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Like Icarus, who built wax wings to fly to the sun, the ascent of dotcom transportation providers likely will be matched by the suddenness of their impending meltdowns.

The 73-year-old Peace Bridge is a truck-traffic time bomb, ready to explode into more congestion and delays on one of the busiest trade links with Canada if construction of a twin span is put on hold, according to an economic study.

Truckers Down Under are up in arms over what are described as “sweatshop” conditions in the Australian trucking industry.

While sales figures for the biggest trucks on the road continue to lag behind those of record-setting 1999, they are well ahead of the numbers from 1998, the year in which the previous record was established.

Canada, usually an oasis of calm, finds itself in a tempest lately over the proposed revisions to its hours-of-service rules.

Diesel prices in 2006 could be 52 cents more per gallon than they are today if the proposed standard for reduced sulfur in diesel fuel becomes law, according to a study conducted for the American Petroleum Institute.

While sales figures for the biggest trucks on the road continue to lag behind those of record-setting 1999, they are well ahead of the numbers from 1998, the year in which the previous record was established.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance plans to bring together an assortment of representatives from the public and private sectors to talk about trucking safety.

Truckers Down Under are up in arms over what are described as “sweatshop” conditions in the Australian trucking industry.

In the news this morning: Con-Way Southern building new center In Texas; expenses outpace revenue for truck dealer RDO Equipment Co.; Intrenet narrows its losses; and more.