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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has withdrawn its proposal to require trucks to carry a sticker certifying they were manufactured in accordance with the safety standards in effect when they were made, said the Office of Management and Budget.

U.S. transportation and logistics firms said last week they are donating expertise, manpower, equipment and money to help South Asian communities devastated by the earthquake-induced tsunami of Dec. 26, joining a worldwide effort by government agencies and humanitarian relief organizations.

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Led by a surge in new truck registrations by general freight carriers, the number of heavy-duty vehicles in use for all types of operations expanded by more than 80,000 in the third quarter from the same period in 2003, according to research firm R.L. Polk & Co.

A large winter storm, reaching from the Rockies to the Northeast, has snarled highway and airline traffic for many parts of the nation, news services reported..

Investors with capital to put to work are much more receptive to entreaties from trucking executives seeking debt relief and equity financing than they have been in recent years, according to bankers, investment analysts and fleet executives.

The Department of Transportation said late Thursday its transportation services index jumped 1.3% in October to a new record, and the freight TSI also rose..

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The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday that its service economy index rose to 63.1 in December, from 61.3 in November.