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For the fourth time in the history of the award, two truckers were named National Highway Heroes for their efforts in saving motorists from possible death.

A federal appeals court ruled the government must test a trucker with partial vision in one eye and partial use of one arm to see if he is fit to drive a truck interstate.

Diesel engine lubrication oil was once a sticky issue with the Environmental Protection Agency, but no more.

A bill that would allow more cargo in semitrailers languishes in Congress as supporters marshal forces to work for its passage.

James P. Hoffa, eager to free the Teamsters union from federal oversight, took his plea to Capitol Hill and ended up answering questions about violence at Overnite Transportation terminals.

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association voted March 22 to reject a plan to integrate the 762-member organization with American Trucking Associations.

The federal government unveiled a plan to give truck owners an economic incentive to retrofit older diesel engines with equipment that will bring their emissions in line with today’s pollution standards.

Federal officials are starting to worry about the ability of diesel engine manufacturers to live up to the stipulations in a 1998 consent decree that sets stricter pollution standards for model year 2003 engines.

The national average price of diesel fuel dropped this week for the first time in seven weeks, to $1.479 cents a gallon, on expectations that oil-producing countries will agree to produce more petroleum.