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American Freightways Corp. has offered $6 million for the Commerce City hub of the beleaguered NationsWay Trucking, which filed for bankruptcy May 20.

This afternoon's headlines: Hundreds of Southern Calif. bridges too low for oversized trucks; Sexual harassment suit seeks $2 million; and Trucks prompt Highway 2 twinning in Canada.

In the news this morning: UPS presses to bar U.S. Postal Service's quick access to radio frequencies; Oregon DOT asks governor to veto truckers' bill; and PennDOT to give rollover 'tips.'

Marty Lawson took top honors as Grand Champion for the second year in a row at the National Truck Driving Championships held at the Tampa Convention Center.

A tanker truck hit a pickup and plunged off a winding highway near the central Oregon Coast Monday, killing one person and spilling thousands of gallons of gasoline near a creek.

This afternoon's headlines: DHL International to Invest $125 Million in Japan; Highway Accident Legal Conference Offered in September; and U.S. Trucking Reports 2nd Quarter/First Half Results

A proposal to make terminal operators responsible for the roadworthiness of containers and chassis will be a hot topic at next week's annual conference of the Intermodal Association of North America.

If sales of Class 8 trucks keep going the way they are, the dawn of the new millennium will see more than 250,000 rigs less than a year old plying the nation's highways.

Intrenet Inc. said it expects to post a net loss of between $2 million and $3 million in the second quarter in part because of a pending settlement of withdrawal liability claims filed by the Central States Southeast and Southwest Pension Fund.

This Morning's Headlines: Trucking Company Beats IRS in Court; Communities Jumping on Truck-Ban Bandwagon?; and Researching the Way to a Profitable Truckstop.