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Largest U.S. Soydiesel Plant Opens in Iowa • New Device to Aid Alabama Officers Check Truck Brakes • Use of Older Cell Phones May Pose Brain Tumor Risk • U.S. Online Sales Rise in 2Q • And more...

The basic concerns of supply chain management may not have changed all that much since terrorists attacked the United States approximately one year ago.

CAW Votes to Authorize Strike • Tolls at Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to Rise • High Oil Prices Seen Threatening Recovery • Hiring Not Expected to Grow in 4Q • And more...

The national average price of diesel fuel rose 3.7 cents a gallon last week to $1.37, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.

Truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp. plans to cut as many as 2,000 jobs at its plants in Springfield, Ohio, and Indianapolis, a company spokesman told Transport Topics Friday.

The amount of cargo carried by U.S. trucks fell 8.7% in June from the previous month, the American Trucking Associations said.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Truckers on Canada's West Coast were closely watching labor negotiations between U.S. longshoremen and the Pacific Maritime Association as port container traffic here increased.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance criticized as unsafe a recent Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration internal policy decision under which agency field staff would ignore violations or accidents by truckers on intrastate trips in determining safety ratings.

Cummins Submits Third Engine for EPA Approval • TRW Auto Division to Stay Intact • Recession Ended in December 2001, Fed Survey Finds • Oklahoma Vehicle Tax Chief to Be Replaced • And more...

Paccar Inc.’s two truck-making companies — Peterbilt and Kenworth — are offering potential customers free extended warranties and other discounts on tractors with lower-emission engines from Cummins Inc. in an attempt to spark slumping sales.