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In the news this morning: NFC, North American Van are in talks; British truckers pledge more protests; and Motor Cargo shrugs off Chicago unit shutdown.

The two major sectors of trucking are moving in opposite directions financially, with second-quarter earnings reports showing truckload carriers bouncing off a particularly grim first quarter and the less-than-truckload companies reverting to the more slender profit levels of two years ago.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court says police did not violate a trucker's constitutional rights when they seized his radar detector after his truck caused a fiery 1995 crash that killed three people.

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.