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Con-Way Transportation Services Inc. said Thursday it has formed Con-Way Truckload, a new operating company scheduled to begin operations in the first quarter of 2005..

The OPEC oil cartel on Thursday agreed to raise output limits next month by 2 million barrels a day, or 8.5%, the biggest increase in more than six years.

New orders at factories declined 1.7% to $356.9 billion, the largest drop in a year, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Aside from the general freight-rate hikes some less-than-truckload carriers posted recently, fleets are passing additional cost increases to shippers as they adjust fuel surcharges to recoup fast-rising fuel prices.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Owners of two former Air Force bases are in negotiations with the two largest U.S. freight railroads to build intermodal exchange facilities here that would distribute cargo from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach across the nation.

ISM Services Index Falls From Record in May • Other LTLs Benefiting From Closing of Red Star • First-Quarter Productivity Rises 3.8% • Jobless Claims Rise by 6,000 in Latest Week • And more...

The average price of retail diesel fuel dropped 1.5 cents per gallon to $1.746, the second straight weekly decline, the Department of Energy reported Tuesday.

American Trucking Associations has recommended that the government bypass fingerprint background checks for hazardous materials drivers and instead wait until a universal federal transportation credential program is available.

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Stolen Propane Trucks Found Near Laredo • Future of TSA Is Unclear • Accenture Wins $10 Billion Security Contract • Ashcroft, Ridge Say Agencies Are Cooperating