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WASHINGTON — The new, longer labor pact between the Teamsters and United Parcel Service could be a harbinger for the less-than-truckload and vehicle-moving industries, which must both negotiate their own deals with the union to replace contracts that will expire in 2003.

Port Union Told to Reject Contract Offer • Daimler to Offer Dodge Commercial Van • Venezuela Says Will Comply With OPEC • UPS Sees 3Q Profits at 50 Cents to 55 Cents • And more...

Trucking’s bottom line took a big hit in 2001 as the industry’s leading companies grappled with rising costs and lower revenue, according to an analysis of financial performance of the 100 largest for-hire trucking companies in the United States and Canada.

State law enforcement authorities are not getting up-to-date information about truck-driver offenses, according to information that emerged from two state self-assessments of commercial driver license programs.

ITS Reports Attendance UpMeridian to Acquire MegaSys • Okla. Highway Bond Program May Increase • TransForce Acquires Retex Transport • Ark. A.G. Says Truckers Must Pay Back Sales Tax • And more...

DOT Offering Electronic Regulatory Notification • WorldCom Bankruptcy Won’t Affect Users, FCC Says • Laccona Leaves EGL to Head Italian Firm • Study Says Conventional Headlights May Be Safer • And more...

A report by the U.S. Department of Labor Friday showed that consumer prices were 0.1% higher during June than in May, a sign that inflation remains in check.

Bill Would Protect Trucking Cos. From Engine Fines • CF, Siemens Sign Two-Year Deal • Pa. to Inspect Trucks Beginning Sunday • U.S. Offers Additional Steel Tariff Exemptions • And more...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Motor carriers that hold onto tractors longer to avoid the post-October reduced-emission engines will not significantly increase maintenance routines or spending, maintenance experts predicted.

Early next year, the Bush administration and Congress will trade proposals for the next multiyear, multibillion-dollar highway spending bill. But transportation lobbyists and federal officials already are staking out classic positions on how to pump more money into the Highway Trust Fund and who should get how much out of the spigot.