Fur flies; claws bared in battle over truck stop tiger

GROSSE TETE, La. -- There’s a battle shaping up in this small town just west of Baton Rouge, pitting a truck stop owner and his pet cat against a horde of enraged animal activists.

Truckers to FMCSA: 'Define your EOBR terms'

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The ATA has told the federal government that it supports electronic logs, as long as all the legislative i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed

Obama orders national fleet to switch to altfuels

WASHINGTON – A Presidential Memorandum directs federal agencies to convert fleets to 100 percent alternative fuel vehicles by the end of 2015 as well as cut petroleum consumption by 30 percent by 2020.

New MitFuso Canter comes across the pond

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. – The new Fuso 2012 Canter FE Series medium-duty trucks have arrived from Japan at ports in Baltimore, Jacksonville, San Diego and Tacoma.

Driver lets pressure get to him; almost blows up

WHAKATANE, New Zealand -- As long as he lives, Steven McCormack will probably never again refer to his airline connectors as “glad” hands.

"I’m no hero," says life-saving trucker

SHELBURNE, Ont. -- It was in the wee hours of Friday the 13th when trucker Mel Farnell saved a man's life.

Large truck crashes drop by 24% in Ontario

TORONTO – Ontario is boasting that its roads and highways are the safest in North America as the number of road-related fatalities was the lowest ever recorded in the province.

FMCSA postpones 'no-defect' DVIRs by 1 year

WASHINGTON -- The date when no-defect driver vehicle inspection reports will be required on intermodal equipment has been extended.

TransForce assembles new VP team to support growth

MONTREAL -- TransForce has named five new vice-presidents on the recommendation of President and Chairman Alain Bédard, who will focus on U.S. expansion, through acquisition.

Diesel prices fall in consecutive weeks

NEW YORK -- On-highway diesel prices fell by 6.4 cents in the U.S., an even larger drop than last week, according to a weekly report from the Department of Energy.