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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Transportation bottlenecks caused by the post-attack shutdown of air traffic and tightened security at ports of entry and on the road have caused some companies to reconsider the value of warehouses, several transportation executives and logistics analysts said last week during the Council of Logistics Management conference here.

Freightliner to Close Two Plants, Newsletter Says • Hundreds to Retake Tests in CDL Scam • Amtrak May Get Emergency Funding • Cummins Profits Fall as Demand Remains Low • Many Airports Alter Expansion Plans • And more...

DaimlerChrysler AG said Wednesday that it was poised to present plans to restructure its heavy truck manufacturing unit, Freightliner, in the next few days.

Truckers who haul hazardous materials should be subject to criminal background checks, according to two U.S. senators.

The nation’s railroads have lifted a “red-alert” status, assumed earlier in connection with hazardous materials, according to the Association of American Railroads.

“We’re not ready.” That simple litany echoes among academics who follow the North American Free Trade Agreement, when addressing the issue of opening the U.S. to large-scale operations by Mexican trucks.

U.S. wholesale inventories declined for the third straight month in August, a sign that companies were making progress in reducing stockpiles prior to last month’s terrorist attacks, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Oregon Restricts Trucks on Two I-84 Bridges • Struggles Continue for Container Shipping Industry • Missouri Cites Price Gouging • and more...

Security Spending May Lessen Productivity • Survey: Shippers Don't Plan More Outsourcing • Hong Kong Shippers Seek Better Logistics • And more...

The national average price for diesel fuel fell 1.9 cents per gallon to $1.371 last week, its third straight week of decline, the Department of Energy reported Tuesday..