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Four years ago, the Department of Transportation issued a notice of proposed rulemaking intended to modernize federal regulations governing how long truck and bus drivers can spend behind the wheel.

A freshly reorganized National Accounting and Finance Council will spend the coming year trying to fulfill two information tasks — one internal to American Trucking Associations and the other external for the direct benefit of members.

American Trucking Associations and the conferences that represent individual sectors of the industry have pledged to work together on key trucking issues in Congress and the federal regulatory agencies in Washington, D.C.

The one issue that dominated most trucking association executives’ time and attention in 2000 was the run-up in fuel prices. Barring a dramatic turnaround, lofty pump prices are likely to stay around for awhile, prompting many state associations to make alleviation of that cost to truckers a priority for the coming year.

For the third consecutive month, slumping shipments of van trailers have dragged down total trailer shipments as compared with figures for 1999.

Trucking industry and government negotiators in Ontario have hammered out a tentative agreement over fuel surcharges.

Refrigerated carriers that cannot recoup fuel expenses through surcharges are suffering from high energy prices more than the rest of trucking as they must purchase diesel to both power their tractors and cool their trailers.

A federal court decision casts doubt on the authority of California municipal governments to regulate trucking activities, but runs counter to other court decisions that have upheld local controls.

The company formerly known as National Transportation Exchange is now NTE and will offer online logistics services in addition to its online freight exchange service.