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With another 90% reduction in particulate matter from diesel engines due by 2007, the freight-hauling industry soon will be fielding new soot-filtering technology for both heavy- and medium-duty power plants.

Oregon Offers Ton-Mile Filing Online • Pa. to Offer Anti-Idling Funds to Fleets • EPA Announces Grant to Reduce Bus Emissions in Mexico

DALLAS — At its first stand-alone meeting in two years outside of American Trucking Associations’ annual management conference, the National Accounting and Finance Council board said it planned to reorganize the group to become more flexible and provide more input into ATA planning.

The Department of Transportation said Tuesday its Transportation Services Index rose 0.8% in April to a record 124.4, while the freight TSI also hit a new high.

The pace of hiring slowed in June and the manufacturing sector cut jobs for the first time in five months, the Labor Department reported Friday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced plans last week to require carriers of hazardous materials to apply for federal permits to carry certain goods — including explosives and radioactive material — beginning Jan. 1.

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Factory Orders Fall 0.3% in May • Record Cargo Traffic Clogging Ports in Calif. • Some Coal Truckers in Kentucky Park Their Rigs in Protest • Truck-Lane Restrictions Take Effect in Virginia • And more...

The Institute for Supply Management said Thursday its manufacturing index for June dipped to 61.1 from 62.8, but remained close to a 20-year high.