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ATA Urges Truckers to Contact Congress Over Fuel Prices

American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves Thursday urged motor carriers and truckers to tell Congress how rising fuel costs are hurting their businesses, illustrating the dramatic impact skyrocketing fuel prices are having on the movement of freight.

September 1, 2005

Gasoline Prices Soar, Supplies Tight in Wake of Hurricane

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. holesale gasoline prices continued to rise in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and retail outlets in many states already were feeling a supply pinch and raising prices well above $3 a gallon, news services reported Thursday.

September 1, 2005

Chicago Manufacturing Activity Falls on Fuel Concerns

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. anufacturing growth in the Chicago unexpectedly contracted in August, its first contraction in more than two years, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said in its monthly report issued Wednesday.

August 31, 2005

GDP Grew at 3.3% Rate in the Second Quarter

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 reported Wednesday.

August 31, 2005

Freightliner to Cut Jobs at Medium-Duty Plant in N.C.

Freightliner LLC said Tuesday it was going to lay off 260 workers at its Mt Holly, N.C., medium-duty truck manufacturing plant.

August 31, 2005

Katrina Leaves Extensive Road, Infrastructure Damage

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urricane Katrina left most major roads in the Gulf Coast region damaged or impassible and authorities urged people to stay off them to allow rescue teams to work, news services reported.

August 31, 2005

FMCSA Shifts to New Work Following HOS Rule

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>With the staff work needed to revise its driver hours-of-service rules now mostly behind it, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is preparing to issue several new rules stemming from the recently enacted highway-spending reauthorization, agency officials said.

August 31, 2005

Security & Safety Briefs - Aug. 25 - Aug. 31

UPS Deploys New Customs-Security Technology • Trucks on Way to Help With Katrina Relief • NHTSA Suspends Mirror Rule for Smaller Trucks • Virginia Launches New Drunk-Driving Initiative

August 31, 2005

Letters to the Editor: HOS Once Again

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. agree with almost everything that ATA President Bill Graves said in “Hours-of-Service Rules to Live By.â€

August 31, 2005

Officials See Difficulty Enforcing Hours Rule

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ith less than five weeks until the FMCSA's new hours-of-service regulations go into effect, trucking industry and enforcement officials said they are concerned about not having enough time to adapt to the changes, even with an announced three-month transitional period of soft enforcement.

August 31, 2005