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Clearly, 2002 has been a year that most of us would like to forget, or at least certainly not repeat. So last week's hopeful signs were a welcome relief.

Webster Quits As Top Accounting Watchdog • Sysco to Purchase Asian Foods Inc. • Intermodal Chassis Maker Interpool Ups Dividend • Government, Manufacturers to Give Details on Truck Partnership • And more ...

The average price of diesel fuel fell 1.5 cents last week to $1.427 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Tuesday.

Congested highways, high tolls and narrow, traffic-choked streets coupled with more wear and tear from antiquated roadways in the crowded northeastern states, especially in and around New York City, make trucking costs higher there than elsewhere in the country.

Yellow Corp.'s chief executive officer, William D. Zollars, told cable financial news channel CNBC in an interview Monday that he doesn't expect the new emissions-compliant engines to be a problem.

DOT Contracts UTC to Develop Fuel-Cell Power • Ritchie Bros. Sets Record for Online Auction Participation • Qualcomm Sees Improvement in 4Q Results • Minorplanet Revises Fiscal Year • .

Alaska to Get Federal Aid for Quake-Damaged Roads • Cargo Backlog Easing on West Coast • FedEx Freight Names New Presidents • Oil Prices Rise on Fears UN Resolution May Hasten War • And more ...

Aether Systems Inc. said it added a vehicle-tracking feature to its MobileMax fleet management system.

NEW YORK - Top officials from three large truckload carriers outlined plans to embrace new federally mandated heavy-duty truck engines in 2003, even as they said their engine tests raised some performance issues.