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Attacks Prompt Rise in Cell Phone Sales; The Need for 911 to Locate Cell Phones; Distributors Turn to Third-Party Providers; and more...

Last week’s terrorist attacks in New York and Washington have spurred the trucking industry’s association to change the theme of its annual management conference and exhibition.

Boeing Co., anticipating a sharp drop in orders for aircrafts, said it will be forced to lay off 20,000 to 30,000 employees by the end of 2002, news services reported.

A new report by the Department of Transportation concludes that the Global Positioning System is vulnerable to both intentional and unintentional interference, so it recommends that alternative backup systems be put in place.

It’s hard to imagine the sound of 128 Class 8 rigs passing by you simultaneously. But for anyone who has ever heard a truck without a muffler using its engine brake, it doesn’t take much imagination.

Bush to Nominate Shane to DOT Post; Markets End Down, but Rally Late in Day; Midwest Gasoline Prices Remain Stable; Airlines Go to Hill for Bailout Package; Bush Signs $40 Billion Package; and more...

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy was “sluggish” even before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11..

The American Trucking Associations has posted a package of useful information for trucking companies in light of the events of September 11.

Through blood, dust and broken chandeliers, economists Bob Costello and Diego Saltes fought their way out of the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11 and eventually back to their offices at American Trucking Associations, just miles away from the smoldering Pentagon.

As the Transportation Department moved to implement new security measures at airports and border crossings, freight haulers are bracing for longer delays, closer scrutiny of drivers and higher costs as some of the consequences of last week’s terrorist strike.