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Philadephia Factory Index Falls in May, but Remains Positive • Navistar Reports Positive Earnings • Senate Resolves Dispute on Highway Bill • OPEC May Approve Saudi Plan to Boost Oil Quotas • Popular Diets Slimming Profits at Marten • And more...

ABF Freight System Inc., the less-than-truckload unit of Arkansas Best Corp., said Wednesday it would raise its general freight rates on June 14.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday it planned to add 500 jobs in the next two years, and 500 more in another three to five years, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.

NEW YORK — Truckload carriers told investors here that many of their customers have adjusted quickly to the federal hours-of-service rules because otherwise they would have to pay detention fees.

LAS VEGAS — Federal safety and security specialists told the National Tank Truck Carriers convention here that the government was moving quickly to require special permits for high-risk hazardous materials, and that it is working to secure the national transportation system as a whole, rather than only particular parts of it.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n the opinion piece, "A Need for Cargo Theft Data," the author unfairly characterized the legislation now under consideration by the California Legislature to improve the security of hazmat transportation.

Some Airports to Get More Screeners This Summer • Report: Gov't Seeks Management Companies for TWIC Tests • N.J. Gov. Says Federal Security at Newark Airport Inadequate

Celadon's Public Offering Priced at $14.50 • Bush Again Says He Will Not Tap SPR • Schneider, Teamsters Settle Dispute a Year Later • Illinois Votes to Increase Truck Speed Limit, but Veto Planned • Cannon Express Plans Liquidation • And more...

Less-than-truckload carriers said they boosted profits in the first quarter both because the strengthening economy had improved business generally and because shippers were shifting some freight away from the tightening truckload sector.

NEW YORK — Motor carriers here said an inability to hire and retain qualified drivers continued to prevent them from adding capacity and the problem would not be resolved until the industry increased driver pay..