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Federal Express Corp. announced today that it will raise its fuel surcharge from 3% to 4% starting April 1. The increase will affect most of its domestic and international services.

Gov. John G. Rowland wants to get rid of a Connecticut property tax exemption for corporation fleet trucks that has not gone into effect.

An attempt by TransFinancial Holdings President Timothy P. O’Neil and two directors to assume private ownership of the public company has failed.

The good news on the diesel fuel price front is that the bad news wasn’t worse last week.

Political pressure to force trucking companies to install electronic data recorders in their vehicles is increasing, and trucking needs to be an active player in the debate.

The bulldog has come to symbolize Mack trucks, but it also embodies the characteristics of tenacity and ruggedness that drove the company’s founding brothers to create a durable legacy.

The Department of Transportation’s proposed $55 billion budget for 2001 is running into opposition on Capitol Hill because of proposals to increase user fees and redirect fuel tax money for non-highway uses.

A trickle of details has begun to appear on how the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration plans to cut the number of truck-related fatalities in half within the decade.

This afternoon's headlines: Ariz. town throw up roadblock to CANAMEX Corridor; Report finds U.S. Customs tougher on private couriers than USPS; and Truck tolls raised on two Delaware River bridges.

Owner-operators are raising a ruckus across North America — and getting noticed by at least three organizing campaigns.