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A chain-reaction crash on foggy Interstate 75 in northern Georgia Thursday morning severed a major north-south artery and claimed several lives, news services reported.

Inventories in the United States rose 0.2% in January, showing signs that businesses are increasing their stockpiles to meet future demand, a Commerce Department report said Thursday. It was the first increase in 12 months.

Slumping truck sales and a glut of used equipment are giving truck buyers great bargains, but a rising number of defaults and repossessions has also made it more difficult for truckers to get financing.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may ultimately issue new regulations to ensure the safe shipment of hazardous materials by truck, the agency said in a report to Congress March 4.

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Despite opposition from trucking groups and other users of diesel fuel, the Minnesota State House and State Senate passed a bill requiring the use of biodiesel additives in any diesel fuel sold in the state.

The 20th century U.S. model of funding and managing highways produced the world’s best highway system. But that system is now showing its age.

Click here to write your own Letter to the Editor. e in the trucking industry have been hearing a lot about various states wanting to get trucks off of local roads and onto toll roads.

LAS VEGAS — Truckload carriers had but a single Class 8 tractor to gaze upon during their annual meeting here March 3-6, as the steel and rubber that used to dominate exhibit floors have given way to computer software and hand-held wireless devices.