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The International Trucking Show is not a shrinking violet, according to its organizer. The attendance for this year and last year was the same – 14,000 – and exhibit space sold out both years.

Three years ago, Richard E. Durst, president of Arctic Express in Hilliard, Ohio, sat down and calculated the cost of exchanging pallets with shippers. Seeing 1% of his revenues was being eaten up by pallets, he killed off his exchanges.

Today's Technology Headlines: PNV.com connects with truckers; transporters move to deliver on e-commerce; Aether Systems expands to serve truck fleets; and more.

Buried amidst the denunciations of the Department of Transportation’s proposed changes in hours-of-service regulations are some alternative proposals suggested by industry groups.

In the news this morning: Crunch in heating oil, a diesel competitor, seen this winter; Yellow's Expedited Service helped feed the Harry Potter book frenzy; FedEx to boost global network with new Europe, Asia connections; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Diesel cost notches downward in latest week; Consolidated Freightways opens new terminal in Mexico; GATX Corp. to sell storage, distribution subsidiary.

President Clinton announced Monday that he will set aside a reserve of home heating oil to prevent a repeat of this past winter's fuel shortage. Meanwhile, oil prices dropped even further on world markets on speculation that OPEC will increase production.

The Senate intends to phase out estate and gift taxes when it meets this week, benefiting almost all small businesses, including trucking companies, said spokesmen for both the Senate and trucking.

Truckers should urge Congress to block the adoption of new hours-of-service regulations, the president of American Trucking Associations told a sometimes raucous crowd at the International Trucking Show.

Leaders of two of American Trucking Associations’ educational councils have hammered out details of a merger plan.