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NHTSA Sets Recall of 14,000 International Trucks • American Freightways Names New COO • Kmart Considering Financial Options • Va. Ports Plan Expansions, Renovations • And more...

New Budget Boosts Funds for 91ÊÓƵland Defense • Armed Humvees Guard Pentagon • BWI Airport to be Used for Testing New Security Measures • Technology Seen as a Key in Transportation Security • And more...

The U.S. economy remained mostly weak over the past two months, but showed some signs of beginning to rebound from recession, the Federal Reserve said in an economic report released Wednesday..

Retail sales decreased 0.1% in December to $295.1 billion, following a revised 3.0% decline in November, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Representatives of the trucking industry have agreed to develop an anti-terrorism action plan with the assistance of a professional security consultant.

Congress has ordered the Department of Defense to review the security measures of trucking companies that deliver and store missiles and other munitions.

Bush Cites Free Trade as Cure for Unemployment • Suddath Names Vaughn COO • Truckers Challenge Local Governments • California to Number Highway Exits • And more...

Trucking companies paid an average of 32% more for insurance in 2001 than the year before and are likely to pay even higher premiums in the future, according to an American Trucking Associations survey of 1,000 carriers.

In a move expected to trigger controversy, President Bush circumvented the Democratic-controlled Senate and appointed Washington labor lawyer Eugene Scalia to the post of Labor Department solicitor, news services reported.

Several stories in this week’s Transport Topics point to a growing crisis trucking companies are facing in trying to find affordable insurance coverage.