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Sales of heavy-duty trucks rose 17.7% in November from a year earlier as truck manufacturers filled orders for Class 8s with engines built before federal emission standards took effect Oct. 1 as well as new lower-emission models.

Prices for both diesel fuel and gasoline rose for the first time since Sept. 11 last week amid a flurry of holiday travel, along with news reports that oil producing nations will cut production to support prices.

One of the nation’s largest trailer makers, Trailmobile Trailer LLC, will soon close down its two remaining manufacturing plants in Charleston, Ill., and Jonesboro, Ark.

Theft in the freight transportation industry in America alone is reaching epidemic levels. The trucking industry is responsible for most transportation of all finished goods in this country and, as a result, is rapidly being targeted by organized crime.

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Heavy Snows Slow Buffalo, Other Areas • Security Delays Slow Trucks at U.S.-Canada Ambassador Bridge • OPEC, Others to Cut Oil Production • Frozen Food Express Spins Off Subsidiary • And more...

The U.S. economy, which fell into recession in March, contracted at a 1.3% annual rate in the third quarter, even weaker than the Commerce Department had previously estimated, but Friday's gross domestic product report left many analysts feeling encouraged heading into 2002.

Freightliner to Consolidate Operations • Bush Says Economy May Not Need Stimulus • Congress Adjourns Without Terrorism Insurance Bill • Consumer Sentiment Index Rises in December • And more...

Insurance has replaced fuel as a primary cost concern for motor carriers, and several participants in the Transport Topics Management Outlook Forum are looking to Congress to act to head off a crisis.

Click here to write your own Letter to the Editor.If there were a driver shortage, trucking companies would have pricing power and be able to raise rates.