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Refrigerated freight carriers got a frosty forecast about their segment of trucking from two analysts at a meeting conducted by a unit of the Truckload Carriers Association.

This afternoon's headlines: Communications exec sees bright future for onboard computer systems; Training vs. technology in trucker safety; and Peterbilt rolls out a new online service.

West Coast longshoremen and port managers came to terms July 15, after weeks of contract talks, a strike that shut down the Port of Oakland and work slowdowns at all the coast’s major ports.

A planning committee recommended some fine-tuning in the way the Safety Management Council of American Trucking Associations does business.

Two recent truck-train accidents at railroad grade crossings have heightened congressional interest in rail safety and spurred a drive to reauthorize federal rail safety programs.

With a little arm-twisting by Gov. John Kitzhaber, the Oregon Senate approved a bill Saturday to boost the state gasoline tax, but a repeal of the weight-mile tax is still uncertain.

This morning's top headlines: Insurance rates may be firming in some specialty classes; Diesel-ethanol fuel cleans up in early tests; and CSX is in talks to sell some operations.

Simon Transportation Services, Salt Lake City, laid off 140 workers July 16 to reduce its nondriver workforce by about 25%.

For the first time since January 1998, some of the biggest U.S. trucking companies are hitting shippers with rate surcharges, triggered by rising fuel prices.

This afternoon's headlines: Yellow reports revenue, net up; Driver appeals for job lost for refusing to use vehicle; and owner operators hit bumpy road in search for independence