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The idea of creating a national trucking company to provide drayage service to intermodal carriers was a hot topic at the Intermodal Association of North America’s annual meeting.

Focus groups offered three keys to unlocking seamless intermodal interchanges: reducing interchanges, improving the repair process and providing faster access to accurate information.

This afternoon's headlines: Proposed storage depot to add 200 tankers to Huntsville-area roads; Temporary layoffs at Volvo plant; and Who's buying, who's selling in Volvo-Scania merger?

In the news this morning: Clarke Inc. of Canada expands into U.S., Mexico; Truckers still staging protests in Northwest; and Swift Transportation anticipates strong third quarter results.

Federal researchers say a new warning system soon to undergo a yearlong test on truck-heavy Interstate 75 could make a dent in the 15,000 yearly rollovers on the nation's roadways.

Truck drivers accustomed to using two major roads in New Jersey are heeding a month-old order banning them from those and other thoroughfares, even though enforcement has not begun.

Officers of bankrupt NationsWay Transport Service have agreed to sell three of the carrier’s hubs — in Commerce City, Colo.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and Phoenix — to two of the country’s less-than-truckload giants.

Oil suppliers say they are ready for the Year 2000, so consumers who fear a shortage associated with the Millennium Bug need not worry nor hoard oil in the days leading up to the turn of the century.

A Maryland judge ordered a North Carolina furniture dealer and the trucking company that ships its product to collect Maryland sales tax on furniture purchased by the state’s residents.

Today's headlines: Theft Drives Firms to Armor Trucks; Shippers Seek More than Low Rates; and Faster to Mexico