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US 1 Expands Intermodal Services • TRALA Opposing N.Y. Bill Aimed at Rented and Leased Trucks • China Airlines Scratches Cargo Flights After Crash • Russian Production Pledge Holds Oil Prices Down • And more...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.I agree with Donald J. Schneider’s concerns over the early introduction of the new engine emissions standards ("EPA’s New Engine Standard: An Economic and Environmental Defeat Device," Opinion, 5-20, p. 9). The lower fuel economy and increased initial cost of the equipment will put a great strain on the trucking industry.

The Transport Topics Publishing Group has named Bruce Harmon to serve once again as news editor of Transport Topics newspaper, a position he held for a short period last year.

Internet Auctions Used in Trucking Business • UPS Chief Cites Internet Value to Supply Chains • Amazon.com Testing Mail-Order Feature • Xata Launches Xatanet Management Solution • And more...

The U.S. economy expanded at a 5.6% annual rate during the first quarter of 2002, slightly slower than previously reported, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The Department of Transportation published a regulatory agenda in the Federal Register May 13 that targets March 2003 as the time it will issue a final rule on the number of hours a truck driver may work.

Roadway Files to Sell $250M Stock, Securities • New 91ÊÓƵ Sales Up 1% in April • U.S. to Help Russia Increase Oil Exports • U.S. Indicts 3 in License-Fraud Probe • And more...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Transport Topics’ otherwise fine piece on the National Private Truck Council is marred by the inaccurate description of the Single State Registration System, which NPTC opposes for private carriers.

U.S. sales of Class 8 trucks fell 7% in April from a year earlier, to 11,882 units from 12,782. The year-over-year difference was milder than it had been in other recent months and followed a 10.9% drop in March and declines of more than 20% in the first two months of 2002.

The Commerce Department said Thursday U.S. orders for durable goods rose 1.1% in April, while revising the March figure upward from a 0.6% decrease to a 0.2% increase.