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FMCSA interim chief Clyde J. Hart told a congressional panel last week that revisions in the hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers are unlikely to be finalized by year-end.

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.

Asche Transportation Services, the Shannon, Ill.-based parent of two refrigerated carriers, said it has struck a deal with Churchill Environmental & Industrial Equity Partners to get $7 million in exchange for a majority stake in Asche.

Relief could be on the way for trucking companies that can endure into the second half of this year, predicted the chief executive officer of M.S. Carriers.

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.

In the news this morning: Fed to make decision on interest rates today; FedEx beats Wall Street on quarterly earnings; truck driver acquitted in fatal Idaho crash; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: California truckers convoy to support proposed EPA diesel standards; price-conscious truckers steer clear of pricey fuel in Illinois; NYC congestion costs the economy $8.3 billion a year; and more.

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.

Oregon’s weight-distance tax unconstitutionally discriminates against interstate carriers, according to a lawsuit American Trucking Associations plans to file against the state within the next month.

Hauling freight offers a grim but not impossible living, according to a market analyst who addressed an audience of motor carrier finance officers.