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A number of freight transportation companies with strong commercial Web sites, led by trucking giant Yellow Corp., were ranked among the nation’s top 100 e-businesses by a widely circulated technology magazine.

Trucks driving on Interstate 95 in Maine would be exempt from federal weight limits for three years under a bill introduced in Congress. he bill, sponsored by Rep. John Baldacci (D-Maine), would do away with the 80,000-pound weight limit for trucks on that highway for a three-year period.

Dimitrios Dardalis thinks he has a design that will enable producers to wring greater fuel efficiency from diesel engines while greatly reducing overhaul requirements. ardalis, a mechanical engineering doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, patented a wear-reducing concept that involves the use of rotating cylinder bore liners to reduce boundary friction during the combustion cycle.

Hoffa, Leedham Nominated for Teamsters President; Oshkosh Acquires Geesink Norba for $127.5 Million; Airborne, DHL Reportedly in Talks; FedEx Express to Trim Jobs Through Attrition; and more...

D.C. Firm to Manage U.S. Phone Numbers; PC Expo Rides Wireless Waves; Real-Time Shipment Tracking; and more...

PITTSBURGH — Technologies that monitor fatigue levels may one day replace the need for hours-of-service limitations on truck drivers, a Department of Transportation official told participants at a truck safety conference here June 18.

Freightliner LLC said Wednesday that it will lay off 1,120 employees at four North American manufacturing plants from July through October.

The White House said Wednesday that President Bush will try to reverse Tuesday’s U.S. House action that could block Mexican trucks from operating throughout the United States beginning Jan. 1, 2002.

In a sign that the freight economy is still struggling, FedEx Corp. on Thursday reported worse-than-expected earnings of 38 cents per share for its fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31, down 55% from the same quarter in 2000.

BNSF Launches New Intermodal Service, Temporary Bridge Opens on I-80 in N.J.; US&T Says May Be Delisted; NHTSA Upgrades Investigation of GM Brakes; and more...