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Federal transportation safety officials decided to let Landstar Ligon retain its satisfactory safety rating after a review found the flatbed carrier to be in compliance with safety regulations.

Trimac Corp. said negotiations between Rentway Ltd., its Canadian-based truck leasing unit, and shareholders of Transervice Lease Corp. have been terminated.

This afternoon's headlines: Chicago suburb targeting overweight trucks; BAX Global names two new executives; and Section of Interstate 10 in New Orleans to close over the weekend.

Six truck driver training schools across the country have received course certification from the Professional Truck Driver Institute, bringing the number of schools offering certified courses to 60.

In the news this morning: UPS to deliver e-commerce advice via television; Calif. Trucking Association chief named to state fuel price panel; and Airborne to impose 3% fuel surcharge.

The Internet is rewriting the rule book on how consumers purchase goods, creating a new wave in commerce that is catching more and more trucking and affiliated operations in its swell.

Carriers that do not adapt to electronic commerce could find themselves battling for a shrinking low-tech trucking market as the impact of new delivery demands ripples through the industry.

When Arthur H. Bunte Jr. left basketball, he didn't have much to say other than"no comment," but as he stepped down as Trucking Management Inc.'s lead labor negotiation, he had plenty to say.

This afternoon's headlines: NTSB urges legal-drug ban for truck drivers; Caltrans truck permit office faces an audit; and trucking company named finalist for Calif. Family Business of the Year.

While trucker Tony Walter hauls freight for C.R. England, the Salt Lake City-based refrigerated carrier doesn't make any profit on his runs because they're donating it to diabetes research.