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Authorities stepped up scrutiny at cargo ports and border crossings across the country after the national terror alert level was raised to orange on Tuesday afternoon, the second-highest level.

WASHINGTON — Transportation companies do not yet realize how much new security requirements are going to cost them, a senior Democratic staff member on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee said last week.

Tank truck carrier executives said they were being deluged with requests from shippers to sign contracts in which they assume all liability for accidents and mishaps even if the shipper is at fault.

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The average price of diesel fuel fell 0.1 cent to $1.443 per gallon, the 10th straight week commercial trucking’s dominant fuel has declined, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.

NEW YORK — Even as the trucking industry continues to evaluate new diesel engines that hit the market in October, fleet officials expressed concerns about federally mandated emissions levels that Class 8 engines must meet in 2007.

NEW YORK — Top officials of several national truckload and less-than-truckload carriers said they would avoid adding cargo capacity this year because of flat freight volumes and few signs that the economy is growing.

The Bush administration on Tuesday raised the national terror alert level to orange or "high," from yellow or "elevated," as intelligence reports suggested domestic terrorist attacks were possible, news services reported.

FedEx Express, the air parcel subsidiary of FedEx Corp., unveiled a hybrid electric medium-duty truck on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., that it said could one day become the standard vehicle for the company.