The price of diesel fuel crept downward 0.4 cents a gallon this week amid arguments over inventories, oil production quotas and reserve plans, but analysts aren't holding out much hope for a significant drop in fuel prices anytime soon.

While members of the oil cartel argued over production increases last week, fuel users in the United States saw little relief as the national average price of diesel rose 2.1 cents a gallon and hit a 15-week high in the latest federal survey.

Theodore J. Fick has taken on a job he knows will be tough — making Hino trucks a household name in the truck-buying community.

The International Trucking Show is not a shrinking violet, according to its organizer.

Truckers should urge Congress to prevent the Department of Transportation from adopting its own proposal for changing the hours-of-service-regulations, the president of American Trucking Associations said here June 29.

The International Trucking Show is not a shrinking violet, according to its organizer. The attendance for this year and last year was the same – 14,000 – and exhibit space sold out both years.

Truckers should urge Congress to block the adoption of new hours-of-service regulations, the president of American Trucking Associations told a sometimes raucous crowd at the International Trucking Show.

Theodore J. Fick has taken on a job he knows will be tough — making Hino trucks a household name in the truck-buying community.

While members of the oil cartel argued over production increases last week, fuel users in the United States saw little relief as the national average price of diesel rose 2.1 cents a gallon and hit a 15-week high in the latest federal survey.

Voicing renewed optimism in the heavy truck market, Michel Gigou, president of Mack Trucks, introduced a new, lightweight, day-cab version of the over-the-road Vision model.