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Port terminal operators on both the East and West Coasts have begun to respond to truckers' and shippers' requests that they stay open longer to reduce congestion and allow drayage companies to do more deliveries a day, a port group said.

A three-year slide in trailer sales is expected to end in 2003, if it hasn’t already, as carriers funnel money into additional equipment to handle increasing freight volumes.

Lawmakers have introduced legislation in the House and Senate that would allow cargo airline pilots to carry guns.

Three members of Maine's congressional delegation have introduced legislation that would allow heavier trucks to travel on Interstate 95 in order "to enhance safety, lower maintenance costs and promote economic development," according to Rep. Michael Michaud.

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The United States raised the terror warning to "condition orange" or "high" as the United States prepares to go to war in Iraq.

The Federal Open Market Committee said Tuesday that it was leaving the benchmark interest rate unchanged after its meeting in Washington, and suggested it could revisit the economic questions when global uncertainties subside.

Caterpillar Inc., the nation’s largest maker of heavy-duty diesel engines, has paid $40 million in penalties for selling engines exceeding federal emission standards that went into effect last October, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The national average price of diesel fuel fell 1.9 cents a gallon to $1.752, the Department of Energy reported Monday.