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A drop in shipments of van trailers caused truck trailer shipments during the first five months of 2000 to lag 1999 numbers by 3% after taking three months to draw even with the previous year’s figures.

Since 1995, states have had the option to allow utility drivers to restart their workweek after 24 consecutive hours off. But DOT officials want to eliminate the restart regulation in its hours-of-service proposal, much to the chagrin of utility managers.

In the news this morning: June U.S. heavy truck sales continue to slide; truckload giant J.B. Hunt says fuel surcharges covered most second-quarter cost jumps; Yellow's second quarter earnings rise, beat Wall Street estimates; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Hours-of-service debate gets ongoing play in national media; CN adds trains to better compete with trucks; trucker shortage has some carriers hiring illegal drivers; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Rising truck sophistication helps carriers retain drivers; leading telecom operators see location-based wireless as the next boom; AOL in pact to provide content via AT&T Wireless; and more.

Amid some confusion over New Jersey’s prohibition against off-route interstate truck movements, state police handed out another 76 tickets to drivers, raising the of number of summonses above 150 since serious enforcement started May 20.

No date has been set for the initial meeting of a House-Senate conference that is to decide whether to stop funding for the proposed hours-of-service rules from the Department of Transportation.

Mexico’s largest trucking association, Canacar, has seized the moment to present its complaints on North American Free Trade Agreement trucking issues to the country’s incoming president, Vicente Fox Quesada.

Trucks can keep cruising the Arizona deserts at the same speed as four-wheelers thanks to a state Department of Transportation study.

Although the wave of change for women in the 1970s was slow to hit trucking, one Florida woman rolled in early and is still riding high as director of a driver training program.