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Truckers are being asked to help get food and supplies to the victims of Hurricane Mitch. The Nicaraguan Independent Emergency Commission needs trucks to move food, medicine, clothes and other supplies from Baton Rouge, La., and Alton, Texas, to New Orleans.

Federal Express and its unionized pilots restarted contract negotiations after the pilots promised not to strike during the holiday season.

With the Teamsters presidency at stake, the U.S. Postal Service is delivering union members’ ballots to an industrial office building just around the corner from American Trucking Associations’ headquarters in Alexandria, Va.

Setting the stage for what has become an annual debate over how to fund the Surface Transportation Board, the Department of Transportation’s inspector general says it would be difficult for the board to cover the entire cost of its operations through user fees.

The federal judge reviewing the settlement between the Environmental Protection Agency and diesel engine manufacturers agreed to allow the pact to go into effect while his review continues.

With concerns that slumping car and truck sales may not be confined to Asia and South America, AB Volvo is considering job cuts and other cost-saving measures to improve profitability.

The Federal Highway Administration’s comprehensive truck size and weight study has not been released yet, but it is already raising the hackles of one member of Congress.

Meritor Automotive will acquire Lucas-Varity Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems for $390 million in cash.

Congress began its post-election reshuffling last week, with House members choosing leadership teams to guide policy and politics for the next two years.

One in ten truck drivers tested positive for drugs or alcohol during a recent safety checkpoint of commercial vehicles in southern Oregon, and 26% of the trucks had to be put out of service.