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Unlikely allies are joining forces to overturn the state's new gasoline and diesel taxes - just days after legislators approved the tax in the final hours of the 1999 session.

Shipments of trailers and chassis continued to slide through May, dropping 14.4% below their levels for the same five months during the record-breaking year of 1998.

Mark VII Inc., an intermodal and logistics company based in Memphis, Tenn., has agreed to a buyout by MSAS Global Logistics, a unit of Ocean Group plc, for $23 a share in cash.

This afternoon's headlines: Rising fuel prices may trigger surcharges in Canada; A columnist stresses the need for change management; and Hendrickson unveils new suspension systems.

A measure to speed the return of the 80% tax deduction for truckers’ meals cleared a hurdle last week as the Senate Finance Committee approved a $792 billion tax-cut bill.

Police are investigating a collision in downtown Flagstaff between a freight train and a tractor-trailer, and the truck driver has been charged in the accident.

NationsWay Transport has asked a bankruptcy court to approve a bonus program that would pay the failed trucking company's 40 remaining employees at least $200,000.

Oregon lawmakers have voted to abolish the state’s 52-year-old weight-distance tax on trucks. The state Senate approved the repeal July 17, but it took two votes in the House to pass the bill.

In the news this morning: Longshoreman contract approval seen likely; CSX says it retains most-profitable sectors; and Big-rig crashes blamed on faulty permits.

Preston Trucking Co. said it has ceased operations effective July 26. The less-than-truckload carrier will make no further pickups, but says will deliver all freight currently in the system.