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Truckload carriers, facing rapidly rising costs for equipment, fuel and drivers, are taking more trailers and cargo containers off the highway and putting them onto railroads in response to moves by rail carriers to expand capacity and provide faster, more reliable service.

The Department of Energy said Monday the U.S. average price for retail diesel fuel dropped 3.1 cent to $2.132 per gallon.

Advocacy group Public Citizen said in a recent report that the government agencies charged with securing hazardous material transportation have not done enough to prevent a possible terrorist attack.

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Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Secretary of State Colin Powell said they would resign from President Bush’s Cabinet, but stay on until successors are in place, news services reported.

A group of trucking industry representatives could be ready by early next year to ask Congress to provide financial incentives encouraging the use of engines that meet 2007 federal emission standards, industry officials said.

Platinum Equity said last week it would rename the transportation-information unit it bought from Aether Systems Inc. to GeoLogic Solutions Inc., and was searching for a new chief executive officer to run the unit. latinum Equity said GeoLogic would become profitable in 2005.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The business outlook for trucking continues to improve, as a rebounding economy and tight freight capacity create a market that permits fleets to raise rates and improve their leverage with their customers.

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