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WASHINGTON — Roger Nober, chairman of the Surface Transportation Board, told trucking industry executives that freight railroads are having difficulty meeting the increased demand for rail service because they have very little excess capacity.

Navistar’s Restated Earnings Surpass Estimate • Profits Rise at Expeditors International of Washington • Business Inventories Increase in December • N.Y. Manufacturing Index Grows at Slower Pace • And more...

WASHINGTON — Nearly 400 trucking company executives and industry officials discussed issues ranging from highway finance and tax incentives for the purchase of cleaner-burning trucks to driver hours-of-service rules at American Trucking Associations’ Winter Leadership Meeting.

Overnite Upgrades Electronic Bill-of-Lading System • Networkcar Adds Satellite Option • Exide Loss Widens on Third-Quarter Charges • Airgo to Supply Inflation System for Vantage Trailers • And more...

The national average price of diesel fuel rose 0.3 cent to $1.986 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.

Members of the government-and-industry group working toward a national idling standard for diesel truck engines said they have been working on a plan since May, but they have not identified what the standard should be. embers of the group had told Transport Topics they wanted to have a plan completed by February.

Although motor carriers are forced to buy heavy-duty trucks with more expensive and less fuel-efficient — but cleaner-burning — diesel engines, local and state government officials are increasingly targeting trucking operations as part of an effort to meet federal air quality standards.

C.H. Robinson Buys Three Companies • Atlas Projects Improved 2004 Financials • UAW Rejects Volvo Contract in Virginia • FedEx Freight Boosts Terminal Capacity • And more...

American Trucking Associations sharply criticized a proposal to impose tolls on Virginia’s section of Interstate 81, in written testimony submitted to the state’s Senate Transportation Committee.

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