Proposed new hours-of-service rules for Canadian truck drivers includes a maximum 14-hour work day and a cap of 70 hours in any week that can be "reset" after 36 hours off duty, reports Canadian trucking magazine Today's Trucking
Read More →Two makers of medium-duty trucks are making a push into the Canadian market
Read More →Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services plans to open a terminal in Phoenix, AZ, to be completed by the first quarter of 2000
Read More →USF Holland, a unit of USFreightways, has opened a new, full-service terminal in Pontiac, MI
Read More →General Motors has changed its EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) standard, which could create new demands on U.S. carriers doing business with GM
Read More →HighwayMaster Corp., Richardson, TX, has officially introduced its new trailer-tracking product called TrackWare
Read More →PNV.net, which provides Park 'N View cable, phone and Internet access at truckstops, Tuesday announced its initial public offering of stock
Read More →The effects of the Teamsters' unfair labor practices strike against Overnite Transportation, now in its fifth day, are hard to gauge. It varies greatly depending on whether you talk to the trucking company or the union
Read More →The American Trucking Assns. is calling on Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater to postpone reform of the truck driver hours of service rules
Read More →As Teamsters members and supporters picket at 109 Overnite Transportation terminals in protest of unfair labor practices, a former Overnite supervisor has come forth with testimony to the National Labor Relations Board about how the country's largest non-union less-than-truckload carrier systematically tries to get union supporters off of its payroll
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