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U.S. Customs officials said they turned away a small percentage of food-hauling trucks last week at 57 U.S. border crossings from Mexico and Canada, because they did not give sufficient advance notice of their arrival in the first week of stricter enforcement of prior-notice rules on food imports.

CHICAGO — A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official said last week the agency planned to have a study of transportation security technologies ready by Oct. 1.

LoJack Offers Discounts to Hazmat Haulers • Committee Blocks Accenture From $10 Billion Security Contract

Goodyear Delays 1Q Earnings Report • FMCSA Puts Swift Safety-Rating Case on Hold • NAM Nominates Engler as New CEO • Housing Starts Decline in May • And more...

The U.S. average retail price of diesel fuel fell 2.3 per gallon cents to $1.711 per gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday. br clear=all.

HYATTSTOWN, Md. — Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said June 9 that he doubted Congress could finish work on a six-year transportation bill by June 30, and that he thought it would probably extend the current legislation for a year.

Consumer prices rose 0.6% in May, the Labor Department said Tuesday, the largest increase since January 2001 and a sign that inflation is making a return..

HYATTSTOWN, Md. — Food Lion driver Leonard Smith was in for a shock June 9 when he pulled into a weigh station on Interstate 270 south of Frederick, Md. Not only was he flagged out of line for a Class I inspection, his truck also got a going-over by Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta.

N.Y. Manufacturing Index Steady in June • Yellow Roadway Raises 2Q Earnings Estimate • Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index Rise in June • Business Inventories Rise Again in April • And more...

Retail sales in the United States rose 1.2% to $335.8 billion in May, the seventh increase in the last eight months, the Commerce Department said Monday.