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FDX Corp. announced today that it will apply a 3% fuel surcharge on most FedEx domestic and international services, effective Feb. 1, 2000.

Diesel fuel prices finished 1999 at $1.298 a gallon after a roller-coaster ride over the year, and analysts do not expect similar wild fluctuations during 2000.

This afternoon's headlines: Accident rate going down for specialized carriers; Con-Way Southern to build new terminal near I-459; and Trucker pleads not guilty to hauling ton 2,700 lbs. of marijuana.

The Department of Transportation said it will not fully open this country’s southern border to commercial truck traffic from Mexico with the arrival of the new year.

The rail industry’s safety record for 1999 is on track to improve from 1998, despite safety concerns raised by rail mergers, according to the Federal Railroad Administration’s top executive.

In the news this morning: California names Oregon trucker as its 'Highway Hero;' N.M. job program gets a grandmother into a big rig; and Indiana jury finds trucker, trucking company liable in fatal 1996 crash.

The largest railroad in Canada and the second-biggest in the United States announced a $6 billion merger plan that would crown a new king in North American rail freight transportation with a stock market valuation in excess of $19 billion.

More than two months into a strike by the Teamsters union, Overnite Transportation Co. says its freight operations are close to normal and that it is operating at an all-time record for on-time deliveries during December.

Companies and agencies that have made Y2K preparations will face the moment of truth at midnight Dec. 31, and unless someone's bluffing or badly miscalculating, disruptions from computer snafus related to the much-anticipated glitch will be minimal.