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The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment benefits fell by 43,000 to 348,000 during the week ended Nov. 1, the lowest level since January 2001, two months before the recession began, the Labor Department said Thursday..

Two Dead After Shooting at Watkins Motor Lines • Greenspan Upbeat on Economy; Warns About Deficit • New UPS Service Sends Packages Through Post Office • Snow Says Economy in 'New Phase' • And more...

TSA Expected to Extend Fingerprinting Deadline • Ridge Releases $2.2 Billion in Anti-Terror Grants • U.S., EU Seek Common Border Security Guidelines • Pennsylvania Using New Tool to Track Hazardous Cargo • And more...

Factory orders in the United States rose 0.5% in September, the fourth increase in the past five months, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. find it troubling that shippers are either requesting or demanding carriers to increase security measures for cargo transport, but are not willing to increase their rates to compensate the carrier for the added cost of such measures.

One plus one makes more than two for some fleets that have combined communications systems with management information software.

ISM's Index of Service Sector Approaches Record High • N.M. Transportation Package to Raise Trucking Costs • Maine Bridge Increases Weight Limit • EU Plans Slow Increase of Tariffs on U.S. Imports • And more...

Report: October Job-Cut Announcements Rise to 171,874 • Fog Delays Traffic in Panama Canal • Ocean-Shipping Rates Surging, Journal Says • Audit of FHWA's Bridge Oversight Planned • And more...

Two months before new driver hours-of-service rules are scheduled to go into effect, officials from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and motor carrier executives said they are still seeking clarification from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on key elements of the plan.