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The Indiana State Police have begun mailing postcards to trucking companies in an attempt to inform motor carriers of their drivers’ traffic violations.

From the ashes of Meritor Automotive’s aborted effort to launch Fleetworks.com has emerged a new Internet marketplace called FleetScape.com for the buying and selling of truck and other parts.

This afternoon's headlines: Big container cargo facility set for Port of Tampa; Teamsters leaders had secret talks to try to save AWG jobs; and Philadelphia police find beer hijacking hoax was a cover for a cargo-for-drugs scheme.

Though private fleets have faced a number of challenges in recent years – stiff competition from for-hire carriers as well as waves of corporate downsizing and restructuring – corporate trucking is alive and well.

In the news this morning: Caterpillar buys Italian heavy-equipment maker Bitelli; Louisiana State Police say they're having trouble enforcing license suspensions; and New York state leaders outline $17.1 billion highway plan.

For the third time in as many decades, the Department of Transportation is attempting to update the 61-year-old hours-of-service regulations.

Proposed hours-of-service rules from the Department of Transportation sustained serious injuries after being broadsided and then sideswiped by both irate safety advocates and disgruntled truckers.

Volvo AB, rebuffed in its recent attempt to acquire rival Scania, has struck a tentative deal to acquire the truck division of Renault SA for more than $1 billion, which would create Europe’s largest truck manufacturer and further consolidate the U.S. truck market.

The price for a gallon of diesel fuel jumped 3 cents last week after five straight weeks of decline — putting the spotlight again on the survival struggles of small trucking companies and owner operators.