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Employment attorney Thomas P. Krukowski, who represented the Teamsters union in the early 1970s, gave a gathering of trucking executives a glimpse of what the union's strategy should be.

A lawyer told dozens of trucking executives and industry lawyers that the recent Supreme Court rulings on the Americans With Disabilities Act was a major win for trucking companies.

This afternoon's headlines: Planned New Orleans port hopes to create one big cargo terminal; Ontario police aim to cut down on cargo theft; and Volvo reports more N. America deliveries.

Ford Motor Co. and Oracle Corp. will attempt to set up a $300 billion online automotive supply chain, which they say would be the world’s largest business-to business electronic network.

Trucking executives took a new look at driver shortages and the roles of technology in trucking at the American Trucking Associations Human Resources Forum in Alexandria, Va.

In the news this morning: Insurance Crime Bureau taps FBI deputy chief; Ontario truckers join fight against cargo theft; and Federal probe of Ill. CDL scandal expands to Gov. Ryan's aides.

This afternoon's headlines: Australian smuggling suspect may stay jailed until trial; Study shows traffic is getting worse; and S.C. officials offer way to build new port without more trucks.

United Parcel Service ended more than 90 years of private ownership last week with a record breaking initial public stock offering, raising $5.47 billion.

A. Maurice Myers is trying for a corporate hat trick. Three years after joining Yellow Corp., Myers last week announced his immediate departure for the greener pastures of the trash-hauling industry.

A study conducted by a regional planning agency in California points the finger at diesel emissions for 71% of the cancer risk from air contaminants in the Los Angeles Basin.