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Transport Topics Publishing Group will unveil the inaugural edition of Equipment & Maintenance Update as part of a special Transport Topics end-of-year double issue that will be published Dec. 23.

Calif. Fuel Cell Partnership Plans to Triple Number of Vehicles in State • AmeriQuest Buys E-Procurement Firm • Nissan Cleared to Sell Fuel-Cell Vehicles in Japan •

President Bush's selection of railroad executive John W. Snow to be Treasury Secretary will help give transportation issues high-level visibility in the administration's economic policy, trucking and transportation observers said last week.

Freight shippers and industry analysts said they expected this year's holiday shipping volume to remain relatively flat compared with 2001 due to a lackluster U.S. economy, a weak job market and concerns about rising fuel prices.

A Customs Service rule requiring maritime carriers to provide a manifest at least 24 hours before ships leave a foreign port for the United States went into effect Dec. 2, but will not be strictly enforced until February, the agency said.

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Tractor manufacturers are loading up their Web sites with product information and technical resources, so fleets can make informed decisions.

New York Port Officials Debut Inland Shipping Plan • E-ZPass Causing Delays at Del. River Tollbooths • Delphi to Invest More than $240 Million in Electronics • Venezuela's Chavez Makes Threat to End Three-Week Strike •

Consumers are feeling better about the economy midway through the holiday season, a report from the University of Michigan said Friday.

Implementing user-fee financing of road projects by tying them closer to the costs of highway wear and tear is one way to help maintain sufficient capacity for decades to come, the Transportation Research Board said in a recent study.