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Stacked side by side, the 90 five-inch-thick binders containing the ergonomics documentation resembled a fort as opponents continued to lay siege to the proposed standard last week.

Schneider Logistics purchased Tranzact Systems, a 91ÊÓƵwood, Ill.-based freight payment company, and will operate the business as a stand-alone freight payment and auditing service.

State legislators are trying to ease the pain of high diesel and gasoline costs by removing state taxes from the fuel price equation.

PNV Inc., a company that provides telephone and cable connections at truck stops, has launched a wireless network that gives truck drivers broadband access to the Internet.

Gov. Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho endorsed a $27 million settlement that would provide refunds to interstate carriers that overpaid the state’s weight-distance tax and reform the truck tax system.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bud Shuster has come out against rolling back the federal fuel tax, arguing that major road construction and rebuilding projects would be stopped in their tracks.

Trailers in the future may sport small wedge-shaped edge moldings or they may be enveloped in a constant stream of compressed air in the attempt to improve aerodynamics, said researchers at The Maintenance Council's annual meeting.

In the news this morning: DOT Web sites to accept applications, payments of fines; Police thank trucker who aided officer in roadside struggle; and Georgia truckers rally for parking rights.

This afternoon's headlines: Nissan Diesel completes land sale as part of bailout plan; Canadian fuel price study draws criticism; and Campbell's recipe for distribution cost savings.

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to soon issue new rules that will impose tighter limits on pollution in the exhaust of diesel engines, and the changes could result in sharp fuel price increases.