Trucks, trains, ships and planes will be on the minds of the estimated 2,500 shippers who are gathering this week for the 92nd annual meeting of the National Industrial Transportation League.

New regulations designed to reduce the number of truck-train collisions may have the opposite effect and contribute to an increase in accidents, federal officials and others warned last week.

Trucks, trains, ships and planes will be on the minds of the estimated 2,500 shippers who are gathering this week for the 92nd annual meeting of the National Industrial Transportation League.

Julie Cirillo says trucking can expect minor structural changes in the Office of Motor Carrier Safety to stretch well into next year as it settles into its new home.

Stay the course and full speed ahead were the instructions given to American Trucking Associations by members attending the trade group’s Management Conference and Exhibition Oct. 30 to Nov. 3.

Lee P. Shaffer, the new chairman of American Trucking Associations, wants trucking to support installation of electronic data recorders, or "black boxes," on trucks – under the proper circumstances.

Trucking’s largest trade group went on record Nov. 2 in support of allowing truck drivers to be on duty for up to 14 hours a day as long as they get 10 hours of rest.

Trucking’s chief regulator has some advice for trucking: Relax. “My suggestion to everyone who is having an anxiety attack on hours of service is just chill out until the proposed rule is out,” said Julie A. Cirillo, head of the federal Office of Motor Carrier Safety, in an Oct. 31 speech to the Truckload Carriers Association’s board of directors.

Time is money: That simple axiom drove hours of discussion on the harsh realities company executives face in meeting the demands of more freight to haul but fewer drivers to haul it.

Trucks should go no faster than 65 mph, according to a resolution passed by the board of directors of American Trucking Associations.