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With judicial consent, the final nail was hammered into the coffin containing Idaho’s weight-distance tax.

Truckers are beset by more detours and congestion than ever before because of poorly maintained bridges across the United States, according to a recent study.

Twenty-one of the Army’s top combat helicopters took off on flatbed trailers pulled by an equal number of tractors for a 1,400-mile trek to a retrofitting plant in Arizona, marking the first time trucks were used in the process.

Trucking should not expect a slackening of commercial vehicle safety inspections and compliance reviews anytime soon, warned a federal official who oversees the industry.

Major oil refiners testified June 15 that the new, reduced-sulfur standard of 15 parts per million for diesel fuel could shrink production for several years and keep prices high for trucking.

The owners, operators and lessors of intermodal equipment need to agree on who should be responsible for the safety of the equipment, or the government will do it for them, a top Department of Transportation official warned.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is under Senate scrutiny for paying 28 contractors $10,000 each to testify at public hearings in support of the proposed workplace safety rules.

Alabama officials are seeking the help of trucking to get hay to drought-stricken farmers in the southeastern part of the state.

Robert E. Low has allowed his takeover attempt of KLLM Transport Services to expire unfulfilled, clearing the path for the current chairman of the refrigerated carrier to solidify his hold on the company.

The UPS Logistics Group announced two more acquisitions June 14, expanding its service parts logistics business onto five continents this year.