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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.

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.

Jason Malufau, the son of American Trucking Associations employee Toni Malufau, is the recipient of the first ATA Scholarship Fund award, a $4,000 grant for college expenses.

Next time you think you’re running out of things to worry about, walk through the maintenance shop and check the bolt bins. There are enough potential disasters lurking there to give your corporate legal counsel ulcers.

For Erv Madsen, the mudslide that wiped out two miles of Highway 95 Oct. 16 is more than just an inconvenience. It could be enough to put him out of business.

Consolidation continues to dominate the financial scene in trucking. In the past week alone, three truckload carriers, a leasing company, a distribution firm and a truck parts distributor announced deals.