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It sounds like a simple request: How much would a trucking company charge to haul freight from point A to point B? For many carriers, however, the answer is not so simple.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shippers looking to cut transportation costs during the current economic downturn are using fewer carriers but relying heavily on trucking firms that served them well during the good times.

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New orders for U.S. factory goods were unchanged in August, according to a government report released Thursday – suggesting to analysts that the manufacturing sector may have been pulling out of its tailspin prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Increased security concerns after the terrorist attacks may give added weight to arguments that the U.S. is not ready to allow Mexican trucks to operate freely within its borders, transportation lobbyists told the National Small Shipments Traffic Conference Sept. 24.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of American Trucking Associations’ Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council got a heavy dose of high-tech training here Sept. 25 at the group’s fall meeting, learning about tech-savvy answers for driver drowsiness, handling hazardous road conditions and basic driver training.

Prior to Sept. 11, the 4000-mile U.S.-Canada border had not been more than a barely guarded afterthought to the Mexican border. But now in the post-attack world, Congress is set to tightening the northern border more than ever before.

The nation’s last remaining closed airport resumed operations Thursday amid pomp and ceremony, and tighter security.