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Expectations – and rumors – of an increase in the fuel supply helped push the national average price of diesel fuel down for the third straight week and forced the price of crude oil below $26 per barrel.

In the news this morning: Company sentenced for violating federal out-of-service order; Shippers threaten to abandon West Cost ports for U.S.-Asia freight; and U.S. Trucking joins venture to launch co-op Web site.

New York’s state trucking association is throwing its lobbying clout behind legislation that tackles several truck safety issues, including drug and alcohol testing and hours-of-service violations.

Hub Group is spinning off its non-asset-based logistics business, agreeing to sell its majority stake in Hub Group Distribution Services to an unidentified investment group.

In the news this afternoon: A miracle cure for wasted fuel; E-commerce activity grows as more trucking companies put logistics on Web; and Intermodal continues to expand.

Coming off a record sales year, truck dealers head to this year's American Truck Dealers annual convention in search of a solution to a market flooded with late-model used trucks.

Diesel engine lubrication oil was once a sticky issue with the Environmental Protection Agency, but now it has determined that the oil doesn't contribute significantly to air pollution.

There are no quick fixes to stem the $10 billion in goods stolen annually from U.S. port terminals, because the criminals who commit the thefts are highly organized and sophisticated, a federal port official says.

A bill that would allow more cargo in semitrailers languishes in Congress as supporters marshal forces to work for its passage.