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Highways in Florida were jammed on Friday as 2.5 million residents were ordered to head for safety ahead of Hurricane Frances, the Associated Press reported..

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Truck operators will continue to seek some form of federal aid or tax relief to help offset the cost of buying cleaner-burning diesel engines to meet tougher emissions standards in 2007 and, especially, 2010, said American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves.

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Truck component maker Hendrickson International plans to have a new suspension unit for Class 8 trucks ready for sale in 2005, a company official told reporters here.

ISM Non-Manufacturing Index Falls to Eight-Month Low • L.A., Long Beach Ports Experiencing Backlogs • Zollars Says Yellow Using More of Its Capacity • N.C. Shifts Focus to Highway Maintenance • And more...

GM, Ford to Scale Back Vehicle Production in 4Q • Hurricane Helps Push Jobless Claims to Highest Level Since April • Judge: Oklahoma Must Begin Payments in Truck Registration Case • Ohio Highway Shootings Suspect Enters Insanity Plea • And more...

Factory orders rose 1.3% in July, the largest gain in four months, the Commerce Department said Thursday..

Worker productivity grew at a 2.5% annual rate in the second quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday, the slowest rate since the fourth quarter of 2002.

Hotter-running diesel engines coming in 2007 could spur the demand for synthetic motor oils that have already carved a niche for themselves by withstanding extreme temperatures. br clear=all>

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he trucking industry just might be too busy. The Department of Transportation’s freight index has reached a 14-year high. TransCore/DAT’s index of spot market traffic hit an all-time high in March at 1,156, compared with an August 1996 base of 100. As a result, freight rates increased more than 5% in the first half of 2004.

Florida Prepares for Hurricane Frances • Con-Way Truckload Places Order With Volvo • WTO Approves U.S. Sanctions Over Dumping Rules • Mitsubishi Motors, Executives Deny Covering Up Truck Defects