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FedEx Reports Improvement in Fiscal 3Q • Storm Shutters Denver Airport, Roads • Volvo, Delphi Ink Deal on Sleeper Controls • Crude Oil Prices Rise on War Anticipation •

"Operation Liberty Shield," announced Tuesday by Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security as part of the heightened terror alert, will seek to secure America’s borders while providing minimal disruption to the flow of goods and travelers, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said in a statement.

Port terminal operators on both the East and West Coasts have begun to respond to truckers' and shippers' requests that they stay open longer to reduce congestion and allow drayage companies to do more deliveries a day, a port group said.

A three-year slide in trailer sales is expected to end in 2003, if it hasn’t already, as carriers funnel money into additional equipment to handle increasing freight volumes.

Caterpillar Inc., the nation’s largest maker of heavy-duty diesel engines, has paid $40 million in penalties for selling engines exceeding federal emission standards that went into effect last October, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Gasoline, Oil Prices Close Lower on Nymex • Leading Senate Democrat Calls for Tapping of SPR • Housing Starts Fall in February • MAN Commercial Vehicles Narrows Loss • And more ...

The United States raised the terror warning to "condition orange" or "high" as the United States prepares to go to war in Iraq.

The Federal Open Market Committee said Tuesday that it was leaving the benchmark interest rate unchanged after its meeting in Washington, and suggested it could revisit the economic questions when global uncertainties subside.

To meet multiple demands of users involved in more than one segment of trucking, software providers strive for greater flexibility in their offerings.