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In the news this morning: Shots fired Into Overnite truck in Memphis; Trucking moratorium remains in effect in St. Paul, Minn.; and New Jersey toll increase vote could be delayed.

The proposed merger of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the Canadian National railroads not only has to survive a review by federal regulators but also sharp criticism from competing railroads and shippers.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general recommends using recording devices to assist in efforts to improve surface transportation safety, which he says needs to remain a top priority at the agency.

Appointing an impartial director of the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration occupies the top spot of CRASH’s agenda for 2000.

The Port of Los Angeles posted a 16.3% increase in container volume in November over the same month in 1998, handling 347,816 units of 20-foot-long cargo containers, port officials said.

This afternoon's headlines: Calif. county to conduct port traffic survey; Schneider Logistics forms e-commerce alliance with Commerx; and Calif. legislator seeks audit of Caltrans permit office.

In the news this morning: UPS makes software deals with online grocers; Plans to increase Virginia port truck traffic riles up neighbors; and Renault confirms talks with Samsung.

The booming U.S. economy has been a two-edged sword for trucking: the good news being that demand to move freight has never been higher thanks to rising pay levels and nearly full employment; the bad news being that fewer people seem ready to drive trucks at existing pay levels.

Even as the United States tightened security at its borders in hopes of thwarting terrorist incursions from abroad, trucks rolled routinely through most ports of entry on the eve of the millennium.

The Internet is rewriting the rule book on how consumers purchase everything from home furnishings to food, creating a new wave in commerce that is catching more and more trucking and affiliated operations in its swell.