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The Bush administration has asked for the Supreme Court's help in a fight over allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roadways, the Associated Press reported.

Refinements rather than major makeovers are what most medium-duty truck manufacturers are offering in their 2004 models, although one manufacturer has redone its product line and all OEMs will sell new diesel engines built to comply with the federal government’s stricter emissions standards.

Two years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said the trucking industry was spending hundreds of millions of dollars to heighten security to a level “that we have never seen in our industry.”

Security Questions Raised After Man Ships Self in Crate • GAO: Motor Vehicle Departments Vulnerable to Fraud • U.S. Warns Terrorists Could Hijack International Airliners • Poll: Americans Concerned There Could be Another Attack

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Trucking is starting to show growth that many economists associate with a true improvement in the U.S. economy, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

The Department of Transportation will not stop requiring placards for hazardous material shipments, although the Department of ���ϳԹ���land Security wants to change or discontinue the familiar diamond-shaped labels because they could be a magnet for terrorists, DOT officials and others familiar with the issue said.

Price of Crude Oil Rises After Report of Inventory Drop • Postal Service Expects to Finish Year With Surplus • Dana to Expand Michigan Research Center • Perkins Names Maiers COO

Customs authorities overseeing U.S. ports want to focus more intently on cargo that poses a potential security threat. But to do that they need relief from the demands of monitoring millions of incoming containers deemed no danger.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n this issue we not only write about the high price of diesel, and the prospects for even higher prices in the future, but we also offer some advice from fleet executives who have managed to save their companies substantial amounts of money and reduce their risks in the petroleum market.