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Wabash Raises Prices of New Trailers • DOE: Gasoline Prices to Reach Record Highs • New Entrant Program Receives $25 Million • Journal: Many Ports Face Opposition to Expansion • And more...

Study: Cargo Security Remains Vulnerable • U.S., Britain Focusing on Simultaneous Terror Threat

The Department of Energy said Monday the average price of retail diesel fuel rose 0.9 cent to $1.628, while the price of regular gasoline inched closer to an all-time record.

BALTIMORE — U.S. sales of trucks in all classes are likely to be up this year and into 2005, a truck equipment analyst said here last week.

The Truckload Carriers Association was still pursuing its search last week for a new president, even as TCA officials said they expected to host more than 1,200 carrier executives, spouses and supplier representatives at their annual meeting March 14-17 in Hawaii.

Smithway Names Owens As President, CEO • Canadian National, Union End Talks • Atlas Acquires Bekins Distribution • Fitzgerald Named President, CEO of USF Reddaway • And more...

NEW ORLEANS — Shippers are facing a shortage of freight-hauling capacity and as a result are paying 3% to 5% more for truckload freight service compared with a year ago, freight brokers and logistics service providers say.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Air-quality regulations after 2010 will become even stricter than those now scheduled, possibly extending to controls for such things as “nanoparticulates,” federal environmental regulators told a trucking conference here.

BALTIMORE —International Truck and Engine Corp. is poised to introduce a telematics system that would allow fleet managers to track vehicles and monitor their performance, a company official said.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday engine manufacturers are on target to introduce new diesel engines in 2007 as scheduled.