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Wireless Lowers Sights • Deadline Extended for 911 Locator • RAILINC Develops Products for Short Lines • and more...

It sounds like a simple request: How much would a trucking company charge to haul freight from point A to point B? For many carriers, however, the answer is not so simple.

DALLAS — The Internal Revenue Service is aiming to settle a 59-year argument over how to treat tractor and trailer tires on trucking company tax returns by the end of November, according to an IRS manager speaking to an industry group.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shippers looking to cut transportation costs during the current economic downturn are using fewer carriers but relying heavily on trucking firms that served them well during the good times.

Clapp Sworn in as FMCSA Chief • Companies Continue to Trim Jobs • Va. Troopers Guard Bridge-Tunnels • Crude Oil Price Rises on Fears of U.S. Strike • and more...

Wireless Users Dropping Phone Lines • Methane Fuel Cell Developed • and more...

New orders for U.S. factory goods were unchanged in August, according to a government report released Thursday – suggesting to analysts that the manufacturing sector may have been pulling out of its tailspin prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Increased security concerns after the terrorist attacks may give added weight to arguments that the U.S. is not ready to allow Mexican trucks to operate freely within its borders, transportation lobbyists told the National Small Shipments Traffic Conference Sept. 24.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of American Trucking Associations’ Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council got a heavy dose of high-tech training here Sept. 25 at the group’s fall meeting, learning about tech-savvy answers for driver drowsiness, handling hazardous road conditions and basic driver training.