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Intermodal drivers are unhappy, ocean carriers seem unable to meet their demands, and in the middle sits Clark E. Brown, president of Bridge Terminal Transport, the nation's largest intermodal drayage firm.

As Americans prepare to consume 45 million Thanksgiving turkeys, among them will be thousands of truck drivers who will be dining with their families, thanks to creative scheduling on the operations end and co-workers who would rather be on the road during the holiday.

Faced with a stagnant membership that is unwilling to play hardball politics to win legislative changes in surface transportation policy, the National Industrial Transportation League is increasing its emphasis on outreach to carriers and increasing member services.

While a labor-related obstacle to reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Board has been removed, shipper concerns about a lack of railroad competition remain a likely sticking point when Congress tackles the issue again next year.

The Teamsters union won a round in its ongoing battle with Overnite Transportation when the National Labor Relations Board told the company it had to bargain with the union at four of its terminals.

A branch of the Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft report that says diesel emissions are “highly likely” to cause cancer and other health problems.

Washington state regulators proposed an ergonomics rule that would give the state one of the toughest such laws in the nation, and one of the primary targets of the rule is trucking.

Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in British Columbia went back to work Nov. 15, after the Canadian federal government threatened to intervene with back-to-work legislation.

Covenant Transport, Chattanooga, Tenn., completed its second acquisition in the past month and a half with the purchase of Harold Ives Trucking and its freight brokerage affiliate, Harold Ives Transportation, for approximately $45 million.