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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. EW YORK — Overall truck freight capacity remains tight as high fuel and other operating expenses continue to discourage large carriers from expanding their fleets and to push an increasing number of smaller fleets out of business, according to freight executives attending a Wall Street transportation conference.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he United States and Canada have reached a new “Open-Skies” aviation agreement that will lift limitations on express cargo services, among other things, the Department of Transportation said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Michigan House voted 94-12 to allow trucks that weigh 10,000 pounds and tractors-trailers to drive at 60 mph instead of the current 55 mph on highways where the maximum speed limit is 70, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ome state transportation agencies have begun testing technology that allows them to tracking cell phone signals and mapping them against road grids to monitor traffic, the New York Times reported Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ail freight traffic rose slightly for the week ended Nov. 5, as intermodal growth continued the Association of American Railroads reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rucking’s message to the thousands of attendees at last month’s Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals was clear: Help us get the federal government moving to repair the nation’s freight infrastructure so we can keep the goods moving.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Environmental Protection Agency said late Wednesday that it would extend by 45 days the deadline for terminals and retail outlets to comply with ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel requirements next year, to Oct. 15, 2006.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil futures fell in early trading Friday following a closing price of $57.80 on Thursday, the lowest closing price since July 21, on projections of lower energy demand, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. consumer sentiment rebounded this month from a 13-year low level in October, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment index released Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. trade deficit grew to a record $66.1 billion in September, as crude oil prices surged and exports dropped by the most in four years, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.