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Two United Parcel Service customers are suing the package delivery giant, claiming that they were charged too much to insure their packages.

Companies that haul containers and trailers from ports and rail terminals — long considered the weakest link in the transportation supply chain — are being targeted in two separate efforts to consolidate local intermodal carriers into national powerhouses.

STA United, a drug-testing company that primarily serves the trucking industry, has been acquired by DAC Services, a company that provides carriers with background checks on driver applicants.

Driving a rig around Indianapolis or Atlanta can be like playing dodge ball in a broom closet for William C. Mayhew and other truckers who must contend with lane restriction laws in these metropolitan areas and others like them across the country.

USFreightways Corp. and Transport Corporation of America last week canceled a planned merger as falling stock prices reduced the value of the transaction.

The top-to-bottom overhaul of American Trucking Associations entered its final phase last week with the new budget adopted by its executive committee at the Winter Leadership Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

In the early days of the truckload industry – barely 20 years ago – companies like M.S. Carriers and J.B. Hunt Transport had a sure-fire way to make money.

Diesel fuel prices have reached their highest level in a decade, with some truckers reporting costs at the pumps of $2 or more. Naturally, truck operators are doing their utmost to offset or reduce the cost effects of spiraling fuel prices on the bottom line.

A combination of low-sulfur fuel and a diesel particulate filter is effective in reducing particulate matter in emissions by as much as 95%, according to a joint government-private study.

The Engine Manufacturers Association is hailing an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to require deep reductions in the sulfur content of diesel fuel.