Representatives of diesel engine manufacturers took exception to the timetable for a new Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking proposal, with one accusing the federal regulator of “a breach of faith” at a Nov. 2 public hearing.

In October, employees of Red Dot Corp. saw a 36-year-old promise fulfilled when they became owners of the company.

American Trucking Associations President Walter B. McCormick Jr. showed that he could throw verbal jabs just as well as he could take them during a panel discussion on railroad and trucking productivity.

New orders for heavy-duty trucks hit a three-year low in October, sending shivers down the vehicle manufacturing industry’s spine and sparking a drop in its stock prices.

ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr. showed that he could throw verbal jabs just as well as he could take them during a panel discussion with the head of the Association of American Railroads.

High agricultural demand and refinery troubles led to a 4-cents-per-gallon leap in the price of diesel fuel in California, which in turn bumped the national average up 0.3 cent.

Less-than-truckload carriers are better able to maintain earnings in the face of rising fuel prices than truckload carriers, according to a securities analyst’s report issued just as the price of diesel fuel climbed slightly after two weeks of decline.

Less-than-truckload carriers are better able to maintain earnings in the face of rising fuel prices than truckload carriers, according to a securities analyst’s report.

United Parcel Service has restored most of its intermodal business to the Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads, but some other major shippers say things are getting worse again.

The average price of diesel fuel dropped for the second straight week to $1.224 per gallon, but analysts say this is the not the beginning of a plunge toward February levels.