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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.I really don’t know what the true fix for this federal rule should be. Let me start with the fact that I’m a city driver who is home every night.

Some major trucking companies and industry associations offered the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration conditional support for mandating the use of electronic onboard recording devices to monitor driver hours-of-service rules..

The Federal Aviation Administration will develop a plan by Dec. 31 to speed investigations and encourage air carriers to voluntarily report hazardous materials violations, in the wake of a recent report by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s inspector general criticizing the agency’s monitoring of hazardous materials, an FAA spokeswoman said..

Snow to Remain as Treasury Secretary • Steelmakers Raise Prices for 2005 • Paccar to Repurchase Shares; Announces Special Dividend • Manufacturers Face Higher Shipping Costs • And more...

The average price for retail diesel fuel dropped 4.7 cents a gallon to $2.069, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

The board of directors of UTi Worldwide approved a stock deal that would increase the number of publicly traded shares by 44% and potentially facilitate future acquisitions, a company spokeswoman said.

The productivity of U.S. workers grew at a 1.8% annual rate in the third quarter, the smallest gain in nearly two years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

Congress Sends Spending Bill to Bush • Job-Cut Announcements Top 100,000 Again in November • Authorized Strike by Truckers Could Affect Postal Service • ArvinMeritor Sells Coil-Coating Subsidiary • And more...

Truckstop.net Cuts Back Service • Arkansas Adds Trucking Features to Web Site • Xata Narrows Net Loss for 4Q, Full Year • Caterpillar to Sell Acert Engines in Europe • And more...

Navistar Says It Will Post 4Q Profit • N.Y. Times: Bush to Replace Treasury Secretary Snow • OPEC Likely to Maintain Current Quotas • Dana Completes Sale of Businesses • And more...