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Class 8 truck sales went up again in March, staying above 1999’s pace, despite projections the truck market would drop off this year.

In the news this morning: Sudden jump in crude oil futures may delay diesel price drop; CN's Tellier confident merger with BNSF will go through; and USA Truck's earnings walloped by high diesel prices.

Truckers fighting to abolish Oregon’s weight-distance tax have been forced to concede defeat because of sky-high gasoline prices and fierce opposition from the American Automobile Association.

Older truckers earning Social Security may want to drive more each year because of a change in the law that will let them earn more outside income each year, and that could spell relief for some parts of the trucking industry.

What if there were a way to have an endless supply of diesel fuel — a supply that did not depend on the whims of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries?

Fuel prices continued to descend from the Mount Everest-like summits seen in March and analysts predicted the trend would continue.

Truckers overwhelmed by high fuel costs are falling behind in payments on their vehicles, and finance companies are seeing an increasing number of “voluntary repossessions” in which equipment is returned to lenders because operators think they can no longer make money by driving the truck.

Truck sales are softening yet deals are harder to put together. Parts and service work is falling short of expectations, and dealer profits declined by one-third in 1999 despite a 25% increase in sales.

With the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration preparing to issue its long-awaited update of the hours-of-service regulations, a senior agency official confirmed some details of what changes the proposal is likely to contain.

A government decision to drop an investigation takes several port truckers out of immediate legal danger, but leaves their long-term efforts to organize bound in bureaucratic muck.