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The federal government is expected to require an in-cab warning system for new commercial trucks that alerts the driver when air pressure falls critically low in a tire, according to tire and trucking industry officials.

Managing tire wear is going high tech. The rubber on the pavement is typically a fleet's first- or second-largest maintenance cost, and proper inflation is considered essential to getting the most life out of truck tires. But keeping tire pressures within tolerances is one of the most vexing jobs in maintenance.

The national average price of a gallon of diesel fuel skyrocketed 12 cents in the past week to $1.662, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

The average price of diesel fuel in the United States jumped another 5 cents in the federal government’s latest survey, pushing the average to its highest level since December 2000.

As a nation, and an industry, we pay a lot of lip service to education.

Productivity in the United States fell in the final three months of 2002, the first decline since the second quarter of 2001, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Ryder Improves Quarterly Net Earnings • Landstar Posts Improved 4Q Net Income • Oil Prices Hovering Near $34 a Barrel • Delphi Wins $2.7 Billion Electronics Contract • And more ...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Motor Freight Carriers Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new National Master Freight Agreement, the union said in a release early Wednesday morning.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration unveiled two food shipment security proposals, adding to the growing list of anti-terrorism regulations that some in trucking said add complexity and costs to the industry and the national economy.