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The Senate debated a Republican-sponsored $792 billion tax cut bill last week that would speed up restoration of the 80% tax deduction for meals eaten by truckers on the road and reduce the estate tax.

The leaders of state trucking associations are meeting this week to discuss several industry-related topics, including their comfort level with the restructuring of American Trucking Associations.

Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation ended their second month as owners of a split-up Conrail with reports of weaker earnings. Many shippers say despite some service improvements “normal” operations have not yet been achieved.

A budding express freight delivery service that competes with truckload carriers holds promise of becoming a profit center for Amtrak and helping to supplement the cost of running its passenger rail services, according to a federal report.

The Teamsters union is stepping up the campaign to liberate itself from federal oversight imposed in a 1989 consent decree.

The Department of Transportation is preparing to unveil a sweeping surface transportation safety bill that would require carriers to install and use on-board recorders or global position satellite devices to monitor driver compliance with hours of service.

Eb Peters is stepping down as president of the North Carolina Trucking Association after nearly 19 years of representing the state’s motor carriers.

Analysts were divided on whether fleet managers should “lock in” at current prices as the national average cost of diesel fuel rose to $1.137 a gallon last week.

Mark VII Inc., an intermodal transportation and logistics company based in Memphis, Tenn., has agreed to a buyout by MSAS Global Logistics, a unit of Ocean Group PLC, for $23 a share in cash. ased on 9.4 million shares outstanding, the offer is worth $217.3 million.