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The U.S. trade deficit declined from a record in January to $6.75 billion in February, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

German firm Deutsche Post it will continue to post losses in North America this year, after having previously forecast that it will be making money by the fourth quarter of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. verybody seems to think trucks are causing all the accidents. Most trucks have governors. We also have lane restrictions and lower speed limits and we still have accidents — go figure.

A pair of trucking groups urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to take another look at proposed changes to its rules on vehicle lights and similar equipment.

An official with the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security told a shipper group that the agency plans to introduce a single identification card for transportation workers later this year.

The governors of Indiana and Nebraska recently signed anti-indemnification legislation into law, becoming the most recent states to adopt laws saying motor carriers cannot be held liable for certain provisions of contracts they have with shippers.

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A federal court has granted American Trucking Associations’ request to intervene in the group Public Citizen’s latest challenge to federal hours-of-service rules.

Crude oil inventories rose last week, but gasoline and distillate fuel stockpiles continued to decline, the Energy Department said Wednesday, and oil prices moved closer toward a record level.

The average national retail price of diesel fuel continued its upward trend, rising 3.7 cents to $2.654 a gallon, while gasoline continued to spike, the Department of Energy said Monday.