ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

A new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration policy, effective immediately, should make it easier for trucking companies to expunge nonpreventable accidents from their safety records and perhaps improve their safety ratings, according to regulators.

Trucking matters like road congestion that were of primary concern as 2001 began were largely put aside by the issue of security immediately after the September terrorist attacks.

In the process of cleaning up its commercial driver licensing system, Florida is implementing changes that include computerized testing, according to Sandra Lambert, the state’s director of the division of drivers’ licenses.

ATA Economist Sees Trucking Rebound in '02 • Job Cuts Fall in December, Challenger Says • Online Spending Rises in Fourth Quarter • Package Carriers Adopt Special Surchages • And more...

A year ago in this space, we urged the Federal Reserve to make a bold switch from fighting inflation to helping the falling economy bottom out with a soft landing.

The hard-hit manufacturing sector saw signs that its 17-month slump may be soon drawing to a close, an industry report said Wednesday.

An option submitted in August by John Hausladen of the Minnesota Trucking Association makes several negative remarks about biodiesel and the biodiesel industry ("Biodiesel: Some Promise and Some Questions," 8-6, p. 9). While the intent of the Hausladen article was perhaps to raise objective questions about the alternative fuel, many of the points presented have no basis in fact.

The average price of diesel climbed for the second straight week, jumping another 1.5 cents per gallon to $1.169, the Department of Energy said this week. The back-to-back increases follow 13 weeks of falling prices.

Schneider, Caterpillar Agree on Logistics Alliance • USPS To Use Consolidated Freightways for LTL • Roadway Begins Arranging Air Cargo Services • SDC Int'l. Closes Purchase of Czech Truck Maker • And more...