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Kentucky is the first of four states that will test a new infrared imaging system that the Federal Highway Administration says could save truckers valuable time on the road.

Leave the motor carrier safety office where it is and make it stronger, suggested the leader of a blue ribbon panel that reviewed federal truck and bus safety.

The head of Ryder System's logistics unit said the company is managing more than $1.5 billion in freight shipments annually for supply chain management clients.

Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater Tuesday promised a 50% reduction in truck-related fatalities over the next decade. That would amount to cutting the number of deaths from about 5,000 to about 2,500 each year.

The ranks of the industry associations representing "motor carriers" have taken another hit with the Arkansas Motor Carriers Association changing its name to the Arkansas Trucking Association.

Mike Coatney, president, Acme Truck LineHauling freight for oil and gas exploration companies used to be the mainstay of Acme Truck Line. But years of cyclical booms and busts demonstrated that it needed other sources of revenue to continue growing. That's why this "oil field hauler" began offering other services, including intermodal, logistics, courier and air freight..

Teamsters union negotiators threatened to call a strike if bargaining with major vehicle-transport companies doesn't produce an acceptable labor contract by May 31.

A plan to perform smoke tests on trucks registered in the Chicago area passed the state Legislature despite industry opposition.

Federal officials fined the trucker involved in the fatal Amtrak train derailment in Bourbonnais, Ill., for falsifying his log book.