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Navistar Reports Fiscal 2Q Loss, but Expects 3Q Profit • Industrial Production Drops 0.5% in April • US 1 Reports Small Profit • Illinois Trucking Owner Arrested for Bribery • And more...

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department has not decided whether to challenge a federal appeals court decision that delayed opening the United States’s southern border to Mexican trucks and is preparing to study the environmental consequences of allowing them, DOT officials said last week.

Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta on Wednesday unveiled a six-year highway reauthorization plan amounting to $247 billion, touting it as the largest surface and public transportation investment in U.S. history.

U.S. retail sales fell 0.1% in April due in part to lower prices for gasoline, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Unmanned Aircraft May Help Guard U.S. Border • Customs Working on ‘Smart Box’ Containers • Container Explodes in Plane’s Cargo Hold • Senate Passes Air Cargo Security Bill • And more...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.It comes as no surprise that the events of Sept. 11, 2001, put considerable public attention on the dangers and vulnerabilities associated with hazardous materials movements.

American Trucking Associations has planned a one-day training seminar for motor carriers that transport hazardous materials and are required by federal law to develop heightened security practices by September.

Trailer Bridge’s 1Q Loss Grows • Ryder to Provide Vehicle Maintenance for AWI • CAW Approves Deal to Save Navistar Plant • Velocity’s Fiscal 3Q Loss Widens • And more...

Truck No. 162, a pioneering cab-over-engine truck that was the handiwork of Consolidated Freightways founder Leland James, is going on the auction block.

An 11% increase in contract maintenance work was a bright spot in an otherwise lackluster 2002 for most of the truck leasing business, according to industry experts.