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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. nnette Sandberg, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said the existing hours-of-service rules for truck drivers would remain in place during a 45-day review period of an appeals court decision on Friday to overturn those rules.

The Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have received the court’s decision. With assistance from the Department of Justice, we are currently reviewing the opinion to determine possible next steps.

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a decision today vacating (throwing out) the new hours-of-service rules put into place by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in January 2004. .

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J.B. Hunt on Thursday said growth in the truckload industry would remain at a "virtual standstill" until more truck drivers entered the industry.

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Industrial production fell 0.3% in June, the Federal Reserve said Thursday, the first decline since March.

The Labor Department said Thursday that producer prices fell 0.3% in June, the biggest drop in a year, reflecting declines in energy and food costs..

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. egarding the chassis bill before Congress and the story "Intermodal Group Adopts Plan for Voluntary Chassis Checks": You must first take a look at the interchange agreements that trucking companies must currently sign in order to use the ocean carriers’ equipment. They are biased totally in favor of the ocean carriers.

DALLAS — Economists and lending officials told trucking executives here that in a solidly growing economy it would be easier for trucking companies to borrow capital, as lenders accepted more risk and as more financial institutions returned to the market.