SCS Transportation, the owner of two less-than-truckload carriers, settled a dispute with one of its major investors by placing a new member on the SCS board of directors, the two parties said Thursday.

MIAMI — Continued economic expansion and static cargo-hauling capacity will keep freight rates high this year, carriers told participants in a recent conference here.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ltra-low-sulfur diesel fuel due out later this year should provide sufficient lubricating properties for the fuel-injection systems at the heart of the new 2007 model-year heavy-duty truck engines, according to original equipment manufacturers and companies that produce motor oils.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. major investor in less-than-truckload holding company SCS Transportation said Thursday it wants the corporation to sell one of its main operating companies, Jevic Transportation.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ross-border trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico saw an in-creased reliance on technology in 2005 to facilitate the accounting and paperwork needed to expedite freight moving between the three countries, as well as to monitor trucks and their goods for security purposes.

The refrigerated segment of trucking has benefited operationally from its recent bust and rebirth cycle, moving freight more efficiently and communicating better with shippers, said several carrier executives.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ETROIT-WINDSOR, Ontario — Radiation used to be a topic for science fiction mutation movies, but since 9/11, searching trucks and other vehicles for radioactive materials has become a well-founded cause of concern among U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at border crossing points.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. bout 13,000 trucks cross the 76-year-old Ambassador Bridge on a typical weekday, many of them carrying auto parts for just-in-time delivery or even finished vehicles.

Strong third-quarter earnings and solid prospects for the final three months of the year have generated a rebound in trucking stocks, many of which had fallen during the middle of 2005.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ASHINGTON — Two citizens groups that advocate tighter regulation of trucking told reporters Monday that Congress should not write the driver hours-of-service regulations into law and renewed their call for the Department of Transportation to rewrite the rules with a lower maximum driving time.