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The proliferation of online exchanges over the past two years among trucking-related companies — from freight haulers to parts dealers — have many casting a watchful eye toward the federal government to see how it may react to such business practices.

Many of the nation’s largest shippers will oppose any government effort to mandate a fuel surcharge, according to the top lawyer of one of the most important shipper organizations in the country.

The rise of online logistics services, driven by business-to-consumer electronic commerce, is headed for an inevitable plateau and probable shake-out, according to the chief information officer of Roadway Express.

Living up to its title, Ontario Trucking Association’s “Truck World 2000” displayed the big picture of trucking, made room for aspects on the fringes that have nothing to do with moving freight, and wrapped up with what may have been one of Canadian trucking’s social events of the year (having something to with a wedding cake and rice).

TransFinancial Holdings shut down its money-losing Crouse Cartage Co. subsidiary Sept. 16 after giving up on efforts to stem a rising tide of red ink at the 59-year-old Midwest-based trucking company.

A United States senator and an official of a diesel engine manufacturer proposed to put the brakes on a environmental rulemaking that would reduce the level of sulfur in diesel fuel by 97% as of June 1, 2006.

Southern California air quality regulators have backed down from a plan to require ultra-low sulfur diesel two years ahead of the schedule set by another state agency and the federal government.

After having future financing cut off by both its parent companies, Orbcomm Global and seven of its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15.

John A. McQuaid resigned as president and chief executive officer of the National Private Truck Council.