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A Cleveland city councilman introduced legislation prohibiting shipments of certain hazardous materials by rail through the city’s downtown and lakefront area along Lake Erie.

G.I. Trucking Company said Tuesday it had invested about $24 million in fleet and other facility equipment to meet long-term demand from its customers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he average price of U.S. retail diesel fuel fell for a fourth straight week, dropping 3.3 cents to $2.156 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. hope that people are aware of the action New Jersey is taking against 18-wheelers. The state is enforcing a long-standing, but up until now mostly ignored minimum corporate tax.

Members of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee decided to raise interest rates at its May 3 meeting after seeing weaker economic indicators, according to minutes of the meeting released Tuesday.

Landstar System Inc. replaced USF Corp. as a component of the Dow Jones Transportation index as of close of business Monday, Dow Jones said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. arcel carrier UPS Inc.'s move into the less-than-truckload market by purchasing Overnite Corp. brings the industry closer to a state where a small number of very large carriers are able to offer numerous types of trucking services, said industry analysts and two executives at UPS's competitors.

Sales of existing homes rose 4.5% in April to a record annual rate of 7.18 million, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ven if oil prices continue a recent downward trend, the likelihood of less expensive diesel and gasoline could be reduced because of a global refinery shortfall, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Controlling escalating fuel costs for U.S. private truck fleets is the top industry concern, according to the results of a survey by First Fleet Corp. released Tuesday.