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Pickup and delivery, the grunt work of trucking, but also arguably the most important element of freight service, is undergoing a technological makeover.

Five groups, including Public Citizen and the Teamsters union, filed suit in federal court Monday against federal truck driver hours-of-service rules, challenging the rules on safety grounds.

American Trucking Associations’ for-hire truck tonnage index rose 0.6% in January, the group said Monday.

Universal Truckload Services said late Thursday it recorded record revenue and income for the fourth quarter and full year 2005.

Canadian firm Mullen Group Income Fund said late Thursday it earned $21.4 million or 45 cents per unit in the fourth quarter, up from $10 million or 22 cents a year earlier.

American Trucking Associations’ board of directors decided to meet the problem of improving truck productivity head-on during its Winter Leadership Meeting in Tampa last week, agreeing to seek legislative changes that would allow trucks to haul bigger and longer loads.

Durable goods orders dove 10.2% in January from the previous month for the biggest drop in six years, led by a decline in commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The United Arab Emirates company seeking to take over management of six U.S. ports offered late Thursday to delay part of its $6.8 billion deal as the Bush administration said it would agree to a delay for the deal, which is facing intense political opposition, the Washington Post reported Friday.

Crude oil and gasoline supplies rose last week but distillates, which include diesel, declined, the Energy Department said Thursday.

Hurt by winter storms, rail freight traffic fell last week compared with the same week last year, though intermodal rose, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.