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American Trucking Associations Thursday named three motor carriers as the winners of its 2005 National Truck Safety Contest.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3% in the second quarter, down from 3.8% in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Eastern freight rail line Norfolk Southern Corp. late Wednesday named Charles “Wick” Moorman to succeed David Goode as its chief executive officer, effective Nov. 1.

The number of U.S. workers filing initial unemployment benefits fell by 79,000 last week following two weeks of big increases in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ome grass-roots efforts to give back money slated for highway projects to help with Gulf Coast reconstruction in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have run into resistance, the New York Times reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>A coalition of safety and driver interest groups told a federal appeals court last week that training standards for new commercial drivers are inadequate because they do not require on-road training.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group said Thursday it gained a $50 million five-year, unsecured revolving credit facility it will use to refinance and provide working capital for its operations and general corporate purposes.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil prices rose Thursday as repairs to Gulf of Mexico oil rigs continued slowly, while gasoline and heating-oil futures fell from four-week highs following increased imports, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. iesel supplies remained tight in the Atlanta area this week, with scattered shortages despite a two-day shutdown of schools designed to save fuel, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Port of Oakland plans to help truckers with trucks built in 1986 or earlier by offering grants of up to $25,000 toward a new truck, the Oakland Tribune newspaper reported.