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In the not-too-distant future truckers may start using smart cards with electronic imprints of their fingerprints whenever making deliveries or pickups at major airports as part of a joint federal agency effort to improve cargo and airline security.

MAN Reduces Planned Layoffs • Intermodal Loadings Trail Previous Year by 0.7% • EU Energy Official to Urge OPEC Cut • Overnite Acquires Motor Cargo Industries • NAPM-Chicago Report Shows 14th Straight Contraction • And more...

APL Offers Paperless Bill of Lading • Testing Finds Weak Spots in Cellular Net • And more...

U.S. orders for durable goods, boosted by a surge in defense hardware orders, jumped 12.8% in October, the largest single-month increase since the Commerce Department began tracking orders in 1992.

The impact of Sept. 11 continues to ripple through our economy and our daily lives. Many services we once took for granted are increasingly affected by efforts to improve security and assure employee and customer safety.

Severe Weather Tapers Off in Southern Plains • House Approves Insurance Plan • Canadian Official Says Border Being Tightened • Congressional Leaders Debate Stimulus Plans • And more...

U.S. highways will be open to Mexican trucks under a deal struck late Wednesday by congressional negotiators and the White House, news services reported.

Automakers Urged to Adopt Open Standards • Freightquote.com Now Includes Mexico • And more...

As it continues to shift its focus to counterterrorism from drug smuggling, the U.S. Customs Service announced a new initiative Tuesday that will reward importers for stepping up their own security, news services reported. .