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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The leadership of American Trucking Associations last week urged the federal government not to attempt to regulate the speed with which trucks are loaded and unloaded.

Fleets could receive tax credits for certain advanced safety technologies under a bill introduced this month in the House of Representatives.

Although the U.S. economy continues to improve, there remains a spottiness within the freight-hauling sector, a logistics executive said.

A federal program aimed at helping states buy technology to speed trucks wirelessly through weigh stations obligated spending more than $23 million above the level Congress authorized, according to a new government review of the program.

American Trucking Associations paid tribute on May 15 to longtime trucking executive Michael Wickham with its highest award.

Con-way Inc. said Monday its truckload division is continuing to operate out of its Joplin, Mo., headquarters, despite some damage from Sunday evening’s huge tornado that killed at least 89 people in the city.

Building a culture of safety and respect will raise the bar for all of your employees, both labor and management. You’ll be surprised when employees you’ve already written off come to you for help rising above their own failures because they want to better themselves.

There’s no doubt that the failure of some shippers and consignees to promptly load or unload trailers is a serious issue for the trucking industry. Because of this, most fleets have added detention rules into their contracts with their customers, detailing just how long it should take for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.

Cross-border trucking between the United States and Mexico, already beset by political issues and road-safety concerns, faces a serious new problem in the form of a warning from the U.S. State Department.