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DHL said Friday it had completed the upgrade of its new $300 million air and ground facility in Wilmington, Ohio, one month ahead of schedule.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruck and trailer component manufacturer The Holland Group said all of its trailer landing gears were now available with the option of a protective chemical process designed to prevent corrosion. As a result, the company said for the first time it now would offer a warranty on landing gears with that protective bond.

UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. have reopened most of their Gulf Coast facilities that were closed because of Hurricane Katrina, Bloomberg reported.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ntermec Technologies Corp. and Symbol Technologies, makers of automated data-capture technologies, said they reached an agreement settling a radio frequency identification intellectual property dispute.

The trucking industry is increasingly turning to hands-free shifting, and the momentum has the potential to make smooth-flowing automatics and self-shifting automated-mechanical versions the preferred transmissions for heavy-duty as well as medium-duty trucks, according to a market survey by Havill Consultants.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. iodiesel, a product of the farm field, dates back to 1885 when Rudolf Diesel developed his first compression combustion engine to run on vegetable oil. So, too, biodiesel could be trucking’s fuel of the future.

Freightliner LLC said it will cut about 250 jobs and close an American LaFrance emergency vehicle plant in Ladson, S. C., the Associated Press reported.

The cost of goods imported into the United States rose 1.3% in August, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ellow Roadway Corp. said Thursday that it lowered its third-quarter earnings guidance in part due to the impacts of Hurricane Katrina.