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A Texas district court jury rejected a $3.5 million lawsuit against trucking company FFE Transportation Services Inc. after a car accident four years ago.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revoked a Mexico-based owner-operator’s authority to do business in the United States after a compliance review resulted in a “conditional” safety rating.

By Eric Miller, Staff Reporter

Canada and the United States are planning this month to launch the second phase of a pilot program designed to speed the flow of freight at the border by having U.S.-bound trucks inspected on Canadian soil.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Trucks represent about  4% of all registered vehicles in the United States and account for 9% of total vehicle miles traveled, but they were involved in 12% of all highway fatalities, according to a federal analysis of truck-involved fatal crashes presented to the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.

The owner of a Georgia trucking company has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to violate an imminent hazard out-of-service order issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

A proposal to create a national database of truck drivers’ positive drug-and-alcohol test results will be made public Feb. 14, the Department of Transportation said.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared two drivers to be imminent hazards to public safety and taken them off the road.

Three publicly traded less-than-truckload operators reported improved fourth-quarter earnings despite challenges such as severe weather, but profit slipped at a fourth fleet on higher insurance costs.