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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. hree senators introduced legislation last week that would not only give fleets a 5% tax credit on the purchase of 2007-model Class 7 and 8 trucks equipped with cleaner-burning diesel engines, but would allow for expensing the full purchase price of those vehicles on a single year’s tax returns.

Seeking to improve safety and help prevent lane-changing accidents, three trucking companies recently agreed to have the Iteris Inc. lane-departure warning system installed on all new trucks they order from Freightliner Trucks, Iteris said.

The Detroit Marine Terminal, a formerly bustling port that shut down a year ago due to a financial crisis, is scheduled to reopen this month under new management and a new name, the Detroit News reported Saturday.

UPS Inc. expects its European sales to grow by a double-digit percentage this year, a company official told a German newspaper, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations said its Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference has endorsed the enactment of the Central American Free Trade Agreement now pending in Congress.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Supreme Court Monday upheld the state of Michigan's truck fees, rejecting trucking industry arguments that the $100 annual fees discouraged companies from doing business in more than one state, the Associated Press reported.

Crude oil prices soared to more than $59 a barrel for the first time ever, news services reported.

Yellow Roadway said Monday it will close USF Corp.’s less-than-truckload unit USF Dugan in July.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Illinois Department of Transportation said it would begin full closures of the Kingery Expressway corridor, which includes sections of Interstates 80 and 94, on June 18 as crews construct a bridge in Chicago’s south suburbs during overnight hours.