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Canada, U.S. Move Closer to Fast Lanes
Canada and the United States are close to launching a program that will allow trucks from both countries hauling low-risk cargo to cross the northern U.S. border in a fast lane, according to officials from both countries.
July 10, 2002Opinion: The Looming Shortage of Hazardous Materials Drivers
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Are you ready for a hazardous materials driver surcharge? If carriers, shippers and the government don鈥檛 work together soon, the hazardous materials trucking industry may face a driver shortage that will make fuel and insurance cost problems seem like 鈥渢he good old days.鈥
July 10, 2002Wholesale Inventories Post Year鈥檚 First Rise
The total amount of goods on wholesalers鈥 shelves rose for the first time in a year during May, the Commerce Department said Wednesday..
July 10, 2002News Briefs - July 10
Senate Votes New Fraud Penalties 鈥 Okla. Bridge Work Moving Ahead of Schedule 鈥 CSX Corp. Names New President 鈥 ATA Cites Speeding as 'Most Dangerous Violation' 鈥 And more...
July 10, 2002Security Briefs - July 8 - July 10
Air Cargo Security Falls Under Scrutiny 鈥 Congress Seen Rushing to Create 91视频land Security Department 鈥 Customs Service Move Concerns Trade Groups 鈥 Hazmat Truck Stolen in Fla. 鈥 And more ...
July 9, 2002Truck Tonnage Growth Slows in May
The amount of freight carried by trucks rose for the second straight month in May, but the increase in tonnage leveled off from April鈥檚 surge, a report by the American Trucking Associations said Tuesday.
July 9, 2002Editorial: The Parking Drought
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Using the logic of the Department of Transportation, the United States isn鈥檛 suffering from a drought, because while there鈥檚 not been enough rain in the West and the East, there鈥檚 been way too much precipitation in the Midwest.
July 9, 2002Fuel Economy Will Decline With 2007 Engines, EPA Says
ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥 Diesel truck engines built after 2007 will be even less efficient to operate than the controversial models now being introduced to meet new federal pollution standards, the Environmental Protection Agency and American Trucking Associations have both said.
July 9, 2002News Briefs - July 9
Utah Senators Back Yucca Mountain Plan 鈥 City Gets Injunction in Navistar Strike 鈥 Dina to Buy Back Suspended Shares 鈥 Giromini Named COO at Wabash 鈥 And more...
July 9, 2002Diesel Price Rises 0.5 Cent to $1.294
The national average price for diesel fuel rose 0.5 cent per gallon to $1.294, its third straight increase, the Department of Energy reported Monday.
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