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Price of Crude Oil Rises After Report of Inventory Drop • Postal Service Expects to Finish Year With Surplus • Dana to Expand Michigan Research Center • Perkins Names Maiers COO

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n this issue we not only write about the high price of diesel, and the prospects for even higher prices in the future, but we also offer some advice from fleet executives who have managed to save their companies substantial amounts of money and reduce their risks in the petroleum market.

Customs authorities overseeing U.S. ports want to focus more intently on cargo that poses a potential security threat. But to do that they need relief from the demands of monitoring millions of incoming containers deemed no danger.

Security Questions Raised After Man Ships Self in Crate • GAO: Motor Vehicle Departments Vulnerable to Fraud • U.S. Warns Terrorists Could Hijack International Airliners • Poll: Americans Concerned There Could be Another Attack

U.S. wholesalers in July held inventories steady for a second straight month, which analysts said showed that companies were still holding down costs by keeping stockpiles low, Bloomberg reported.

More than 500 former employees of transportation conglomerate CNF Inc. and its one-time subsidiary Consolidated Freightways have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging CNF and its actuarial firm caused their pension fund to become underfunded, costing retirees millions in lost benefits.

The average retail price of diesel fuel in the United States declined 1.3 cents per gallon to $1.488, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday. br clear=all>

Marten Rewards Customers for Saving Time • Pennsylvania Tests Roadway Dots to Reduce Crashes • Dana, ArvinMeritor Get Data Request From FTC • Iraq to Boost Oil Exports Next Month • And more...

American Trucking Associations said Saturday that the Transportation Security Administration had decided to delay indefinitely the implementation of fingerprint-based background checks for drivers who haul hazardous materials.

Several key U.S. trucking industry suppliers intend to seek Environmental Protection Agency approval later this month for a urea-based pollution control system they believe will most efficiently meet tightened federal emissions regulations.