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Sleep researchers say they have found a way for long-haul truck drivers to combat fatigue while still working with the current hours-of-service regulations.

In choosing to attend law school, Robert A. Hirsch fervently hoped he would not have to follow in the footsteps of his father, who made a living selling vacuum cleaners door to door.

A convoy of trucks — toy trucks — will be arriving at homes in the San Diego area after American Trucking Associations completes its annual Management Conference and Exhibition.

A long-term government study on the effects of diesel exhaust raises more questions about the fuel than answers, say spokesmen for the trucking industry and diesel technology.

By using the Internet to cut deals, the transportation industry is likely to have virtual consolidation without physical consolidation, according to several speakers at a conference on electronic commerce and transportation.

Mark your calendars for Dec. 31 and prepare to party at the Big Dig in Boston.

Aggressive actions in the face of soaring fuel costs have kept profits growing for United Parcel Service, which announced a third quarter increase in net income of $125 million, or 22% over last year at this time.

That was a pretty short honeymoon we had with lower fuel prices. After two straight weeks of price declines, we’re back in the soup: last week brought another national record high price for diesel fuel; a 24-year low for U.S. petroleum distillate inventories; retail diesel approaching $2 a gallon in places; and more reports of economic woes from truckers.

Fuel prices remain at the top of the list of challenges facing Canadian general freight carriers today. Because of geography, operational differences and the fact that Canadian fuel prices are higher than in the United States, fuel costs are an even larger proportion of total costs for Canadian carriers than for their U.S. counterparts.