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Volvo Sees Truck Deliveries Fall 16% to Date • Goodyear Cuts Production as Shipments Fall • FedEx's Earnings Rise • Chinese Airline Offers New Trucking Infrastructure • And more...

Trism Inc., a transporter of secured materials, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, the same day it announced the Dec. 13 resignation of Thomas P. Krasner as president and chief executive officer.

The number of new homes being built in the United States rose in November to the highest level since July, despite the first recession in a decade, a government report said Tuesday.

Officials of several of the nation’s largest trucking companies told Transport Topics they are going to buy fewer than normal or no 2003-model Class 8 tractors because of concern over how the new generation of cleaner-burning diesel engines will perform.

The average price of diesel fuel slid 3 cents per gallon last week to $1.143, the Department of Energy said Monday, but the arrival of colder weather could force the price back up.

Fatal Crash Rate of Trucks Falls in 2000 • Driver Accused of Human Smuggling Free on Bond • Motorola to Cut More Jobs U.S. • Puts Pressure on Foreign Steel Makers • And more...

Cellular Carriers Cutting Free Airtime • Security to Remain the Focus of New Technology • E-Markets Start to Prove Valuable • And more...

The coming year will be another tough one for the overall U.S. economy and for trucking, marked by struggles to balance security against freight efficiency, and environmental regulation against fleet equipment orders.

The current recession in the United States has affected many of its trading partners, but none more than neighbors Canada and Mexico, the New York Times reported.

While year-end outlooks for what the coming 12 months will bring are usually clouded by a host of “what-ifs” and “could-happens,” the outlook for 2002 is surely murkier, and darker, than most years.