ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

A bus company’s legal argument has forced the Oregon Department of Transportation to stop shutting down truckers who fail to pay the state’s weight-distance tax.

Relief could be on the way for trucking companies that can endure into the second half of this year, predicted the chief executive officer of M.S. Carriers.

Trucking companies that provide owner-operators with health insurance through plans for employees will be placing their businesses and employees in financial danger, according to an industry attorney.

In the news this morning: Fed to make decision on interest rates today; FedEx beats Wall Street on quarterly earnings; truck driver acquitted in fatal Idaho crash; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Fed holds interests rates steady, for now; FTC issues subpoenas in Midwest fuel price probe; possible Air Canada pilots strike could disrupt U.S.-Canada freight; and more.

Safety officials in the United States and Canada placed 26% of the 42,826 trucks and drivers they inspected out of service as part of International Road Check 2000.

Oregon’s weight-distance tax unconstitutionally discriminates against interstate carriers, according to a lawsuit American Trucking Associations plans to file against the state within the next month.

Hauling freight offers a grim but not impossible living, according to a market analyst who addressed an audience of motor carrier finance officers.

Cardinal Freight Carriers announced an across-the-board pay increase for drivers and owner-operators in its van division, effective July 3.