Many tank truck companies may have to formalize their waste management plans and take more care with cargo residue because of transportation equipment cleaning rules enacted by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to hear from the public about the latest version of its evaluation of the negative health problems caused by diesel exhaust.

Five states other than the main culprit, California, need to make changes to their truck registration rules or risk ending up on the wrong side of the International Registration Plan.

More than 5,000 employees of Freightliner Corp. and Navistar International will soon be out of a job because of declining orders for new trucks.

The cost of diesel fuel leapt 3.7 cents last week amidst continuing concerns that low oil inventories will force a repeat of last winter’s price spikes. The previous week, diesel rose just 0.2 cents following four consecutive weeks of declines.

Five states other than the main culprit, California, need to make changes to their truck registration rules or risk ending up on the wrong side of the International Registration Plan.

Transportation officials in central Florida are embarking on a study of traffic and freight movement in the Orlando metropolitan area that they say takes an innovative approach.

California state officials and trucking lobbyists think they have fashioned a compromise over how to reform the state’s truck and trailer registration fee system in time for a Jan. 1 deadline.

Though the wildfires devouring homes and land in the Western region of the country have left most Interstates untouched, small, regional trucking companies have not been as fortunate.

Transportation officials in central Florida are embarking on a study of traffic and freight movement in the Orlando metropolitan area that they say takes an innovative approach.