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To truckers, the staccato notes of an engine brake in full throat — “braaaackkkk!” — resonate like music of the road, but to a growing number of people living near truck routes, the melody is anything but harmonious.

The American Moving and Storage Association is officially out of American Trucking Associations.

Tensions remain high between household goods haulers and the military as the Department of Defense prepares to launch a new program revamping the way service personnel move.

Congressional support for releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve grew this week as lawmakers flocked to support an American Trucking Associations-backed resolution urging the Clinton administration to take the action to help stabilize fuel prices.

The $5.9-billion merger of Swedish truck makers Volvo and Scania may be dead, Bloomberg News reported last week.

The Department of Transportation should triple the number of truck inspectors at the border with Mexico to ensure that unsafe vehicles don’t enter the United States, the agency’s inspector general said.

Moving companies are wary of the new hours-of-service proposal, fearing that it may force their drivers - who do more loading and unloading than the average trucker - to leave furniture on a customer’s lawn.

This afternoon's headlines: Volvo rejects calls for more concessions over Scania merger; DOT suggests regulators consider industry effects of rail mergers; and Birmingham, Ala., survey finds 1 in 20 rigs is hauling hazardous cargo.

While the Internet has been a boon for trucking companies, a group of exedcutives is going one step further by using it to compete directly against asset-based transportation service providers.