The U.S. Department of Transportation has only limited resources to keep tabs on the safety of every operation that involves running trucks in interstate commerce — a daunting task, considering an estimated 450,000 such entities exist. So, what do you do when you have a really big number to crunch? You drag out the computer.

Truckers are concerned about an enforcement memorandum issued to regional branches of the Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety that they say greatly expands federal jurisdiction over the hours of service for primarily in-state carriers.

The governor of Illinois made some adjustments to a legislative act that would forbid the owner of unsafe intermodal equipment from tendering it to a trucker, and sent it back to lawmakers.

East Coast farmers and the truckers they rely on to transport their goods have been hit hard by this season’s blistering heat and record-setting dry spell.

Commercial trucks drivers accustomed to using two major roads in New Jersey are heeding the governor’s month-old order banning them from those and other thoroughfares, even though enforcement has not begun.

Shell Oil Co. apologized to truckers for its newest advertising campaign after the industry complained that the ads cast trucking in a negative light.

East Coast farmers and the truckers they rely on to transport their goods have been hit hard by this season’s blistering heat and record-setting dry spell. After months of endless sunny days, however, desperately needed rains are starting to revitalize parched hopes.

Glenn Brown, president of Contract Freighters Inc., Joplin, Mo., took a shot at the Highway Hauler land speed record at Utah’s salt flats during the 1999 Bonneville National Speed Week.

A Maryland judge ordered a North Carolina furniture dealer and the trucking company that ships its product to collect Maryland sales tax on furniture purchased by the state’s residents.

Glenn Brown, president of Contract Freighters Inc., Joplin, Mo., took a shot at the Highway Hauler land speed record at Utah’s salt flats during the 1999 Bonneville National Speed Week.