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SAN ANTONIO — Shippers, carriers and brokers can all benefit from technology, provided it is tailored to their specific needs and not simply speeding up existing processes, said speakers and participants at a shippers’ technology committee meeting.

The government needs to do a better job monitoring and inspecting hazardous materials shipped aboard airlines, according to a report released Friday by the Transportation Department's inspector general.

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Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, said the nation planned to expand output capacity by 14% to ease concern of potential shortages, Bloomberg News reported.

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for durable goods dropped 0.4% in October, the second decline in three months..

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he federal hours-of-service rules for drivers should never have been changed except for the 34-hour restart provision of the new rules.

The Transportation Security Administration announced it was delaying until May 31 its requirement for states to conduct fingerprint-based background checks for drivers renewing or transferring their hazardous-materials endorsements.

Preventing commercial-driver-license fraud is among the top issues the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration must deal with, said a recent report outlining the major challenges facing the Department of Transportation in the coming year.