Navistar International's board of directors moved to discourage hostile takeover attempts with a plan that would make the company’s stock available to existing shareholders at a discount.

TT PhotoSnapping a streak of seven weeks of increases, the retail price of diesel fuel edged downward by 0.4 cent to a national average of $1.08 a gallon.

The ATA is urging trucking companies to insist on refunds of a portion of the surcharge on payphone calls to their toll-free numbers.

Overnite last week rejected attempts by the Teamsters union to reopen negotiations on a benefits package both sides accepted in 1998.

The national average price of diesel fuel rose less than a cent last week to just over $1.08 a gallon — the smallest increase in the past four weeks.

The truckload business has gone from JIT to XOT as shipping demands have become more stringent, and rail intermodal is finding it difficult to keep up.

Class 8 truck sales in North America continued at a blistering pace in March, with 22,455 units sold — nearly 28% above the total in March 1998.

Shipments of complete truck trailers and chassis for the first two months of 1999 are down 10% from last year, but have shown a slight growth in orders since January.

The national average price of diesel fuel rose less than a cent last week to just over $1.08 a gallon — the smallest increase in the past four weeks.

Class 8 truck sales in North America continued at a blistering pace in March, with 22,455 units sold — nearly 28% above the total in March 1998.