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The Pacific Maritime Association imposed its second lockout of the weekend late Sunday, saying that the 29 ports it represents on the West Coast would stay shut until its dockworkers' union agreed to extend its expired contract while a new one is talked out, the Associated Press reported.

New Products Filling In for Digital Radio, Times Reports • Despite Wireless Providers' Efforts, Cellphone Users Still Just Talking • Delphi Offers New Injection System • GM May Gamble with Fuel Cells • And more ...

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican trucking industry’s 10-year drive toward modernization has created a mismatch between late-model equipment and old-school maintenance practices for many fleets, according to industry officials who addressed the first conference of the Technology and Maintenance Council ever held in Mexico.

ATLANTA — Technology executives at a trucking industry conference on wireless communications last week called for stepped up coordination and more government spending on truck security.

Of all the changes that followed trucking deregulation in 1980, one of the most significant has been the trend of shippers outsourcing their transportation to third-party logistics companies.

FedEx Announces Expansion of Ground Unit • Stocks Suffer on Poor Spending News • FMCSA Announces New Securement Rules • Embattled Sen. Torricelli Drops Out of Race for N.J. Senate Seat • And more ...

The average retail diesel fuel price jumped 2.1 cents per gallon to $1.438, the highest national average since Sept. 24, 2001, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Driven by a narrower trade deficit than the previous quarter, the U.S. economy grew by a 1.3% annual rate between April and June, and was expected to grow threefold in the following quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Mineta to Soon Certify Mexican Truck Access • Consumer Sentiment Index Falls in September • Gasoline Prices Down Calif., Stable in Texas • Mexico May Avert Strike With Oil Workers • And more...