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A proposal by American Trucking Associations to make intermodal terminal operators responsible for the roadworthiness of containers and chassis was sharply criticized by ocean carriers last week.

The governor of Illinois made some adjustments to a legislative act that would forbid the owner of unsafe intermodal equipment from tendering it to a trucker, and sent it back to lawmakers.

Navistar says it can make a diesel engine that runs cleaner than one powered by compressed natural gas, and can far exceed federal environmental standards proposed for 2010.

New federal rules will suspend the licenses of commercial truck drivers who fail to slow, stop or check for oncoming trains at railroad highway-grade crossings.

Top Teamsters officials are making too much money - with 142 making at least $100,000 - according to Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a dissident union faction.

Three years after rules requiring underride guards on trailers went into effect, the Federal Highway Administration has issued a regulations to keep the guards in good condition.

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Federal officials are getting serious about warning horns at railroad crossings in an attempt to prevent accidents like the Bourbonnais, Ill., crash that killed 11 people last March.

Creditors of bankrupt Preston Trucking Co. filled a room last week at the U.S. Trustee’s office in Baltimore to question the three principals on the less-than-truckload carrier’s demise.

Insurers say the technology motor carriers may use to become safer is great, but truckers shouldn’t expect any rebates on insurance rates for adopting the equipment.