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Despite its fondness for records and similar milestones, the nation took little note that diesel fuel prices hit their highest mark in history last week.

There is still a lot of talk around the industry about the Department of Transportation’s announced “national initiative” to cut the number of truck-related fatalities in half within the next 10 years. While I applaud this initiative, I continue to read with amazement how the “good guys” [the Department of Transportation] are going to audit, fine and penalize the “bad guys” [trucking industry] into some kind of safety Nirvana.

When opportunity came knocking, Van O’Neal had an answer to fill the skyrocketing demand for truck drivers in Texas.

A federal agency charged with collecting financial and operating statistics from trucking firms has denied requests from 24 carriers that the data not be released to the public.

Overnite Transportation and the Teamsters union scheduled five days of negotiating sessions in the next month, even after both sides reported no progress in two days of meetings last week.

Truckers for Heartland Express will soon be enjoying about a 2-cent-a-mile increase in pay.

European noise restrictions that vary by nation are slowing the growth of air cargo, according to a UPS executive.

Watkins Motor Lines, the nation’s eighth-largest less-than-truckload carrier, has formed a joint venture with Saddle Creek Corp. to offer warehousing and distribution services nationwide.

Logistics.com served notice to carriers and shippers by hiring Schneider National’s former chief operating officer as its president, that it plans for its software products to dominate the digital transportation market.

According to a third-party licensing bureau, the International Registration Plan admitted in court papers that it cannot enforce its decision to require trucking companies to have a bona fide place of business in their base states.