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Truckers for Heartland Express will soon be enjoying about a 2-cent-a-mile increase in pay when the Coralville, Iowa-based truckload carrier institutes pay raises March 18.

This afternoon's headlines: Peterbilt cuts production because of gas prices; Government takes delivery of bulletproof rigs to haul nuclear weapons; and Illinois town board votes to oppose planned Union Pacific railport.

Trucking companies that hire Pennsylvanians are having to resort to unusual means to conduct pre-employment screening since the state revoked access to the state’s driver records for background-check provider DAC Services.

Fewer than 150 truckers pulled into Washington, D.C., March 16, to protest a number of ills plaguing owner-operators. And when they arrived, they found two groups engaged in a cat fight to represent them.

Ten-year highs for crude oil propelled diesel fuel prices to the highest on record, surpassing levels established in 1990 during Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.

Ken Johnson, whose term as chairman of The Maintenance Council ended last week, vowed to “preserve the mission” of TMC in the face of concerns that integration with American Trucking Associations could have a negative effect on the close-knit council.

United Parcel Service, the nation’s largest trucking company and the largest railroad freight customer, urged the Surface Transportation Board to impose a two-year moratorium on further rail mergers.

As the driver pinch gets tighter and tighter, the search for workers to fill the seats of America’s trucks keeps getting wider.

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association will decide the future of their group’s relationship with American Trucking Associations on March 22.