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Package delivery services UPS and FedEx are trying to head off legislation pending in Congress that would make them responsible for helping states collect excise taxes on cigarettes sold by Internet and mail order.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week issued procedures for detaining food shipments suspected of being viewed as a threat to humans or animals.

Dispute Growing in Congress Over Security Grants • Suspicious Vehicle Shuts Washington Border • House Panel Clears $32 Billion for ���ϳԹ���land Security • Truck Carrying Nuclear Waste Goes Off Designed Route

Price of Oil Edges Up Despite Rise in Fuel Inventories • Caterpillar Raises Dividend Again • Greenspan Says Fed Could Take Aggressive Action on Rates • Mexican Truckers Have Mixed Reaction to Supreme Court Decision • Study: Border Delays Hurting Canada's Economy • And more...

The United States seeks to encourage trucking companies to reduce exhaust emissions as a way of improving air quality at the southern border and hopes to enlist the aid of Mexico in a coordinated effort, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said.

Wabash to Add 150 Workers to Meet Demand • Postal Service Selects FedEx for International Delivery • Report: DaimlerChrysler to Save Over $1B Through Shared Production • Mullen Increases Dividend • And more...

Central Transport Raises Freight Rates • Court Asks Solicitor General for Input on Michigan Truck-Fee Dispute • XRG Completes Acquisition of Carolina Truck Connection • Freightliner Adds Production Workers • And more...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the Bush administration can skip an environmental study and open U.S. highways to Mexican trucks as soon as it wishes.

USF Corp. said it plans to re-emerge in the Northeast with a new “service product,” but it offered no timetable for the rollout following its surprise decision in late May to shut down USF Red Star, its unionized less-than-truckload operation that served the region.