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After almost eleven years of sliding insurance prices, a market correction that began in late 1999 has continued and accelerated throughout the past year.

With fewer insurers willing to write trucking policies today, it’s more important than ever for carriers to present their companies in the most favorable light possible to get the best rate quote.

Bad roads are costing every trucker more than $1,200 a year in extra repairs and depreciation, according to estimates by The Road Information Program. The group found that 32% of the nation’s roads are in need of “significant improvement.”

Rail Intermodal Loadings Up 0.4% • Visteon Posts 4Q Loss • U. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Rises in January • P.A.M. to Acquire Some Assets of East Coast Transport • And more...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said in a speech televised Wednesday that the airline industry will meet Friday’s deadline for screening all bags for explosives. But Thursday, Democrats fired back that his plan would not live up to the airport security law, news services reported.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday that its factory index rose to 14.7 in January from –12.6 in December, the first time in 14 months it has been positive.

U.S. Customs Service officials and industry representatives say a House bill requiring inspection of “all cargo on commercial trucks and vessels” entering the United States would seriously delay traffic at the nation’s 361 ports.

Although U.S. housing starts declined 3.4% in December due to a plunge in the construction of apartments and other multifamily homes, 2001 turned out to be the third-best year for builders since 1987, the Commerce Department said Thursday..

Ford Reports 4Q Loss of $5.07 Billion • Delphi Posts $131 Million Loss in 4Q • ArvinMeritor Earns $21 Million in Fiscal 1Q • Caterpillar to Argue Fines With EPA • And more...

New Budget Boosts Funds for 91��Ƶland Defense • Armed Humvees Guard Pentagon • BWI Airport to be Used for Testing New Security Measures • Technology Seen as a Key in Transportation Security • And more...