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Executive Briefing - Oct. 5

Clapp Sworn in as FMCSA Chief • Companies Continue to Trim Jobs • Va. Troopers Guard Bridge-Tunnels • Crude Oil Price Rises on Fears of U.S. Strike • and more...

October 5, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Oct. 5

Wireless Users Dropping Phone Lines • Methane Fuel Cell Developed • and more...

October 5, 2001

Factory Orders Unchanged; Claims Highest in Nine Years

New orders for U.S. factory goods were unchanged in August, according to a government report released Thursday – suggesting to analysts that the manufacturing sector may have been pulling out of its tailspin prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

October 4, 2001

Nafta Trucking May Raise More Risk Questions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Increased security concerns after the terrorist attacks may give added weight to arguments that the U.S. is not ready to allow Mexican trucks to operate freely within its borders, transportation lobbyists told the National Small Shipments Traffic Conference Sept. 24.

October 4, 2001

Technology Seen As Answer to Truck Safety Problems

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of American Trucking Associations’ Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council got a heavy dose of high-tech training here Sept. 25 at the group’s fall meeting, learning about tech-savvy answers for driver drowsiness, handling hazardous road conditions and basic driver training.

October 4, 2001

U.S. Now Paying More Attention to Canadian Border

Prior to Sept. 11, the 4000-mile U.S.-Canada border had not been more than a barely guarded afterthought to the Mexican border. But now in the post-attack world, Congress is set to tightening the northern border more than ever before.

October 4, 2001

Washington’s Reagan National Airport Reopens

The nation’s last remaining closed airport resumed operations Thursday amid pomp and ceremony, and tighter security.

October 4, 2001

Executive Briefing - Oct. 4

Bush, Fox Talk About Border, Air Security • Report Claims Record Number of Announced Job Cuts • Mail from Hijacked Plane Gets Delivered • Asian Freight Companies Hurt by Terror Attacks • And more...

October 4, 2001

Trucking’s Weapons Security Poor, Says GAO

Security in the trucking system is woefully inadequate, according to a report by the General Accounting Office submitted to Congress before the Sept. 11 attacks, the New York Times reported.

October 4, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Oct. 4

Online Images Stay True to Form on Any Screen • Companies Act on Cell Phone-Cancer Link • And more...

October 4, 2001