Transportation officials from the three North American Free Trade Agreement nations will meet in San Antonio May 28–31 on safety and trade issues and to hash out details as the United States prepares to remove restrictions this summer on Mexican trucks operating here.

The National Transportation Safety Board removed a recommendation for crash-recording "black boxes" on trucks from its list of "Most Wanted" safety actions and renewed its call for tighter medical evaluations of commercial vehicle drivers.

The opening of the southern U.S. border to Mexican trucks is likely to be delayed until sometime in mid-summer as a result of safety measures ordered by Congress late last year.

MEADOW LANDS, Pa. - Jerry Shannon, owner of a small New Hampshire trucking company, was determined to get one of the first two trucks on the block at the Taylor & Martin auction here April 18.

PITTSBURGH - Talk to people who auction trucks for a living and they will tell you the used-truck glut is over and the economy is on the rebound.

Former Yellow Corp. Security Chief George Rodriguez began his new job as director of cargo security at the Transportation Security Administration on April 22, various sources said.

A senator from Illinois is drafting legislation that could require applicants to furnish more proof that they are who they say they are when they seek a commercial driver license.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The less-than-truckload sector of the industry cannot support changes to driver hours-of-service requirements, the chairman of Roadway Express said April 3.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — New U.S. trucking companies will face tougher certification procedures similar to those of Mexican carriers seeking to operate in the U.S. under new regulations planned by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Yellow Corp.’s director of security, George Rodriguez, has emerged as the sole candidate for the job of directing trucking security at the federal government’s new Transportation Security Administration, according to sources.