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It has been almost two years since the freighter Bright Field slammed into the wharf adjacent to the Riverwalk mall, which abuts the New Orleans Hilton hotel on the Mississippi River. But only minor changes have been made since then to improve safety and prevent a similar occurrence.

Federal Highway Administrator Kenneth Wykle was expected to announce this morning the launch of a rulemaking that eventually would produce new hours of service for trucking. Instead, his deputy said the agency is seriously considering a "negotiated" rulemaking, which would bring together all interested parties to discuss regulatory reforms.

The proposed international accord to combat global warming could cost U.S. truckers up to $36 billion a year in added fuel costs, a 90% increase, according to a study by the U.S. DOE.

Diesel engine manufacturers have agreed to pay record fines of $185 million and make significant design modifications to settle Environmental Protection Agency claims that they broke clean-air standards. Caption:EPA's Carol M. Browner holds the device she says engine makers used to circumvent air standards as Atty. Gen. Janet Reno watches on at a press conference Thursday.

A Teamsters pension fund in Chicago was repaid more than $729,000 for questionable fees credited to a small Michigan brokerage firm.

It’s safe to say that just about everything in Louisiana is hot: the jambalaya, the weather, the jazz. It turns out some of the trucks are pretty hot, too, and we’re not talking about paint jobs and chrome — we’re talking temperature.

As a boy, when he was not breaking tires or washing trucks, Chris John canvassed the Louisiana countryside with his father, who was trying to get himself sent to Baton Rouge by the local voters. Trucking executive John N. John Jr. ran for office three times before he secured a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1972.

Publisher Bob Rast talks about Transport Topics' relationship to ATA, and consolidation of information services.

James E. Sheriff of Roadway Express topped off an eventful year with one of trucking’s highest honors: the National Driver of the Year Award from American Trucking Associations.