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As violence exploded in several parts of the oil-rich Middle East Thursday, so did crude oil prices on world commodity markets.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may consider collapsing the categories of driving operations, but it seems unlikely to abandon a plan to require on-board recorders to track driving hours.

More than new equipment, more than electronic commerce, more than the continued growth of the medium-duty market in the United States, the story in trucks now, for 2001 and probably for the next decade is the changing world truck order.

Truckers welcome the sight of snowplows and salt-spreaders, also known as gritters, on a snow-covered highway. But the salt often exacts a subtle but nasty toll on the truck in the process.

In the news this morning: Ryder CEO to retire; Landstar 3Q earnings per share up over 1999; Cummins earnings fall on weak North American market; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Officials say Mideast violence won't affect oil supply; transport funding/hours bill now in Clinton's hands; Euell forfeits its share of SPR oil; and more to come.

Today's technology headlines: FreightDesk.com partners with Vastera; start-ups' optical chips are hot, but not with customers; A.T. Kearney partners with transportation exchange Arzoon; and more.

Trucking won its biggest legislative victory of the year Oct. 3 when a key congressional panel officially prohibited the Department of Transportation from altering the industry’s work rules for at least 12 months.

Two and a half years ago, the board of directors of American Trucking Associations approved a plan to remake the 67-year-old federation with the goal of becoming “best-in-class” at the business of advocacy.