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Industry efforts to delay a federal ergonomics rule until after a scientific study of the issues is completed advanced in Congress.

Photo by Michael JamesTransport TopicsExecutives from major trucking companies and Teamsters' President James P. Hoffa joined politicians and DOT officials May 20 to show support for efforts to educate the public about sharing the road with trucks.

Transit Group picked up more support for its truckload consolidation strategy from GE Equity, a private investment arm of General Electric Co.

Trucking was the eighth-largest contributor to members of the Senate Commerce Committee over the last six years, according to campaign finance reports.

Negotiations began May 18 in San Francisco between the Pacific Maritime Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Dramatic reduction of diesel’s sulfur content is one of the linchpins of an Environmental Protection Agency initiative to set new quality requirements for the fuel.

An ethics investigation that led former Surface Transportation Board Vice Chairman Gus Owen to drop his renomination bid last year sheds some light on his outside business dealings, but does not make any specific charges, according to a report.

A truck driver who has been linked to a bribery scandal involving state commercial driver licensing facilities lost his license after ignoring a judge's order to undergo the test again.

Rep. Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis.) has introduced a bill that trucking officials fear could make it more difficult to classify owner-operators as independent contractors.