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The Ontario Trucking Association and the National Truckers Association, both based in Ontario, have caught the attention of the provincial government and are working with them to avert threatened shutdowns in trucking services because of fuel prices.

An economic slowdown will hurt trucking this year, but growth will make truck traffic rise at an annual rate of 3% to 3.5% a year between 2002 and 2005, according to one of the industry’s leading economic analysts.

Representatives of shippers, carriers and logistics companies came together at the Nasstrac fall meeting to air out their needs, hopes and fears — both for themselves and for each other.

Both government and business leaders say collaboration is necessary in today's marketplace to lower production and other costs, but such alliancs have to be carefully constructed to avoid antitrust violations.

Through an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services, the 7,100 drivers of Landstar System will have access to the company’s Intranet through Web-enabled cellular phones.

In the news this morning: Reports grow of deal on hours of service; online freight arranger Transportal scales back; oil prices rise again as U.S. inventories drop; and more.

Senate and House conferees will meet sometime Wednesday to discuss the Department of Transportation’s controversial proposal to curb truckers’ hours of service, which is part of the transportation appropriations bill.

This afternoon's headlines: More air freight fuel surcharges rising; US&T reports loss but sees profit within next year; EU leaders discussing release of their oil reserves; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Verizon backs law restricting cell-phone use behind the wheel; Pillsbury signs on to private Net-based exchange; e-tailers search for solution to returned merchandise; and more.

The owners of Schneider National think they are lucky enough to have a commodity that stock market investors want in abundance — public shares of their logistics division — and they think that now is the time to sell it.