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In the news this morning: Shippers steer to trucks as rail service lags; Low's bid to buy KLLM drives stock to new high; and FMCSA official says technology is key to reducing road fatalities.

Spurred by the promise of federal support and fed up with increased congestion at the nation’s ports and rail terminals, cities and states are working with the private sector to improve intermodal freight handling facilities throughout the country.

As the national average price of diesel fuel fell for the third straight week, the price of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange plunged below $26 a barrel for the first time since Jan. 11, based on expectations, as well as rumors, that the supply may have already increased.

The governor’s signature and a state judge’s nod are all that are needed to complete the repeal of Idaho’s weight-distance tax, now that the state Legislature has passed the measure.

The number of crashes involving trucks took another dive during 1999 as the industry improved its safety record for the second year in the row, according to preliminary statistics from the Department of Transportation.

Cattle ranchers, steel makers and trucking company executives fanned out across Capitol Hill last week in an effort to spark congressional interest in heavier trucks.

The British government is clamping down on the rising number of immigrants seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, and English truckers feel like they have gotten caught in the squeeze.

Board members of the Transportation Loss Prevention & Security Council of American Trucking Associations are scheduled to vote April 11 on a restructuring plan to merge it with another affiliated group.

Truck companies that haul spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors could face having to equip their tractor-trailers with much-scorned “black boxes” and complying with strict standards to carry the cargo.

CSX has deliberately deferred needed maintenance on its rail lines to make its financial results look better, the safety director of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees has charged.