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Truckers overwhelmed by high fuel costs are falling behind in payments on their vehicles, and finance companies are seeing more drivers return their vehicles to the lenders because operators think they can no longer make money by driving the truck.

HighwayMaster of Richardson, Texas, – a provider of vehicle tracking and communication products – has changed its name to @Track Communications.

Once again, all of trucking is feeling the pain of a fuel price crisis, reminiscent of similar cost runups in the late 1970s and 80s. And the independent truckers are getting squeezed, though its hard to say exactly how bad it is for them.

Ths afternoon's headlines: Crash survivors blast Canadian government for delays in Highway 401 improvements; Fatalities dip as speeds inch up on Iowa highways; and Spring snowfall shuts down stretch of Interstate 90 in South Dakota.

Transportation.com has tapped former Transportation secretary Samuel K. Skinner as its chairman of the board to help establish the fledgling Internet business on firm ground.

In the news this morning: Deutsche Post allies with Lufthansa Cargo; Potential shortage of equipment during peak shipping season worries rail users; and Delaware to use soybean diesel in state fleet.

What if there were a way to have an endless supply of clean diesel fuel — a supply that did not depend on the whims of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries or the EPA?

In the news this afternoon: One of four family members pleads guilty in hijacking and murder of Maine truck driver; Illinois cracks down on load debris; and Electronic controls to replace camshafts in diesels.

The Federal Trade Commission, bent on keeping Comdata Corp. from limiting competition in the fleet card industry, has obtained authority to approve the company’s licensing agreements.

Truckers crossing the border at Laredo, Texas, will now be able to use a new $60 million bridge located 6 miles north of the downtown area.