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A plan for TruckersB2B to bring together a host of carriers for volume-buying discounts has yet to turn a profit, and some analysts are cool on the online venture.

The bad news in the Canadian trucking industry is that things have not changed much for drivers and dispatchers. The good news is that things are not worse, according to an updated study.

Some Southern California trucking companies have found what they hope will be a solution to the industry's driver shortage: recent parolees from the state prison system.

In the news this morning: Clinton monitoring oil prices; British truckers continue fuel tax protests at prime minister's doorstep; inflation seen tame as U.S. import prices rise 0.2%; and more news to come.

Truck and trailer leasing rose 10.5% in 2005, compared with 9.9% the year before, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Equipment Leasing Association.

Today's technology headlines: Nokia, Compaq in wireless Internet product deal; vendors race to put cameras in cell phones; AT&T Solutions offers managed storage service; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: New York Times says Ford knew of ignition defect, while Slater tells Senate panel that DOT needs broader safety authority; New Jersey Turnpike will increase tolls, use E-Zpass; Firestone nixes further tire recall; and more to come.

Trucking’s largest lobbying group asked President Clinton to release oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve on to the market “to protect a strong U.S. economy and the men and women who work hard every day to deliver it.”

Alberta saw a reduction in the number of traffic fatalities and injuries related to truck-involved crashes in 1999, according to the province’s latest Traffic Collision Statistics Report.

As the federal government considers establishing responsibililty for the roadworthiness of container chassis, some carriers in states with similar intermodal laws already on the books say nothing has changed there.