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A number of U.S. ports are implanting advanced technologies designed to make access, egress and cargo clearance more efficient for truckers and more secure for all in the supply chain.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.At first, it looked as if the Environmental Protection Agency would discourage heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturers from adopting one technology over another in achieving the next big reduction in exhaust emissions, due by 2007.

Computer-based interactive teaching methods are an integral part of driver training at MacKinnon Transport, a carrier that has twice won the grand prize in the Truckload Carriers Association’s National Fleet Safety Awards, most recently in 2001, for truckload fleets driving less than 25 million miles a year.

The Federal Reserve voted unanimously on Tuesday to keep interest rates unchanged, but said that slow growth is now a greater risk to the economy than inflation.

Boyd Bros. Reports Profit in 1Q • Pacer's 1Q Earnings Rise • Canada Alters Motor Carrier Safety Regulations • USFreightways Shareholders Approve Name Change • And more...

CF to Sell Distribution Facility in Illinois • Price of Crude Oil Rises on Summer Concerns • April Job-Cut Announcements Rise by 71% • Gasoline Prices Still Falling, Lundberg Says • And more...

Despite growing unemployment and slow economic growth so far in 2003, the Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Tuesday, news services reported..

The Institute for Supply Management said Monday its service industries index rose to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.

ST. LOUIS — Major engine suppliers told trucking industry officials last week they plan to use the lowest-cost approach to meeting tougher diesel engine emissions standards for 2007 and beyond, but offered widely differing schedules for deciding what types of engines to build.