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A week after Hurricane Floyd marched up the East Coast’s I-95 corridor, some towns and highways in North Carolina remained under water, disrupting freight service.

In the news this morning: FDX clears stock repurchase plan; Yellow Corp. stock slides after recent surge; and Manslaughter trial of alleged drunk trucker begins in Texas.

The public overwhelmingly favors an overhaul of federal motor vehicle safety standards and mandatory "black boxes" in trucks, according to a Louis Harris poll released Monday.

Truckers are watching their profits erode as diesel prices continue to climb, with FDX Corp. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services telling investors that high fuel costs have cut into their earnings.

The members of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance all agree that motor carrier safety is their top priority, but they disagree on the best approach to reduce accidents and fatalities.

The Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations is working on a recommended practice intended to ensure that repaired impact guards look and perform as they’re designed.

This afternoon's headlines: Navistar, Siemens in venture to build S.C. plant; IAS Communications, ARINC Inc. sign contract; and Shippers want truckers to be responsible for chassis safety.

The Federal Railroad Administration is expanding its safety oversight to target the role of human error in railroad accidents, Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater announced Sept. 23.

The owner of Ploof Truck Lines, a flatbed truckload carrier based in Jacksonville, Fla., is seeking to sell the company after filing for bankruptcy protection on Sept. 10.