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Revisions in the hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers are unlikely to be finalized by year-end, a congressional panel was told last week.

Leaders of American Trucking Associations rejected a proposal to allow the Truckload Carriers Association to pay a monthly affiliation fee rather than require its members to join the federation.

Retail gasoline prices surged above $2 a gallon in the Midwest last week and sparked a Federal Trade Commission investigation into possible price gouging. he record-breaking prices led at least one state to temporarily suspend its fuel tax.

Would a federal requirement for “black boxes” — in-truck computers that function as electronic logbooks — sound the death knell for small trucking operations? Some think so.

Safety officials in the United States and Canada placed 26% of the 42,826 trucks and drivers they inspected out of service as part of International Road Check 2000.

Trucking companies that provide owner-operators with health insurance through plans for employees will be placing their businesses and employees in financial danger, according to an industry attorney.

A bus company’s legal argument has forced the Oregon Department of Transportation to stop shutting down truckers who fail to pay the state’s weight-distance tax.

Efforts to create a “best practices” guide for shippers and motor carriers are stalled, according to the two groups involved in the project.

Agricultural haulers have a special connection to the freight they haul that is not shared by a truckload carrier moving boxes of underwear one day and computers the next.

A regional California air quality agency in the Los Angeles area has banned large government bus and trash truck contractors and public fleets from buying diesel trucks and buses, instead requiring them to acquire vehicles powered by natural gas.