Engine manufacturers and petroleum companies will meet in mid-April to talk about the future of the diesel engine in the face of increasing government regulation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently recommended a nationwide smoke testing standard to avoid confusion among truck drivers traveling from state to state.

TT File PhotoThe trucking industry would love to put hard-working people like Joe Childress (pictured) behind the wheel of a big rig. And that’s where he will end up after participating in a program that teams the U.S. Department of Labor with state trucking associations, the PTDI and ATA.

The Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway is testing a new system, called RSVP, that will allow customers to reserve intermodal service.

Engine manufacturers and petroleum companies will meet to talk about the future of the diesel engine in the face of increasing regulation..

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently recommended a nationwide smoke testing standard to avoid confusion among truck drivers traveling from state to state.

An Arkansas highway funding plan that raises state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel could ward off proposals to place tolls on 333 miles of Interstate highways or collect a weight-distance tax from truckers.

A minority of reckless truck drivers is giving the rest of the industry a bad name, say some state trucking associations. To fight back, the groups are lending support to legislation to crack down on unsafe truckers.

Arkansas Best Corp., the parent of ABF Freight System, will sell Clipper International, the international freight forwarding division of its Clipper Group. The company also announced plans to buy the publicly-held shares of Treadco Inc., the new and retread truck tire business of which it owns 49%.

A minority of reckless truck drivers is giving the rest of the industry a bad name. To fight back, the groups are lending support to legislation to crack down on unsafe truckers.