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Chicago Purchasing Manager’s Index Rises in April •No. Calif. Fuel Price Strike Impacts UP Rail-Truck Shipments • Vitran to Change Stock Symbol • Pacer Reports Improved 1Q Results • And more ...

The U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 4.2% in the first quarter of 2003, the Commerce Department said in a report released Thursday.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a coalition of truck and engine manufacturers seeking to overturn rules governing vehicle purchases by private fleets in Southern California, news agencies said. The rules would have required vehicles like buses, garbage and other utility trucks use the lowest emitting engines available.

A small number of vendors to the industry are investigating to see if trucking fleets might some day consider paying for nitrogen rather than using free air to fill up the tires of their rolling stock.

Bridgestone Announces Tire Price Hike • ATA Says Truck Tonnage Tops 9 Billion in '03 • Frozen Food Express Reports 1Q Gains • TransForce Acquires Canadian TL Carrier • And more ...

Truckload carrier Heartland Express Inc. said Tuesday it planned to replace its entire tractor fleet by the end of 2006.

Overnite Reports Increased 1Q Revenue • First-Quarter Net Income Rises at Forward Air • Driver in Md. Tanker Crash Likely Suffered Attack • Patriot Transportation Reports Higher Net Income in 2Q • And more ...

New Mexico is trying to attract more commercial traffic to its Santa Teresa port of entry by allowing trucks to operate longer on certain days, state officials said.

Washington Said to Consider Large Truck Ban • Canada to Increase Security Spending • High-Speed Customs Lane Opens on Mexico Border •