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Trucking is celebrating its great victory in the hours-of-service debate, in which Congress delayed implementation of any new proposal for at least a year, thereby ordering the Department of Transportation back to the drawing boards.

The proposed federal ergonomics rule puts industry on “the slippery slope to federal workers compensation,” said Laurie T. Baulig in her presentation to the former Safety Management Council on Oct. 3.

Ron Joseph, vice president of transportation, safety and maintenance for FedEx Ground in Moon Township, Pa., is the winner of this year’s American Trucking Associations Safety Director of the Year award.

When winter storms dump snow and ice on the highway, truckers welcome the sight of snowplows and salt-spreaders, also known as gritters, clearing a path. But while the inclement weather tag team performs an invaluable service for highway users, it also often exacts a subtle but nasty toll on the truck in the process.

Sol Berman, who died in February, found a profit margin half a century ago in the then-primitive notion of leasing trucks to operators and developed or refined concepts that are in now general use by full-service vehicle leasing businesses.

In conjunction with DHL Worldwide Express, the U.S. Postal Service is now offering merchandise delivery to 213 nations through its new Global Express Guaranteed Service.

The future of truck driving simulation has arrived, landing at the Carnegie Mellon Driver Training and Safety Institute facility in Lemont Furnace, Pa.

How does a person who has never operated a big rig handle an 18-wheeler?

Shorter hauls and different freight — two of the dynamics that differentiate the medium- from heavy-duty truck operations — are also key reasons the medium-duty vehicles — Classes 5-7 — have not had the severe drop in sales the heavy truck manufacturers have seen this year.