Heavy-duty truck makers Kenworth Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America said they have called back some laid-off workers to handle production increases to met rising demand for new heavy-duty trucks.

The ouster of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez by his country’s army on Thursday may curtail the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ ability to keep the price of oil high, news services reported.

Two economic reports released Friday offered mixed signals about the economy, as retail sales increased 0.2% in March and the producer price index rose 1%. The final numbers in both reports were clouded by the recent spike in oil prices.

Marten Transport Expects Lower 1Q Earnings • Rising Gasoline Prices Not Likely to Limit Travel • Truckers Injured Less in 2000; Still Higher Rate Than Other Workers • Meeting Brings New Ideas on I-81 Tolls • And more...

American Trucking Associations has appealed a state circuit court decision upholding Oregon's weight-distance tax system.

Many of trucking’s infrastructure needs have not been met despite the best intentions of groundbreaking federal legislation enacted more than 10 years ago, according to a number of freight transportation experts.