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Consulting Firm Says Third-Party Logistics Market Growing • CNF Releases Quarterly Estimates • USFreightways Seeks to Change Name • Crude Oil Continues Decline • And more ...

A report Tuesday by the Institute for Supply Management said that manufacturing activity in the United States suffered a contraction in March, adding to evidence that the economy softened during the month.

USFreightways Corp. said Tuesday that Sam Skinner, the Chicago-based company's chairman and chief executive officer, announced he will retire.

NHTSA Finalizes Light-Truck Fuel Efficiency Standard • EGL Acquires Miami International Forwarders • Cummins to Delay 10-K Filing on Accounts Payable Change • Bonasso Named Acting Head of RSPA • And more ...

The Department of Transportation said it has asked 61 cargo and passenger airlines to refund money the government paid them as compensation for lost revenue after the 9/11 terrorist attacks because those carriers overestimated their losses.

Members of the Teamsters union voted to ratify a new five-year contract with several leading less-than-truckload carriers, the labor groups said late Friday.

Ryder Outfits 5,500 Trucks with PrePass • Mandatory ID System Set Up on St. Lawrence Seaway • Westport Wins Grant from Canada to Develop Cleaner Engine • Datatrac Announces Management Changes •

While the almost 11-cent decline in diesel prices over the past two weeks was most welcome to trucking, the situation is nowhere near normal, and the potential damage from sky-high fuel prices is hardly over.

Manufacturing Contracts During March, NAPM-Chicago Says • Crude Oil Rises on More Uncertainty • MAN In Talks to Expand into China • Ohio Bill Hikes Fuel Taxes • And more ...