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WASHINGTON —Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta last week proposed legislation to give the Department of Transportation more authority to stop and inspect trucks carrying hazardous materials.

Sen. John Breaux, the chairman of the Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee, had some good advice for the new head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week.

Earnings Down 50% at J.B. Hunt • Copp Trucking Shuts Down • Xata Receives $4.1 Million Contract • Gasoline Prices Under $1 a Gallon in Some Areas • And more...

The price of diesel fuel continued its steady decline since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, falling another 1.8 cents per gallon to $1.353 last week, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday.

Fear Changes Stakes in Wireless Tracking Devices • Security Experts on Alert for Wireless Hacking • Scan-Based Trading Becoming More Popular • And more...

Freightliner, the largest truck maker in North America, said Friday that it would close three plants and cut another 2,700 jobs.

Online Trade System Assists Companies • Japanese Co. Unveils Cell Phone Technology • Freightgate Opens Marseille Office • And more...

Retail sales in the United States fell 2.4% in September, the largest drop in the nearly 10 years the Commerce Department has kept track of the statistic.

Things are moving fast in the motor oil business. There have been more changes in basic oil types in the last 10 years than in the previous three decades, and still another is due out soon.

Click here to write your own Letter to the Editor. read with interest the recent article in TT regarding truck stop electrification. Given the potential this technology holds for producing an array of social benefits, it has gained surprisingly little public attention.