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Hurricane Alex Hits N.C. Coast • ArvinMeritor Retirees Under 65 to Pay More for Health Care • Kenan Advantage Files for IPO • Profits Rise at Frozen Food Express • And more...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., has issued a 3-0 decision that the hours-of-service rules are no good for driver health and the motoring public’s safety. Good for the judges.

The Institute for Supply Management said Monday its manufacturing index for July rose to 62 from 61.1 the month before..

In response to the government’s terror warning announced on Sunday, commercial trucks have been banned from entering New York City via the Holland Tunnel and Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, news services reported.

American Trucking Associations has joined 11 other trade associations requesting a meeting with Environmental Protection Agency officials to try to head off possible tightening of air quality standards for fine particulate matter in the agency’s planned review of a 1997 regulation.

Bob Maddocks, president of Software vendor Maddocks Systems, told Transport Topics he expected his company’s acquisition by Digital Dispatch Systems to go through as planned by Sept. 17.

Construction Spending Declines From Record in June • Tropical Storm Expected to Hit N.C. on Tuesday • Iraq's Oil Exports Drop in July • ATA Says Truck Tonnage Jumps 11% • And more...

NFI to Equip Fleet With Qualcomm's Tracking Product • Cadec Releases Program for Tracking Opening of Trailer Doors

The economy grew at a 3% annual rate in the second quarter of 2004, slower than the prior three months as high energy prices led to the weakest rate of consumer spending in three years, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Following weeks of negotiations, shipping companies and union leaders agreed Thursday to add 3,000 dockworkers to the Los Angeles port complex, the Associated Press reported.