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Truckers are watching their profits erode as diesel prices continue to climb, with FDX Corp. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services telling investors that high fuel costs have cut into their earnings.

Nearly 10 years after signing its first contract to move truckload shipments by rail, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has decided to separate its intermodal operations from its truckload van business.

Freightliner Corp. believes on-board recorders will become required safety equipment in the near future, and is placing “black boxes” as standard equipment on its newest products.

Many small trucking companies are in a bind when it comes to information technology: They like it, and they think it can help them do their jobs, but it’s often out of their price range.

The members of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance all agree that motor carrier safety is their top priority, but they disagree on the best approach to reduce accidents and fatalities.

The first two men to run the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Motor Carriers, who are now pursuing other careers, have differing views of what changes should be made in the way the Washington regulates truck and bus safety.

Two shipper groups have asked the Surface Transportation Board to “suspend and investigate” rate increases proposed by four motor carrier rate bureaus.

Officials at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., have until the end of September to avoid another strike by container haulers at the ports.

In an effort to avoid a Teamsters union strike of Overnite Transportation Co., the federal labor mediation board volunteered Sept. 17 to help the two sides reach an agreement. The Teamsters accepted the offer; Overnite declined it.