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About a dozen carriers are asking the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for permission to keep financial and operating data private, claiming their release would cause competitive harm.

Japanese truck makers with established markets in the United States are heading north of the border to battle for sales of urban delivery trucks in Canada.

Two companies are still trying to find out why a silicone gasket in the N-14 powerhouse from Cummins Engine Co. is incompatible with Texaco Extended Life Coolant.

Despite the prospect of record funding for highway construction flowing from the 1998 appropriation bill, contractors are facing a bumpy road ahead as they deal with increasing pressure from groups anxious to restrict highway projects.

Several lawyers involved in trucking told attendees of American Trucking Associations’ annual conference the industry may be the target of personal injury lawyers looking to file a large class-action lawsuit.

Lee P. Shaffer, the new chairman of American Trucking Associations, wants trucking to support installation of electronic data recorders, or "black boxes," on trucks – under the proper circumstances.

New orders for heavy-duty trucks hit a three-year low in October, sending shivers down the vehicle manufacturing industry’s spine and sparking a drop in its stock prices.

Time is money: That simple axiom drove hours of discussion on the harsh realities company executives face in meeting the demands of more freight to haul but fewer drivers to haul it.

ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr. showed that he could throw verbal jabs just as well as he could take them during a panel discussion with the head of the Association of American Railroads.