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N.Y. Manufacturing Index Rises in September • Business Inventories Rise 0.9% • Amtrak to Stop Hauling Mail • KLLM President Liles Retires; CFO Moves Up • And more...

The Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security has announced an additional $21 million grant for American Trucking Associations’ Highway Watch program available for use starting in March 2005.

Public Citizen, one of the original plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging new hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers, asked a federal appeals court on Monday to reject requests from the government and trucking interests to delay a return to the pre-January rules.

The national average price of diesel fuel rose by 0.5 cent a gallon to $1.874, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Maddocks Terminates DDS Deal • Getloaded.com Names Myers President; Hull Becomes Adviser • Technology Helping Calif. Ports Expedite Movement of Cargo • DaimlerChrysler Dismisses Germany's Toll Collect Claims • And more...

Reverting to federal drivers’ work rules that were in effect before Jan. 4 could cost carriers millions of dollars and could possibly result in reduced highway safety, trucking industry sources said.

Motor carrier executives will hear directly from five of the industry’s major vendors and the federal government’s chief truck safety regulator at American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition, the trade group said.

As health-care costs continue to skyrocket, motor carriers said they are exploring a multitude of ways to mitigate costs that are impinging on profitability.

Maddocks Terminates DDS Deal • Yellow Roadway Eliminates Secured Credit Facility • Oil Prices Rise on Concern Ivan May Cut U.S. Production • Lundberg: Gas Price Declined to $1.86 a Gallon • And more . . .