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Congress agreed to a $500 billion budget package Thursday that includes Department of Transportation and highway funding for fiscal 1999, but left at least one key trucking issue unresolved: Will the Office of Motor Carriers get a new home?

The railroad industry wants more cooperation with the trucking industry, but that doesn't mean it will cease its campaign against bigger trucks.

Two key executives from the OmniTracs division of Qualcomm Inc. are leaving the company.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn. is suing two more motor carriers, challenging the leasing practices of household goods mover Mayflower Transit and alleging workers' compensation insurance fraud by the Donco Carriers division of Oklahoma City-based Rocor International.

Menlo Logistics announced it has won contracts worth an estimated $1.15 billion over five years to handle a variety of logistics services for six manufacturers, including high tech giants IBM Corp. and Intel Corp.

Sales of heavy-duty trucks soared in June with little sign of letting up.

The Delanco, N.J.-based less-than-truckload carrier announced an initial public offering of 3,800,000 shares of Common Stock.

KONA, HAWAII -- Trucking leaders from two continents gathered for the first-ever U.S.-Japan Freight Transportation Conference here March 19-20.

In a transaction valued at $97 million, InterTrans Logistics Solutions will become a wholly owned subsidiary of i2 Technologies.