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Landstar Reports Record 3Q Profits, Revenue • Eaton's Profits Rise as Sales in Truck Segment Surge • UPS Plans to Hire More Pilots as Demand Grows • Jobless Claims Rise by 15,000 in Latest Week • And more...

The national average retail price for diesel fuel rose 3.9 cents per gallon to $2.092, the fourth straight weekly record, the Department of Energy reported Tuesday. br clear=all>

LAS VEGAS — In addition to changes to driver hours-of-service rules, the government’s truck safety agency will push out a host of regulations over the next several years and trucking executives should be prepared to offer input, the agency’s head said.

LAS VEGAS – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration intends to publish results of its hazardous materials security technologies testing late this month, a hazmat specialist from the truck safety agency said.

Congress Approves $32 Billion for 91ÊÓƵland Security • House Approves RSPA Reorganization • N.Y. Base Opens to Improve Border Security • Union Pacific Installing New Safety Signs at Railroad Crossings

Survey: Economic Growth to Slow in 4Q, 2005 • Wabash to Sell Up to 3 Million Shares • Dana Lowers 2004 Forecast • ArvinMeritor Deal Receives EU Approval

The price of crude oil continued to rise on Tuesday after the International Energy Agency said global demand was rising faster than expected in 2004, Bloomberg reported..

Steve Williams, who became the 59th chairman of American Trucking Associations Oct. 7, said he believes there is a transportation crisis looming that will challenge trucking in several fundamental ways and that he wants to strengthen the trucking federation so it can lead the industry to confront the crisis.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he last five years have been tough years for our industry. Many have failed, and just about everyone has struggled. I see the next few years as being even more challenging, but in a different way.

Oshkosh Says It Did Not Win New U.K. Contract • Tolls for Truckers Lowered on Ohio Turnpike • Supreme Court Rejects Union Pacific's Appeal on Damages • DaimlerChrysler's Axle Unit to Boost Output • And more...