February 3, 2011: Arkansas Best Corporation today announced a fourth quarter 2010 net loss of $3.1 million, or $0.12 per share, compared to a fourth quarter 2009 net loss of $88.7 million, or $3.54 per share. The fourth quarter 2009 results included charges for goodwill impairment of $2.55 per share and supplemental pension settlements of $0.11 per share. Excluding those charges, Arkansas Best had a fourth quarter 2009 net loss of $22.1 million, or $0.88...

January 28, 2011: Citing dire financial circumstances, three subsidiaries of freight shipping firm YRC Worldwide Jan. 25 asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to expedite a decision on an appeal filed earlier this month by ABF Freight Systems to a federal judge's decision to dismiss its legal challenges to concessions negotiated between the company and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (ABF Freight Sys. Inc. v. International Bhd. of Teamsters, 8th Cir.,...

January 19, 2011: ABF Freight System Inc. is appealing a federal judge’s decision last month to dismiss its legal challenge of concessions negotiated between YRC Worldwide Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The trucker (Nasdaq: ABFS), based in Fort Smith, Ark., on Tuesday sent its case to the 8th U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Louis. Click here to read more at the Kansas City Business Journal.

January 17, 2011: With a proposal to expand the requirement for electronic onboard recorders pending in the regulatory pipeline, owner-operators are fighting a legal action against the limited recorder requirement that is scheduled to take effect next year. Last week the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association rebutted the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's claim that OOIDA does not have standing to challenge next year's recorder requirement. Click here to read more at TruckingInfo.

January 13, 2011: More than 400 union and civil rights activists will march to Cincinnati’s City Hall Jan. 14 to condemn the plan recently elected Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) has to strip Ohio child care and home health care workers of their right to bargain for a better life. The march is part of the annual AFL-CIO King Day celebration Jan. 13-17 in Cincinnati. Through the march and throughout the conference, activists will send a...

January 10, 2011: The U.S. proposed opening its highways to Mexican trucks under a second test program that would require Mexican drivers to be proficient in the English language and U.S. traffic laws. The two countries may reach an agreement to allow cross- border trucking within weeks, Mexican Deputy Transportation Minister Humberto Trevino said today in a telephone interview. As part of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the U.S. agreed to allow Mexican trucks...

January 5, 2011: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will propose requiring speed limiters on heavy trucks at 68 mph after trucking groups asked for the regulation. NHTSA said Monday that it would grant petitions from American Trucking Associations and Road Safe America to require manufacturers to install devices that would limit heavy truck speeds to 68 mph. Click here to read more at Transport Topics.

December 28, 2010: Washington is panicking over the national debt. Powerful members of Congress, spurred on by recommendations made by some members of President Obama’s recently concluded fiscal commission, are planning an aggressive legislative agenda to balance the books. Part of this strategy is attacking Social Security. Workers and retirees alike should be alarmed. Correcting the myths Focusing on Social Security cuts is misguided on two counts. First, it wrongly assumes that Social Security is...

December 27, 2010: See a detailed chart with the proposed hours of service changes. Click here to read the chart from the FMCSA.

December 21, 2010: Industry speculation suggests the new Hours of Service proposal will cut back driving time from 11 hours a day to 10 hours. A change in the 34-hour restart rule is also anticipated. The latest try at an Hours of Service rule has cleared a White House review, meaning details of a new proposal could be announced as early as the this week. The Office of Management and Budget gave the HOS rule...