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The idea of creating a national trucking company to provide drayage service to intermodal carriers was a hot topic at the Intermodal Association of North America’s annual meeting.

Focus groups offered three keys to unlocking seamless intermodal interchanges: reducing interchanges, improving the repair process and providing faster access to accurate information.

Shipments of truck trailers rose slightly in June, totaling 23,708, a 3.1% increase over the 22,985 shipped in May, according to the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association.

Having an accident is bad enough without having to struggle through rehabilitation in a strange hospital thousands of miles away from friends and family. But a specially-designed bus may be the solution to get ailing truckers home.

The average price of diesel jumped 2.2 cents a gallon last week, the biggest leap since April, but analysts who have been calling the summer’s numbers artificially high still think the cost of fuel will stop rising.

United Parcel Service will take a $1.44 billion charge against earnings in the second quarter to cover its potential liability after a judge ruled that the company took improper deductions for insurance expenses to avoid paying income taxes.

U.S. owner-operators on both coasts are following the lead of their Canadian counterparts and taking action to protest labor conditions at seaports.

The open road has called many to a life behind the wheel, but it’s a hard one. The most common complaint registered in an informal Transport Topics poll of drivers is the long-haul trip that stretches on and on at the expense of family life. It’s an ancient conflict.

The debate over the Federal Highway Administration’s safety rating system began anew last week when the agency issued a proposed rule that would shut down carriers that do not take steps to correct an “unsatisfactory” evaluation within 60 days.