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American Trucking Associations President Walter B. McCormick Jr. told members of the Truckload Carriers Association Tuesday that ATA is going to be "taking the government by storm" and will lobby hard for issues of concern to truckload carriers.

A two-year-old battle over proposed hazardous materials route changes in the Denver area will come to an end next month.

At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 others injured when an Amtrak train carrying between 200 and 400 passengers hit a semi-trailer and derailed about 50 miles south of Chicago Monday night.

The Texas Motor Transportation Association donated close to 20 computers and laptops, along with printers and accessories, to a middle school’s computer recycling program.

The Buffalo and Fort Erie Bridge Authority took the first step toward beginning construction on the Peace Bridge, a primary Canada-United States link that handled 1.3 million trucks last year.

Giving drivers the opportunity to take on responsibilities outside the truck cab will encourage retention, according to a survey unveiled this week at TCA’s annual meeting

British truckers are reacting with disbelief and outrage at their government’s decision to increase diesel taxes this year by almost the equivalent of the bulk price of diesel fuel itself.

The Arkansas Senate is to vote Tuesday on a pair of House bills on improving highways but four state Senators are proposing changes that Gov. Mike Huckabee says could kill the measures.

Graduates of truck driver training courses certified by the Professional Truck Driver Institute could get a few extra benefits as they start their jobs.

Eaton Corp. last week introduced a new transmission that company spokesmen say will be the “platform for the firm’s transmission offerings well into the next millennium.”