Some truckload carriers joined their counterparts in the less-than-truckload sector in imposing rate surcharges after the average cost of diesel took another jump to $1.133 per gallon.

Louisiana forbids the owner of a vehicle to offer a chassis or container in intermodal exchange that does not meet federal safety regulations, under a law signed July 16 by Gov. Mike Foster.

For the first time since January 1998, some of the biggest U.S. trucking companies are hitting shippers with rate surcharges, triggered by rising fuel prices.

The breakneck pace of Class 8 truck sales continued in June, producing midyear figures that are 29.4% higher than the record year of 1998 and, if duplicated in the second half, would total more than 255,000 units for 1999.

Mention Dee Howard and his Power Center Steering System almost anywhere in the trucking industry — especially on the manufacturing and maintenance sides — and you get a chuckle.

D.U. "Dee" Howard describes himself as the “trucker’s best friend.” His detractors say he is a man with an “elegant solution in search of a problem.”

The service problems that bedeviled Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads after the division of Conrail lines are slowly but steadily being solved. But one of their biggest customers disagrees.

For the first time since January 1998, some of the biggest U.S. trucking companies are hitting shippers with rate surcharges, triggered by rising fuel prices.

rimac Transportation prepared to expand its operations between the United States and Mexico by acquiring an 80% interest in Amer-Liquid Transport of Brownsville, Texas.

Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. continued to be plagued by late trains, congested yards and other service problems last week, despite their hopes that the Independence Day holiday would allow them to catch up on deliveries.