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ATA Teams With Other Trucking Groups on Recorder Issue • Hydrogenics to Debut Fuel Cell Units in GM Trucks • XM Satellite Boasts 360,000 Subscribers •

FedEx Custom Unit Changes Name to Air Expedite • OPEC Agrees to 6.5% Boost in Output • War Fears Have Customers Holding Off on Purchases, Volvo Says • Oshkosh Wins $250 Million U.K. Truck Contract • And more ...

Alabama agreed last week to stop ticketing truckers that it said had improperly registered their rigs in Oklahoma and it said it would cancel the tickets it had issued.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will revisit approximately 1,500 hazardous material carriers, beginning this spring, to advise them to take certain security steps to prevent the threat of turning a cargo into a weapon of mass destruction, said William A. Quade, chief of the agency’s hazardous materials division.

Transport Topics wants your opinions on the current fuel price situation.

Kansas Gov. Bill Graves prepared this week to take the helm of American Trucking Associations, as the trucking industry faced an array of business and regulatory challenges ranging from rising fuel and insurance costs to security concerns and the economic effects of possible war with Iraq.

Freight volumes have been rising in recent months and are likely to continue rising in 2003, after a slight dip early in the year, freight haulers, shippers and industry analysts said this week.

In its report on U.S. employment, the Labor Department said that December non-farm payrolls dropped 101,000. This followed up a revised decline of 88,000 in November.

Groups Seen Backing S.C. Fuel Taxes • DOT to Cut Hazmat Fees • EPA Unveils Emissions-Reduction Plans • Crude Oil Price Higher On Supply Concerns • And more ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comment on whether it should allow Oregon to continue exempting farm trucks from safety regulations, so the state would not have to lose millions of dollars in federal truck safety grant money.