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Paccar Inc.’s two truck-making companies — Peterbilt and Kenworth — are offering potential customers free extended warranties and other discounts on tractors with lower-emission engines from Cummins Inc. in an attempt to spark slumping sales.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.When Mack Trucks sued the Environmental Protection Agency alone in 1998, no one wanted to join in the lawsuit, including the American Trucking Associations.

Freightliner LLC, North America’s largest truck maker, has filed a civil suit against truckload carrier Swift Transportation Co. and its leasing subsidiary asking for almost $10 million in damages, alleging the trucking company overbilled the manufacturer on warranty work.

More Steel Tariff Exclusions Announced • Officials Defend Fed’s Decision Not to Cut Rates • War Fears Hold Crude Oil Prices at 11-Month High • Jobless Claims Fall Slightly in Latest Week • And more ...

Rep. Markey Questions DOE Security • UPS Pilots' Union Calls for Tougher Air Cargo Rules • Illinois Installing Cameras, Call Boxes at Rest Stops • Airports Ask for Delay of Screening Deadline • And more...

The Justice Department has decided to scale back its controversial Operation TIPS program, but has retained truck drivers among the group of workers who could be recruited by the government to report suspected terrorist activities, its new written policy stated.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he following are two letters conveying some readers' perspectives on transportation security from the most recent print edition of Transport Topics.

Rate Policy 'Appropriate,' Philly Fed Chief Says • Rising Inventories Push Oil Price Down • Business Spending Tight, Consulting Group Says • CFOex Inc. Takes Over Duties at Cannon Express • And more...

Bush, Chretien Expected to Sign Border Deal • FAA Keeps Cockpit Door Deadline • Maryland Police Inspect More Trucks Since Attacks • In Aftermath of Attacks, U.S. Government Grows • And more...