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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil prices hit $68 for the first time in overnight trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, though prices fell early Thursday following predictions that Tropical Storm Katrina may miss most Gulf of Mexico oil platforms, Bloomberg reported.

Holding company SCS Transportation said Thursday it had promoted David Gorman to chief executive officer at its Jevic Transportation subsidiary.

Hurricane Katrina blew ashore onto Florida's southeastern coast late Thursday afternoon, shortly after being upgraded by meteorologists from a tropical storm, news services reported.

The $286.4 billion highway act signed by President Bush earlier this month included more than $2 billion for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to fund a variety of truck safety programs.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. s simple as it sounds, routine and frequent tire pressure checks can help minimize breakdowns and reduce tire operating costs for truck fleet operators, according to tire makers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. hanks for pointing out that a 38% increase in accidents involving commercial trucks is inconclusive on its own.

U.S. new home sales rose 6.5% to a record rate in July, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

U.S. orders for durable goods fell 4.9% in July, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil prices hit a new record high Wednesday following the Department of Energy’s weekly inventory update and reports that a tropical storm could turn into a hurricane before possibly hitting Florida and the Gulf of Mexico this weekend.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. oaring fuel prices are at a "critical point" for the trucking industry, an American Trucking Associations official said Tuesday.