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This afternoon's headlines: Yellow Freight acquisition has Teamsters locals bickering; llinois CDL scandal ripples in New York; and Attorney says shippers' vulnerability grows with deregulation.

Thanks to the Truckload Carriers Association and Compunet Credit Services, more than 200 carriers are using a Web site to research and report their experiences at loading docks.

In the news this morning: OMCS grants more vision waivers; New highway rules take effect in N.C. today; and several Vitron Express employees injured while unloading chemicals from truck.

By Dec. 1, all trucking company employees who use forklifts must be trained in the vehicles’ use under an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule issued late last year.

Shippers at this year's meeting of the National Industrial Transportation League got a sobering message from carriers: If they don’t shape up, their freight won’t get shipped out.

Allied Holdings names new executives; Triple Crown Services moves to bigger facility in Illinois; Jacobs Vehicle Systems Names new president

While some trucking companies are looking overseas to find skilled truck drivers to haul freight in the United States, the federal government refuses to allow foreigners in to meet the demand.

Some of the trucking companies doing business with Australian middleman Peter Ruston say his federal indictment on alien smuggling charges have severely hampered efforts to hire foreign drivers.

In the news this morning: Truckers rate Virginia's rest areas No. 1; Illinois CDL scandal probe widens; and CarrierPoint names new senior vice president of business development.