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New-driver regulations the Department of Transportation released last week will require all new heavy-truck drivers to go through another set of classes beyond what it takes to get a commercial driver license.

The Department of Transportation may adopt changes in drug-testing procedures that would include testing hair samples and on-the-spot mouth swabs for safety-related employment such as truck drivers, an agency spokesman said.

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Con-Way Transportation Services Inc. said Thursday it has formed Con-Way Truckload, a new operating company scheduled to begin operations in the first quarter of 2005..

The OPEC oil cartel on Thursday agreed to raise output limits next month by 2 million barrels a day, or 8.5%, the biggest increase in more than six years.

New orders at factories declined 1.7% to $356.9 billion, the largest drop in a year, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Aside from the general freight-rate hikes some less-than-truckload carriers posted recently, fleets are passing additional cost increases to shippers as they adjust fuel surcharges to recoup fast-rising fuel prices.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Owners of two former Air Force bases are in negotiations with the two largest U.S. freight railroads to build intermodal exchange facilities here that would distribute cargo from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach across the nation.

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American Trucking Associations has recommended that the government bypass fingerprint background checks for hazardous materials drivers and instead wait until a universal federal transportation credential program is available.