Efforts by a US engineering association to develop international standards for tank container builders have touched a raw nerve overseas. While it is agreed that an international accreditation standard is needed, there is no consensus on the...

On June 9, President Clinton signed the $217 billion Transportation Equity Act (TEA), boosting federal funding to the nation's highways by 46% over the next six years. It is the largest public works program in the nation's history, and could bring...

If it pools its efforts, the US trucking industry can influence political issues in proportion to its significant role in the American economy, said Walter B McCormick Jr, president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations...

For 850 trucking companies, the intelligent highway has become something real, not just a concept dreamed up by Washington bureaucrats. These companies have enrolled in the PrePass weigh station bypass system...

There appears to be no end in sight for the rail crisis that began in the Gulf Coast region last year, has spread to the rest of the United States, and is costing shippers billions of dollars, said Maureen Healey, director of transportation issues...