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WASHINGTON — Caterpillar Inc. officials said last week the company would phase out its “bridge” engines by year’s end and that it would roll out heavy-duty versions of its new “Acert” engines starting next month..

CINCINNATI — Truck maintenance and information technology specialists said recently that IT is becoming integrated with trucking operations, but industry standards are needed to promote their use by fleets and their ability to increase income.

Spokesmen for two national truck stop operators said they would not commit to selling urea at their locations until the trucking industry demands that it be carried at the retail level.

The average U.S. retail price of diesel fuel declined 2.7 cents per gallon to $1.444, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.

As the outer fringes of Hurricane Isabel reached North Carolina on Thursday morning, the freight transportation network was already being affected. .

Yellow, Roadway Revise Estimates • Jobless Claims Fall Below 400,000 • Volvo Launches Leasing at 160 Outlets • Amtrak Unions Plan One-Day Strike • And more...

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia area expanded in September for the fourth straight month, but at a slower pace, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading U.S. economic indicators rose 0.4% in August to 113.3, the fourth straight increase.

Click here to send a letter. o far this year, large parts of the U.S. transportation system have endured sudden disruptions from a blizzard, a massive power blackout and now a hurricane..

U.S. housing starts in August declined 3.8% from its 17-year high the month before as builders kept filling orders previously placed, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Building permits, an indicator of future production, rose 4.8% to 1.886 million, the highest this year.