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Price of Oil Falls as Inventories Rise • Heartland Express Raises Pay for Drivers • Kentucky Lifts Ban on Trucks on Pine Mountain • ATA Says Truck Tonnage Slipped 0.1% in October

November’s U.S. retail sales of new Class 8 trucks climbed 46.4% to 17,793 units, from the previous year, as manufacturing sources said growing demand for both on-highway and vocational truck replacement expanded the market.

Raising a potential obstacle to the Transportation Security Administration’s plans for background checks of hazardous-material drivers, some trucking groups have criticized the government for not similarly scrutinizing Mexican and Canadian drivers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. egardless of who is to blame, Congress dropped the ball by failing to reauthorize the federal surface transportation program.

Union Pacific Raises 4Q Guidance • Truckers to Pay More to Use the Chicago Skyway • Fed's Lacker Says Rates May Rise Despite Low Inflation • California Grocers Reach Tentative Deal With Workers • And more...

The Ohio state legislature approved two pieces of legislation last week aimed at helping truckers, one limiting awards in lawsuits and the other making it easier to reduce tolls on the Ohio Turnpike.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ot so long ago, when the concept of truck/rail intermodal was born, it was conceived as a defensive weapon by the railroads to compete with trucking.

White House Plans Shutdown of GPS During National Crisis • DaimlerChrysler, GM to Team Up on Engines • GEOCOMtms Names New CEO.

LEI Rises for First Time in Six Months • Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania Reopens After 70-Vehicle Crash • UPS Completes Purchase of Menlo Worldwide • Management Buys Dedicated Transport • And more...