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Over the protests of some trucking companies, the Defense Department has decreed that motor carriers must sign up with the PowerTrack online rate-payment system by Sept. 30 if they want to haul military freight for the government.

The holiday rush has hit U.S. ports and, in a repeat of 1999, port truckers are taking the opportunity to voice complaints about their working conditions.

Congress will vote Sept. 7 whether to override President Clinton’s veto of the bill that would have provided estate tax relief to family-owned businesses, including trucking companies, beginning next year.

Airborne Express is seeking new contract terms for its Teamsters-represented pick-up and delivery drivers to pave the way for an expansion of ground-based package delivery services.

Freightliner Corp. has begun a remanufacturing program aimed at creating a “used truck product line” to compete with both the new and used trucks of other manufacturers.

Fatigue management is one of the most challenging and important human factors facing transportation workers today, according to a group of government and industry experts who attended a Department of Transportation conference on the subject.

North America’s commercial vehicle safety enforcement officials hope to gather all the players in the truck safety debate under one tent during their annual meeting in Grand Rapids, Mich.

An Indiana trucking company was ordered to halt its operations Aug. 29 for allegedly allowing its drivers to falsify their logbooks.

The government is eyeballing the dimensions of the hardware that protrudes from tractors and trailers — mirrors, lights and aerodynamic devices — in the context of vehicle length, width and height regulations.

The New York State Motor Truck Association is considering taking legal action to stop enforcement of a new state law that would require carriers to make sure receivers of cigarettes are properly licensed.