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The price of diesel fuel continued its downward trend, hitting a nine-week low of $1.065 a gallon May 31, one-tenth of a cent off the previous week’s national average. Gasoline prices, which had been expected to rise, also dropped by 1.5 cents to $1.151.

In an experiment that has an element of risk to it, Yellow Corp. is providing transportation services for eChemicals, a company that uses the Internet to match buyers and sellers of industrial chemicals.

Airborne Freight, known for its corporate delivery service, will start sending packages to residential addresses via the post office. The company is taking advantage of a U.S. Postal Service offer of rate discounts to private shipping companies.

The truck renting and leasing industry is thrilled about proposed legislation that would prevent lessors from being held liable for accidents caused by their customers.

As the federal government begins developing a plan to increase the availability and safety of nighttime parking for long-haul truckers, truck stop operators are saying it’s a non-issue.

Truckers got their annual doses of increased inspections and appreciation June 1-5.

A handful of trucking companies and their attorney are taking on the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General, alleging in a class-action lawsuit that federal investigators exceeded their authority by conducting SWAT-like “raids” against the carriers.

In less than a month, commercial truckers across the country will pull to the roadside and turn off their engines to show regulatory authorities that bias against truck drivers will not be tolerated. Or will they?

Transit Group of Atlanta announced plans to acquire three more trucking companies, bringing to 18 the number it has purchased since July 1997.