TT File PhotoThe nation’s harshest trucking critic and the largest state trucking association have joined forces to oppose plans to open four states to increased truck traffic from Mexico until a variety of concerns are met.

In a meeting with trucking’s chief regulator last week, ATA Chairman John Wren pressed the Federal Highway Administration to move quickly on updating hours-of-service rules for truck drivers.

Shippers praised and railroads denounced new legislation proposed by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) that would increase competition and make it easier for rail shippers to obtain rate relief.

Sabre Technology Solutions is moving into the medium-sized carrier software applications market now dominated by McLeod Software and Innovative Computing Corp.

The abrupt cancellation of a safety summit in December could cost the Federal Highway Administration as much as $96,171, a federal investigation has found.

The Department of Defense and the moving industry are feuding over how best to ship the household goods of service members.

The U.S. Attorney’s office in Phoenix is warning trucking companies and owner-operators to check the validity of their insurance after the indictment of four people for embezzling more than $1.5 million in premiums.

A rule requiring trucking companies to install reflective tape or reflectors on the sides and rears of older trailers will cost at least $228 million, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

The Department of Defense and the moving industry are feuding over how best to ship the household goods of service members.

During National Sleep Awareness Week, March 29 to April 4, ATA called on the DOT to update the 60-year-old hours-of-service regulations that set amount of time truck drivers can spend behind the wheel.