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With the peak season for freight shipping rapidly approaching, U.S. railroads are already stretched thin and it appears that more delays and capacity scarcities are looming.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it was working with industry representatives to determine the locations of proposed “clean corridors” where fleets could buy ultra-low-sulfur fuel in 2005 to test 2007 diesel engines in actual operating conditions.

American Trucking Associations issued this statement on Monday, July 19, which clarifies its initial statement released on Friday: n Friday, July 16, ATA, in reacting to the U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) vacating of the new Hours-of-Service ("HOS") rules, stated that it anticipated that the Federal Motor Carrier Administration would work to meet the Court's requirement to consider the impact of the current rule on driver health.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. isc brakes for Class 8 trucks are long overdue. They have been standard equipment in Europe for more than 20 years. Disc systems are a totally proven technology in use on automobiles and aircraft for more than 35 years.

Prices paid by consumers rose 0.3% in June, while prices excluding food and energy rose the least since December, the Labor Department reported Friday..

Railroads struggling to cope with higher-than-usual freight volumes and a labor shortage at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., have caused congestion there that could last throughout the fall, industry representatives said.

FedEx Corp. lost a round in its attempt to limit the amount of money it must pay back after the Transportation Department decided it had given the package carrier too much money to make up for business it temporarily lost immediately after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. nnette Sandberg, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said the existing hours-of-service rules for truck drivers would remain in place during a 45-day review period of an appeals court decision on Friday to overturn those rules.

The Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have received the court’s decision. With assistance from the Department of Justice, we are currently reviewing the opinion to determine possible next steps.