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Threatened work stoppages over the weekend of May 1 failed to materialize at the Elba, Ala., plant of Dorsey Trailers, and work proceeded this week under a negotiated agreement that was ratified on May 3.

The federal proposal for new driver hours of service could be ready for public review by July if the Department of Transportation chooses to go directly to rulemaking, according to top trucking officials of the Federal Highway Administration.

Trism Inc., Kennesaw, Ga., has engaged BT Alex. Brown to review strategic alternatives to improve its capital structure.

TT File PhotoA bill introduced by Sens. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) would limit the authority of states to toll Interstate highways to pay for building or repairing bridges and tunnels on them, a power granted in the 1998 highway spending bill.

A rule requiring trailers made before 1993 to be retrofitted with reflective tape or paint is being challenged by the National Tank Truck Carriers.

Government regulators are now circulating among lawmakers a draft proposal to clean up the nation’s Commercial Driver License program.

The national average price for diesel fuel remained the same last week, leading analysts to cautiously forecast an end to the volatile swings of the previous months.

Skynet Holdings, a Los Angeles-based company with courier operations in England, the United States and Australia, has tentatively agreed to acquire Pony Express Delivery Services of Altanta.

Kansas truckers scored a victory when the legislature passed a transportation that relies on fuel taxes and bond sales to pay for $12 billion in infrastructure improvements.