The AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, which comprises 28 unions and 1.6 million members, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in July with its third national convention.

The U.S. Department of Transportation, concerned by lack of response, is considering scrapping a June 6 public hearing in Illinois on that state' commercial driver license program.

The Department of Transportation is sticking to its self-imposed deadline of completing an update to the federal hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers by year’s end.

Trucking is starting to pay the price for the go-go economy of the last five years, the head of Volvo Trucks North America said in a May 16 speech.

The National Tank Truck Carriers Association declined to take a formal vote May 17 on its future relationship with American Trucking Associations, hoping that time will allow the two groups to retain close relations.

Proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules for truck drivers would come at a steep cost for tanker carriers, according to speakers at the National Tank Truck Carriers Association’s annual conference.

The Department of Transportation is sticking to its self-imposed deadline of completing an update to the federal hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers by year’s end, which means there will be no extension in the public comment period.

The entire trucking industry, not just the truck makers, is starting to pay the price for the go-go economy of the last five years, the head of Volvo Trucks North America said in a May 16 speech.

Proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules for truck drivers would come at a steep cost for tanker carriers, according to speakers at the National Tank Truck Carriers Association’s annual conference.

The National Tank Truck Carriers Association declined to take a formal vote May 17 on its future relationship with American Trucking Associations, hoping that time will allow the two groups to retain close relations.