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Qualcomm Preparing System to Track Untethered Trailers • Comdata Reaches Agreement with Document Company • Land Air Selects WebTech for Wireless Fleet Management • Transflo Reaches Deals with Two Carriers •

Fuel prices have reached an all-time high and every expectation is that prices will continue to increase for the foreseeable future. According to American Trucking Associations’ chief economist, Bob Costello, 1,000 motor carriers with five or more trucks are expected to fail with every 10-cent increase in diesel fuel prices.

It’s been said that hiring a consultant can be like paying someone to look at your watch and tell you what time it is. But the people who form the management team at Double D Express do not subscribe to that notion.

Truck leasing executives were expected to get an update on new diesel engine development, plus an analysis of the economy and U.S. war preparations at the Truck Renting and Leasing Associations' 25th annual convention March 12-16 in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Ore. Congressman Wants to Expand Bridge Restrictions • Industry Survey Says Gas Prices Continue to Rise • Canadian Truck Workers Vote to End Strike • Economists Scale Back U.S. Growth Forecasts • And more ...

The national average price of diesel fuel rose another 1.8 cents a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday, extending its record high to $1.771.

Diesel prices just keep climbing, and the woes they engender keep spreading.

A new Department of Energy policy of buying crude oil to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve without regard to already high prices caused further spikes in fuel prices, said a study by Senate Democrats.

Non-farm payrolls declined by 308,000 jobs in February, helping to push the unemployment rate up to 5.8%, the Labor Department said Friday.

VW to Add 500 Workers to Truck Division • U.S., Allies Propose March 17 Deadline for Iraq • Crude Oil Up Slightly on Iraq Tensions • House Leaders Seek $375 Billion in Transportation Funding • And more ...