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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he number of U.S. workers filing initial unemployment benefits rose by 6,000 last week to 327,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

The refrigerated segment of trucking has benefited operationally from its recent bust and rebirth cycle, moving freight more efficiently and communicating better with shippers, said several carrier executives.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. RC Regional Transportation Wednesday said it had named T.J. O'Connor Chief Executive Officer of less-than-truckload unit USF Bestway.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. fter rising overnight, crude oil prices leveled off Wednesday after the Department of Energy reported that inventories of crude oil, gasoline and distillate fuel all rose by 2.7 million barrels last week, Bloomberg reported.

ATA Offers Hazmat Reporting Service With Firm • Congressman Wants Review of Airline Carry-on Rules • Oregon to Heat Road to Prevent Accidents

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. wo powerful state lobbies — the Arkansas Poultry Federation and the Arkansas County Judges' Association — said that they would recommend members support Gov. Mike Huckabee's $575 million highway bond ballot item, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. fter all the changes in the hours-of-service rules in two years, the powers-that-be in Washington still haven’t come up with a plan.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. wo senators have introduced legislation they said would create an Office of Cargo Security within the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security and it would expand the power of U.S. security officials to screen cargo containers in foreign ports.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. nchorage, Alaska, wants to capitalize on its location as a key transit stop between the U.S. mainland and China by boosting the capacity of its airport, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>American Trucking Associations and other industry groups have asked that when the federal government implements new border security regulations, it will accept forms of identification other than passports for commercial truck traffic traveling between the United States, Mexico and Canada.