Trucking insiders have given an emphatic thumbs-up to the appointment of Clyde J. Hart Jr. as acting deputy administrator at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

As if a chicken’s life weren’t tough enough — cooped up, pecking at seeds, people taking your eggs — now poultry in Canada has to go out and work for a living.

The staff of Transport Topics continues to change and expand.

Trucking insiders have given an emphatic thumbs-up to the appointment of Clyde J. Hart Jr. as acting deputy administrator at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Con-Way Canada Express, the Canadian-based subsidiary of Con-Way Central Express, is extending its network by rolling into five more Canadian provinces.

A sampling of manufacturers and distributors that have their own trucking fleets reveals that they may either be unaware or unconcerned about the possible effects of changes in driver hours of service on their businesses.

A sampling of manufacturers and distributors that have their own trucking fleets reveals that they may either be unaware or unconcerned about the possible effects of changes in driver hours of service on their businesses.

A plan to build a second span for the Peace Bridge, linking Buffalo, N.Y., and Canada on a heavily-used truck route, were dealt a blow recently when a politically appointed panel on the U.S. side rejected the bi-national proposal.

Long-haul drivers engaging in truck-stop sex are at high risk to contract the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, according to a study done for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Ah, spring. Love is in the air … er … e-mail.