The president of refrigerated carrier Prime Inc. said a federal appeals court ruling Aug. 21 was a victory for the Springfield, Mo., company.

The Transportation Security Administration has granted American Trucking Associations $100,000 from funds aimed at improving highway security to expand its Highway Watch program and continue developing a proposal for a national communications center to process information from truck drivers about unsafe and suspicious activity on the nation’s highways.

The search for truck drivers has moved online as dozens of driver-recruiting Web sites have cropped up in recent years — some with colorful monikers like bubbajunk.com and some with straightforward names like truckdriver.com.

Fewer than half of all commercial truck drivers wear seat belts, a much smaller percentage than drivers of passenger vehicles, according to Annette Sandberg, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

President Bush announced July 29 that he would appoint Duane Acklie, chairman of truckload hauler Crete Carrier Corp. in Lincoln, Neb., to be board chairman of the Student Loan Marketing Association.

Foodservice distributor Sysco Corp. has replaced Wal-Mart Stores as the nation’s largest private fleet operator, according to a new annual analysis of shipper-owned freight carriers by Transport Topics. br clear=all>

Over the past two years, trucking executives have faced a daunting array of challenges, from a weak economy undermining the demand for freight hauling, to rising costs for basic necessities such as fuel, insurance and equipment, and nagging uncertainties about the industry in general.

The National Private Truck Council is poised to launch an online, interactive program that for the first time will enable member companies to compare their fleet safety performance with that of their peers.

After years of hope and hype, sales of untethered trailer-tracking systems are about to take off, according to several industry suppliers who say they are on the verge of landing contracts with some big-name trucking companies.

Not even record high fuel prices can keep trucking stocks down.