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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he sudden collapse of Consolidated Freightways was a harsh and sad end to a major player in the trucking industry, but this tale was not simply one of a single company swamped by its financial troubles.

The cab of a Class 8 tractor increasingly resembles the cockpit of a 747 jumbo jet. Crammed into a small space are gauges, switches, buttons and display screens to operate electronic systems and deliver information to and from the driver.

A day before the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the U.S. government on Tuesday raised its nationwide terrorist threat level to "orange," the second highest condition of possible threat.

TransForce to Acquire Besner • Yellow: Trading of SCS May Start Wednesday • European Truck Makers See Improved Results • Survey: Economy Unlikely to Fall Back Into Recession • And more...

NEW YORK — Two major less-than-truckload carriers told investors here Friday they were eager to haul freight that once moved by Consolidated Freightways, but only if they were well paid for it.

WASHINGTON — President Bush has requested $20 million from Congress to pay for the American Trucking Associations-led trucking industry anti-terrorism program in fiscal 2003.

U.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.6% in July, led by increases in cars, machinery and clothing, the Commerce Department said Monday..

On the road, driver Tim Brady travels with an array of sophisticated communications and computing technology.

U.S. Xpress Buys 500 Tractors From Volvo • Fed's McTeer Says Rates Are Low Enough • Demand Won't Grow, Scania's CEO Says • Iraqi Threat Inflates Crude Oil Price • And more...

The national average price of diesel fuel rose 0.8 cent to $1.396 a gallon, its fourth straight weekly increase, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday.