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In the news this morning: Caterpillar buys Italian heavy-equipment maker Bitelli; Louisiana State Police say they're having trouble enforcing license suspensions; and New York state leaders outline $17.1 billion highway plan.

For the third time in as many decades, the Department of Transportation is attempting to update the 61-year-old hours-of-service regulations.

Proposed hours-of-service rules from the Department of Transportation sustained serious injuries after being broadsided and then sideswiped by both irate safety advocates and disgruntled truckers.

Volvo AB, rebuffed in its recent attempt to acquire rival Scania, has struck a tentative deal to acquire the truck division of Renault SA for more than $1 billion, which would create Europe’s largest truck manufacturer and further consolidate the U.S. truck market.

The price for a gallon of diesel fuel jumped 3 cents last week after five straight weeks of decline — putting the spotlight again on the survival struggles of small trucking companies and owner operators.

From the ashes of Meritor Automotive’s aborted effort to launch Fleetworks.com has emerged a new Internet marketplace called FleetScape.com for the buying and selling of truck and other parts.

If a trucker rounding the freeway ramp connecting Texas Highway 225 with Houston’s Loop 610 is greeted by flashing yellow lights, he’s being warned that he is driving too fast and is at risk of placing his rig on its side.

United Parcel Service and ABF Freight System have little in common operationally.

The Indiana State Police have begun mailing postcards to trucking companies in an attempt to inform motor carriers of their drivers’ traffic violations.

New York is considering a plan to abolish the time limits it places on truckers trying to sleep at rest areas and scenic overlooks along state highways.