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A research venture in New Mexico that brings together trucking and government is tackling some of the complex issues that confound regulators trying to crack down on air pollution.

Installation of electronic recording devices on trucks should be high on the federal agenda, but the National Transportation Safety Board chairman says not enough is being done by governmental forces to push the issue farther along.

The Truckload Carriers Association would see its annual meeting and safety council merged with those of American Trucking Associations under a draft integration plan released last week.

North America’s largest makers of diesel engines dodged a legal bullet as a federal judge in California threw out a lawsuit filed by truckers unhappy with the emissions settlement negotiated with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Enforcement of New York’s truck emissions testing was set to begin Feb. 1, but because so few repair facilities have applied to become testing centers, state officials decided to push back the deadline to June.

Nationwide Express, a dry van regional truckload carrier and warehousing firm based in Shelbyville, Tenn., added to its freight-hauling capacity with the purchase of Helena Truck Lines of Memphis, Tenn., for an undisclosed amount.

Truckers in the Northeastern United States were shaking from both cold and anger last week as temperatures dropped and diesel prices soared.

Illinois trucking companies are going to be very surprised when they are audited by the Illinois Department of Employment Security under its new legal definition of independent contractor status for owner-operators (Section 212.1 of the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act).

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last week that Landstar Ligon has paid a penalty of $43,510 for failing to comply with federal safety rules.