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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. agree with almost everything that ATA President Bill Graves said in “Hours-of-Service Rules to Live By.”

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ith less than five weeks until the FMCSA's new hours-of-service regulations go into effect, trucking industry and enforcement officials said they are concerned about not having enough time to adapt to the changes, even with an announced three-month transitional period of soft enforcement.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. AMPA, Fla. — Idaho State Trooper Tony Anderson said he was amazed and humbled to have topped 48 other commercial vehicle inspectors to win the Grand Champion award at the 13th annual North American Inspectors Championship Aug. 20.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a petition Monday asking the government to reconsider its recently revised hours-of-service rules for truckers over two of the rule’s provisions for driver rest periods.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he trucking industry is already feeling a “ripple effect” from disruptions in transportation networks in and around the Gulf Coast region spawned by Hurricane Katrina, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil prices slid Wednesday following reports that the Department of Energy approved tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, news services reported.

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Wednesday the Bush administration has decided to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help refiners meet any shortfalls in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. nvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Steve Johnson said Wednesday EPA was temporarily waiving some anti-pollution standards for gasoline and diesel fuels in all states to ensure that the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina does not result in serious fuel supply disruptions around the country.

Surface trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico rose 7.2% in June to $59.4 billion from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation reported late Monday.

The after-effects of Hurricane Katrina sent crude oil prices to a new record near $71 a barrel Tuesday as fuel traders braced for damage assessments of the storm on oil and gas rigs and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Gulf Coast.