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The leadership of the Truckload Carriers Association is expected to overwhelmingly sign off on a plan June 20 that calls for the group and its members to pay American Trucking Associations a monthly fee instead of requiring its members to join the federation.

American Trucking Associations last week presented The Maintenance Council with a dues proposal designed to keep the council’s membership intact.

The Department of Transportation says it has no data to support its call for using electronic data recorders to monitor compliance with federal hours-of-service regulations.

The owners, operators and lessors of intermodal equipment need to agree on who should be responsible for its upkeep or the government will do it for them, a top Department of Transportation official warned.

In the news this morning: Pair of setbacks mean more troubles for Hoffa; FedEx Express expands international freight services; Unionized Nevada concrete companies lock out drivers; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: High Midwest gas costs have politicians up in arms; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to install E-ZPass on George Washington Bridge; Trailer Bridge enables online shipment tracking; and more

Proposed changes to the hours-of-service regulations would cause increased pollution, road rage and divorces but fail to accomplish the stated goal of improving highway safety, according to testimony at a June 15 hearing.

New Jersey is putting muscle behind the ban that prohibits interstate truckers from using local roads to cross the state, issuing tickets to truckers who wander off designated highways.

This afternoon's headlines: UPS to provide customers with expanded wireless access to services; So. Calif. Air Quality Board eases stance on diesel engines; critics rap Ohio CDL legislation; and more.

With judicial consent of a $27 million settlement with several trucking companies, the final nail was hammered into the coffin containing Idaho’s weight-distance tax.