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Forget JIT and ERP. The future of trucking and its role in supply chain management systems may be small, open windows.

A temporary 3-cent fuel tax increase enacted in North Dakota to provide funding to repair flooded roads was made permanent to handle a deluge of a different kind.

The operator of the New York Cross Harbor Railroad purchased a majority interest in J.S. Transportation, a regional trucking company based in southern New Jersey.

Trailer makers can expect the vital economy to keep their businesses strong, but they will have to find creative ways to increase profits.

Calls for a separate modal administration to handle truck safety gained momentum with support from the Department of Transportation’s chief watchdog.

Ontario will be the first province in Canada to get tough on excessive smoke from truck exhaust stacks in a wide-ranging enforcement effort to combat a growing smog problem.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is telling 12,500 businesses in 18 industries on its “Most Wanted” list to shape up. That is all the agency can do since a federal court struck down its “voluntary” compliance program for addressing worker injury and illness problems.

The National Private Truck Council hopes a massive shake-up can counter a decline in membership.

Under the theme banner of “Solutions for an Evolving Industry,” the National Private Truck Council will convene to tackle pressing concerns in educational sessions and meetings in California.

The national average retail price of diesel fuel retreated for the second straight week, to $1.078 a gallon, amid predictions that the price of oil will stabilize well below historic highs — and stay at moderate levels for as long as 15 years.