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A handful of states may have found a way to save hazardous materials transporters time and money, but a lack of federal support is keeping other states from signing on.

Legislation to reissue federal hazardous materials transportation safety regulations remains stalled in Congress, where politics got in the way of last year’s attempt to pass the bill.

John Walters has seen it all when it comes to the worst accidents involving hazardous materials, including his share of rail and truck spills.

A tank truck barrels toward an exit ramp. As it rounds the curve, the contents of the tank shift to the left. A warning on the dashboard informs the driver that a rollover is possible. The engine brake kicks in, the truck slows, and the driver arrives safely at his destination.

Ranking second in total tonnage and first among U.S. seaports in foreign tonnage, the Port of Houston handles more than 6,000 ships and 8.4 million short tons of container traffic each year.

Slumping shipments of van trailers during the first six months of 2000 reversed an otherwise positive picture for truck trailer shipments and caused the total shipment figure to lag 3.3% behind the midyear figure in 1999.

Ryder Group is cashing in on a seldom-publicized way to simplify customs processing for its customers shipping to or from Mexico.

Sometimes getting called in for extra duty can provide more than financial rewards. In the case of Carl Tafua, a local pickup and delivery driver for Viking Freight of San Jose, it provided the opportunity to be a hero.

The ongoing struggle between Canada’s trucking industry and Environment Canada over the classification of diesel particulate matter has turned into a battle of scientific opinions.

The Department of Transportation’s hours-of-service proposal could cause a sharp increase in demand for trailers and radical changes in billing procedures, according to an editor who studies labor issues in trucking.