Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Trucking companies in the hurricane-devastated coastal areas of the Southeast struggled to conduct business last week, as they dealt with massive losses, insurance questions, displaced employees, crippled communications and drastically reduced orders because many of their customers’ businesses were damaged or destroyed.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. AMPA, Fla. — At the 68th annual National Truck Driving Championships, sponsored by the American Trucking Associations, trucking company executives found it easy to get caught up in the frenzy of the competition.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. AMPA, Fla. — Idaho State Trooper Tony Anderson said he was amazed and humbled to have topped 48 other commercial vehicle inspectors to win the Grand Champion award at the 13th annual North American Inspectors Championship Aug. 20.

UPS Inc. said a class-action lawsuit brought by supervisors in California was dismissed Aug. 23 because the court found the mangers do not qualify for overtime pay.

Winners of state championship truck driving contests, each seeking to prove that he or she is the safest, most capable and most conscientious driver in his or her respective equipment categories, are soon to converge on Tampa, Fla., for the 68th annual National Truck Driving Championships, Aug. 16-20.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n association of 13 ocean carriers operating between the West Coast and Asia has said it would begin charging shippers a $40 per container fuel surcharge on Aug. 15.

The intermodal unit of freight railroad CSX Transportation said June 29 it spent $395,000 to launch a new wireless data-and-voice communication system that should allow its 400 owner-operators to reduce their costs by lessening downtime, lowering cellphone bills and enabling them to find additional loads to haul.

Seeking to improve safety and help prevent lane-changing accidents, three trucking companies recently agreed to have the Iteris Inc. lane-departure warning system installed on all new trucks they order from Freightliner Trucks, Iteris said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. olonial Pipeline’s decision to delay delivery of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel to New York until sometime in 2007 has some trucking and pipeline industry officials worried that the Northeast could experience an initial shortage of the fuel.

Wireless-technology vendor Xora Inc. has asked the Department of Transportation for an exemption to the hours-of-service rules that would permit the company to market cellphones equipped with global positioning systems capable of tracking and logging the time truck drivers spend behind the wheel.