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Volvo AB, rebuffed in its recent attempt to acquire rival Scania, has struck a tentative deal to acquire the truck division of Renault SA for more than $1 billion, which would create Europe’s largest truck manufacturer and further consolidate the U.S. truck market.

From the ashes of Meritor Automotive’s aborted effort to launch Fleetworks.com has emerged a new Internet marketplace called FleetScape.com for the buying and selling of truck and other parts.

If a trucker rounding the freeway ramp connecting Texas Highway 225 with Houston’s Loop 610 is greeted by flashing yellow lights, he’s being warned that he is driving too fast and is at risk of placing his rig on its side.

United Parcel Service and ABF Freight System have little in common operationally.

The Indiana State Police have begun mailing postcards to trucking companies in an attempt to inform motor carriers of their drivers’ traffic violations.

New York is considering a plan to abolish the time limits it places on truckers trying to sleep at rest areas and scenic overlooks along state highways.

International Truck and Engine Corp. took action April 7 that would allow the company to sue the Environmental Protection Agency if it does not adopt a new sulfur standard for diesel fuel.

There’s an adage in government that if you issue a rule and no one’s happy, you’ve done a good job. The Department of Transportation’s proposal that long-haul trucks be equipped with recorders that track driver hours will test that theory.

The federal regulations that govern how much time a professional driver can spend behind the wheel have been around for more than 60 years, but not without changes. Because change is rarely achieved without controversy, today’s regulators find themselves ensnared in a familiar dilemma: how to tailor the rules to suit the wide variety of trucking circumstances.