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This afternoon's headlines: Wawa, union at odds over strike's effect; OPEC ministers plan to meet as prices slip; and a former Md. trash hauler is sentenced, fined for falsifying records.

There is no sign that rising prices of petroleum and diesel fuel have “topped off,” a commodities specialist told truck fleet managers last week.

Faced with the possibility of new taxes to cover dredging operations, ports are starting to exercise their political muscle.

The Sept. 30 deadline for job actions at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma came and went with no strike called.

In the news this morning: DaimlerChrysler reaches contract with Canadian Auto Workers; N.J. lawmakers propose trucking safety bureau; and Feds expand Ill. CDL probe.

The Department of Transportation says it will not release the scientific basis of new hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers before a proposal is unveiled.

This afternoon's headlines: European truckers stage protests for shorter hours; Teamsters strike against Wawa causing little inconvenience; and ABF Freight breaks ground for new terminal.

About 6:30 every morning, Urbano Petrizza arrives at the RPS Inc. terminal here dressed in an RPS uniform and picks up his RPS van. But he's not an employee: He's an independent contractor.

A former judge in New Mexico has been appointed special counsel for the Teamsters union’s new anti-corruption campaign.

Teamsters truck drivers and warehouse workers went on strike against the Wawa convenience stores today, picketing stores over pension rights and extra pay for Sunday work.