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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Trucking companies that go through mergers or acquisitions after June 30 may not account for their expansion as a pooling of interests. Instead, financial personnel must configure their records according to purchase rules.

For many professional drivers, the modern tractor-trailer is a home away from home. The sleeper cab may feature all the creature comforts of a small house, including a TV and maybe even a shower.

With trailer sales falling off as much as 36% this year, one would expect trailer manufacturers to be suffering. So far, though, the casualties appear to have been relatively light.

A federal court said the inspector general of the Department of Transportation exceeded his authority by launching criminal investigations of five trucking companies that were also the focus of safety compliance reviews in 1998.

Bill Calls for Biodiesel Fuel Mixture; Bush to Nominate Bies to Federal Reserve; Increased Consumer Spending, Not Saving, Would Aid U.S. Economy; Nicholson Departs Freightliner; and more...

A new study provides an original source for calculating the costs of crashes involving large trucks, according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials.

Two major U.S. trucking companies have warned that second-quarter earnings will be lower than current analysts’ projections because of continued weak demand for shipping and high fuel costs.

UPS Launching Presort Service in Dallas-Ft. Worth; Labor to Hold Ergonomics Hearings, Post Says; Budget Group Expect to Post Profit in 2002; Bush Signs Tax Cut Bill Into Law; and more...

Detroit Diesel Corp. said Thursday that it was notified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice that the government will not change the consent decree schedule to meet more stringent engine emissions standards by October 2002.

Motorola Says It Gained Handset Market Share; Pacer, Qiva in $10 Million Deal; Trucking Firm Turn to Logistics ASP to Cut Costs; and more...