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Truckload carrier Heartland Express Inc. said Tuesday it planned to replace its entire tractor fleet by the end of 2006.

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New Mexico is trying to attract more commercial traffic to its Santa Teresa port of entry by allowing trucks to operate longer on certain days, state officials said.

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It is now more than nine years after the date the United States agreed to begin opening its borders to Mexican truck operators under the North American Free Trade Agreement, and four years since it pledged to open its borders completely.

Just because we recently have filed our personal income-tax returns does not mean that people in the trucking industry can put aside thoughts about the tax code for another year.

Indifference to trailer tracking by flatbed-fleet managers may be cracking, at least a little. A Texas-based carrier said it would outfit its fleet with the devices, and technology vendors said they see the sector as an open market.

The number of fatalities related to truck crashes on U.S. highways rose 0.9% to 4,942 in 2003, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a report detailing preliminary data on highway deaths.

Landstar Systems said Wednesday it would split the titles of chairman and chief executive officer and appointed current company president and chief operating officer, Henry Gerkens, to the position of CEO.

U.S. consumer confidence grew in April as job growth bolsters sentiment about the current state of the economy, a private economic group said Tuesday.