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Morgan Group Halts Transportation Operations • Hurricane Weakened, But Still Dangerous • Hussein Ouster May Lower Oil Price, Analysts Say • Navistar, Union Agree to Recess • And more...

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Bill Stalled in Senate • Oshkosh Delivers Launch Platforms to Army • TSA Imposes Hiring Freeze •

Representatives of the West Coast dockworkers union walked out of a meeting with the Pacific Maritime Association and a federal mediator Tuesday, taking the shutdown of 29 Pacific ports into its fourth day, Bloomberg reported.

WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee considered $27 million in new trucking security funding for 2003 last week, as Congress wrangled over appropriations that could freeze spending at 2002 levels.

After so many articles have been written about the new EPA Engines, it is difficult to know who to believe. One thing is for sure, the consumer is going to pay for the R&D costs that are being passed on by the engine companies.

Mullen Transportation Buys 4 Smaller Companies • Navistar Seen Asking Supplier to Share Recall Cost • House Committee Rejects 15% Hike in Highway Spending • FedEx Not Planning to Resume Profit Sharing • And more...

WASHINGTON — The Clean Diesel Independent Review Panel, whose members have attempted to evaluate industry compliance with upcoming heavy-duty engine emission standards, concluded last week that more work is needed on emerging technologies to cut smog-forming emissions to government-mandated levels.

William J. Canary, president of the American Trucking Associations, sent a letter to President Bush Wednesday seeking his intervention into the potentially crippling West Coast port lockout, the American Trucking Associations said.

Manufacturing activity across the United States fell below its break-even point in September, marking the first contraction since January, a survey of purchasing managers said Tuesday.

As the Environmental Protection Agency’s Oct. 1 deadline for producing cleaner-running diesel truck engines neared, the primary effect was uncertainty in the trucking and truck-manufacturing industries.