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Volvo Rolls Out Truck Integrated With EPA-Approved Engine • Hub Group to Stay Independent • ABF's Stubblefield: Without CF's Closure, Business Would Be Bad • Union Sues Paccar Over Tenn. Factory Lockout • And more ...

FedEx Corp. said Wednesday that it was preparing to raise its rates in 2003 by as much as 3.9%.

Senate Passes Final ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Bill • Delays in Funding Hold Up Security Missions • DOT, Customs Launch Cargo Security Initiatives • Mineta Says All 429 Airports Have Screeners •

BALTIMORE — The Transportation Security Administration will issue security guidelines by Sept. 30, 2003, for screening motor carrier cargo and protecting against the threat of terrorism, a TSA official said last week.

BALTIMORE — Planning for the possibility a company's truck may be used in a terrorist attack is a necessity, but it would not necessarily break the bank, security planning experts on a panel said last week.

Some larger trucking companies are trying to capitalize on the appetite for intermodal shipping by offering customers the flexibility to shift easily between a purely truck movement and a truck-rail mixture.

The prices paid by U.S. consumers rose just 0.3% in October, led by increases in energy costs, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

Port Truckers Seek Review of Truck Delays in New York and New Jersey • Delaware River Toll Commission to Start Toll Increase Soon • DOT Hands Out $98.9 Million for Emergency Infrastructure Repairs • DOT Announces Tire-Labeling Rule • And more ....

The silver lining in the ruins of the past two years for the trucking business is beginning to show itself in the form of freight rate hikes.

The board that governs the International Registration Plan gave Oklahoma officials until January to come up with a plan to reimburse other states for revenue lost because of the Oklahoma Tax Commission’s truck-registration scandal.