After refusing to budge on the issue for months, the federal government has agreed to extend the deadline for comments on its controversial ergonomics standard proposal.

Trucking and the state of New Jersey are heading to federal court to do battle over the ban that prohibits many out-of-state trucks from running on most of the state’s secondary road system.

Efforts to get Port of Los Angeles owner-operators reclassified as employees hit a major snag last week when a three-judge panel ruled that the drivers are independent contractors, not employees.

New federal rules would limit long-haul truck drivers to 12 hours of driving and mandate the use of electronic data recorders, according to a well-placed Transportation Department source.

Bush Leasing, a truck leasing and sales company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Jan. 11, citing a failure to restructure its $310 million in secured debt.

Bush Leasing, a truck leasing and sales company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Jan. 11, citing a failure to restructure its $310 million in secured debt.

The Transportation Department’s Research and Special Programs Administration is soliciting public comment on a new set of rules governing the transport of radioactive materials.

Trucker pay will finally start to go up industrywide this year, under pressure from a pervasive driver shortage, and the money to fund those raises will come from shippers in the form of rate increases, according to five industry experts who participated in Transport Topics’ 11th annual Management Outlook Forum.

New rules targeting how many hours truckers can legally drive and what companies must do to protect their employees from workplace injuries will probably top the list of this year’s federal regulatory initiatives.

Hours-of-service reform is so highly politicized that even Washington insiders don’t know what the final rule will look like once all the dust clears. And as for across-the-board increases in size and weight limits for commercial trucks this year, trucking companies should not hold their breath.