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Logistics and trucking industry leaders are creating their own Internet-based services because they consider information generated by their network of suppliers and customers too valuable to pass on to third-party, Internet-based firms.

Reports of road rage among truckers prompt public fear of trucks and cause motor carrier executives to shake their heads in dismay. They also illustrate the importance of the character of the individual driving the truck.

In the news this morning: Refiners awarded oil from SPR as crude prices fall; EU mulling oil market intervention plan; U.S. truckers rally at 16 ports; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: U.S. Aug. factory orders up 2%; Safeway Calif. warehouse workers edge toward strike; IEA says world oil supply is 'sufficient;' and more to come.

Click here to enter the chat session. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/breaking15.gif" width=152 align=left border=0>John Hill, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, will participate in an internet chat session on TTNews.com on Wednesday from 3-4:30 p.m. EDT.

Today's technology headlines: AT&T proposes long-distance spinoff; Handspring gains PDA market share on expanadbility; executives tout e-fulfillment at logistics conference; and more.

Key congressional leaders last week agreed to a legislative plan that would delay implementation of new hours-of-service rules for trucking for at least one year, according to congressional sources.

As director of safety for Central Freight Lines in Waco, Texas, Gary D. Thomas spends much of his time training rookie drivers. But among his more experienced drivers he noticed what appeared to be a contradiction — an increase, rather than reduction, in the number of accidents after about five years on the job.

President Clinton’s plan to pump oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve took the steam out of the fuel price express last week.

Low distillate inventories, which have worried oil market analysts all summer, continue to be a concern as the winter season approaches.