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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.We are a flatbed carrier that generally works for five manufacturing plants. I see the new federal driver hours rule playing a vital part in our daily schedule within the manufacturing plants.

The Conference Board said Thursday the index of leading economic indicators rose 0.3% in November, the sixth increase in the past seven months.

The number of Americans filing initial applications for unemployment benefits declined by 22,000 to 353,000 in the week ended Dec. 13, matching the lowest level in almost three years, the Labor Department said Thursday..

Kevin Williams resigned as chief executive officer of the Distribution and LTL Carriers Association, raising questions about the future of a group that has faced declining membership and limited financial resources in recent years.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new rules governing truck driver work hours will increase driver fatigue and lead to more avoidable deaths on the nation’s highways, groups suing FMCSA have told a federal appeals court.

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region rose in December to the highest level in a decade, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

With new rules governing driver work hours looming, some state trucking executives said there is a great deal of uncertainty among drivers and fleets about what the new rules mean, but they intend to help members deal with it.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. completely agree with the statement of the letter writer that brokers are quoting low freight rates.

With the federal government requiring an aggressive anti-terrorist program based on high-technology solutions, trucking executives are also exploring other, less complicated methods of protecting hazardous materials cargo, drivers and fleets.