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DuPont Co. sued Norfolk Southern railroad because of service difficulties in the wake of NS’s purchase of a part of the former Conrail.

A plan for TruckersB2B to bring together a host of carriers for volume-buying discounts has yet to hit pay dirt as parent-company Celadon Corp. reported $4.7 million in losses this fiscal year.

Trucking’s largest lobbying group asked President Clinton to release oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve on to the market “to protect a strong U.S. economy and the men and women who work hard every day to deliver it.”

The national average retail price of diesel fuel reached its highest level ever last week, and it may not have hit its peak.

Five years ago, Alan J. Dabbiere knew his retail distribution software business was on the verge of explosive growth. He also knew that he needed to relocate his company, Manhattan Associates, from Southern California to be closer to his major customers in the Eastern and Central time zones.

Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week from its month-long break, facing a decision on whether to put the Department of Transportation’s hours-of-service rulemaking on ice by freezing its funding.

Over the protests of some trucking companies, the Defense Department has decreed that motor carriers must sign up with the PowerTrack online rate-payment system by Sept. 30 if they want to haul military freight for the government.

The holiday rush has hit U.S. ports and, in a repeat of 1999, port truckers are taking the opportunity to voice complaints about their working conditions.

Congress will vote Sept. 7 whether to override President Clinton’s veto of the bill that would have provided estate tax relief to family-owned businesses, including trucking companies, beginning next year.