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The Northeast may never again have the levels of rail freight service achieved by Conrail. That assessment comes not from what Norfolk Southern and CSX representatives said during a meeting with shippers Jan. 11, but from what they refused to say.

Better pay for over-the-road truck drivers leads to a better safety record, a study has concluded.

New rules targeting how many hours truckers can legally drive and what companies must do to protect their employees from workplace injuries will probably top the list of this year’s federal regulatory initiatives.

New Jersey wants to resume collection of a hazardous waste hauler fee that was struck down and then reinstated by separate court decisions.

In recent years, California truckers and environmentalists have tussled over diesel emissions in what could be the opening skirmishes of a coming national war over the health effects of truck exhaust.

French truck drivers lifted a two-day blockade of the nation’s borders Jan. 13 after reaching an agreement with Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot on how to apply France’s 35-hour workweek law.

The Oregon branch of the American Automobile Association isn’t going to quietly let go of the state’s weight-distance tax on trucking, despite the 1999 legislation that repealed the tax.

Combined Transport, Central Point, Ore., has purchased flatbed truckload carrier Sunrise Express of Vancouver, Wash., in a move that is expected to increase revenue by 20% and improve its service offerings.

The national average price of diesel fuel dipped to $1.307 on Jan. 10, the first drop in three weeks, tracking a drop in crude oil prices to $24.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.