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Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta was scheduled to return home Monday and return to work Tuesday, after a persistent nosebleed caused him to be hospitalized.

US&T Sells Air Dispatch Unit • Mack Strike Talks Continue • Menlo Finalizes Contracts With New Customers • and more...

Wireless Users Dropping Phone Lines • Methane Fuel Cell Developed • and more...

Freightliner, the largest heavy-duty truck maker in the United States, is pressuring many of its customers to renegotiate sale-repurchase contracts that it contends it can no longer afford, the Wall Street Journal reported.

It sounds like a simple request: How much would a trucking company charge to haul freight from point A to point B? For many carriers, however, the answer is not so simple.

DALLAS — The Internal Revenue Service is aiming to settle a 59-year argument over how to treat tractor and trailer tires on trucking company tax returns by the end of November, according to an IRS manager speaking to an industry group.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shippers looking to cut transportation costs during the current economic downturn are using fewer carriers but relying heavily on trucking firms that served them well during the good times.

Clapp Sworn in as FMCSA Chief • Companies Continue to Trim Jobs • Va. Troopers Guard Bridge-Tunnels • Crude Oil Price Rises on Fears of U.S. Strike • and more...

Security in the trucking system is woefully inadequate, according to a report by the General Accounting Office submitted to Congress before the Sept. 11 attacks, the New York Times reported.

Online Images Stay True to Form on Any Screen • Companies Act on Cell Phone-Cancer Link • And more...